Came with my daughter for lunch. I ordered the fried gyoza for an app and it's the best gyoza I've had! Then I had the katsu don for my meal. It was flavorful and fresh. It just what I needed on this cloudy day. I splurged and ordered the Exotic Bomba for dessert and was not disappointed! So fruity and refreshing after our hot meal. Our server was so kind and friendly as was the hostess. You can tell they enjoy their jobs and care about their customers. While we were there several locals came in to dine. It's always a good sign to see so many locals! The atmosphere is calm and cozy! read more

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Love this place. The sushi lovers in my family are always happy, and so are the teriyaki fans. We recently sent in a complicated order for 15 people and it was all accurate and delicious. The one suggestion I'd make for the people bagging up the food to please label all of the takeout containers (especially the rolls) so it would be easier for each person to identify their meal. read more

The sushi was top notch. Was very happy to see Toro on the menu. The soft shell crab roll is great, it's a big roll. We loved the desserts too. Our server was a pro. Atmosphere was family friendly but wasn't loud or hectic. read more

Sakura Bana - Desserts...fried cheesecake and chocolate fried ice cream. - The image shows a dessert served in a glass dish, topped with whipped cream, a cherry, caramel sauce, and white chocolate pieces. A slice of cake with whipped cream is on a white plate in the background. The setting appears to be a restaurant table with utensils and glasses visible. - Japanese Near Me - Jackson, Mississippi

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We were delightfully greeted when we arrived by the hostess for dinner at roughly 5:30p. We sat down, enjoyed amazing hot tea and placed our order. There are so many food options that it took us a second to place our order. We ordered sushi and asked the waitress to ensure no sauces were placed on the rolls to ensure I didn't have an allergic reaction to the mayo. When one of the rolls arrived with spicy mayo, I was hesitant to send it back; but our waitress suggested I allow them to "fix" it-- I obliged. To my surprise, their "fix" was pushing the spicy mayo off and adding tempura and crab to the top of the rolls they'd previously sent to the table. I could still physically see the orange spicy mayo atop the rolls. There was no attempt to remake them or to remedy the issue. They simply hoped I wouldn't notice. Upon seeing it, I shared my sentiments with the waitress who then asked me "would you like them to remake it?" Of course I said no thanks, covered the bill, and decided then and there we won't be returning. It's saddening given how excited I was to try this place. read more

Food was amazing and delicous service was quick the setting was nice and calming and beautiful

Service has always been stellar and the sushi is the best in the Metro. My favorite. The ambiance is never too loud and the temperature is always comfortable. The freshness of the sushi is hard to find anywhere else. Highly recommend. read more

While passing through Jackson, MS my husband and I decided to stop for lunch. We were intending on going to a nearby Thai restaurant but I turned into the wrong strip mall complex. However, we found Sakura Bana here, and it had good reviews, so we gave it a go. My hot green tea came in a huge pot! Thankfully my husband likes it too and helped me drink it. He got the Sushi Lunch special with miso soup and really enjoyed it. I tried his soup and thought it was good. My side salad was just okay. The dressing tasted more like mayonnaise to me than anything else - not gingery, and very thick. My vegetarian sushi rolls, however, were delicious! The Asparagus Roll featured asparagus and almond clusters - what!? Yum! Just Yum! It came with a Japanese (wasabi) mayonnaise, which is not my taste, but my husband liked it. The Three Bean Roll had green bean tempura, soybeans, avocado, cucumber, and green leaf lettuce in a soy wrap, and that was also really nice. Our service was good. The restaurant was nice and clean. The prices are reasonable. And it seemed like a popular place based on the dine-in and carryout business we saw. We can understand why. read more

Sakura Bana - Hot Green Tea - A ceramic teapot with a green bamboo design and a matching lid is positioned next to a patterned cup filled with green tea. The items are on a white napkin on a wooden table. In the background, a person's arm, a black and red bowl with a white spoon, and some papers are visible, indicating a dining setting at a Japanese restaurant. - Japanese Near Me - Jackson, Mississippi

My daughter was visiting from Nashville and I was excited to bring her here after bragging about it. The food was great. The hour it took to arrive, not so much. Also, we were the second people seated as we arrived at 5pm. I was given some excuses about take-out orders, but seeing 3 tables that arrived after us get served and leave, was very telling. One table was a family of 6! In the end i opted to leave, paying for the appetizers and drinks we got. The hostess and waitress apologized and rushed the 2 sushi dinners we ordered to go and comped them. That was cool, but for me it was more about the experience and showing my daughter a great time at a restaurant I use to brag about. If i were asked who had the best sushi in Jackson, I'd still say Sakura Bana...but regrettably I'd have some caveats. read more

By far the best sushi in the Jackson metro area. Service and ambiance are also good. Lowkey and under the radar spot

Stopped by Sakura Bana for lunch. I love their bento boxes so I went with that. My favorite is the chicken teriyaki with tempura. Service is good. They are hiring, which is needed as the place was packed and they only had two servers. But they both did a great job. read more

Limited seating but great variety on menu. Wonderful staff. Enjoyed everything we ordered. Will definitely return to enjoy. read more

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Easily the best sushi around. Some of the best I've had period! Ask for Becca and you will Have wonderful food and service. It's 10/10 and by far the best in the area! read more

Best sushi In Jackson by far. Always busy when I Tobin. Reasonably priced. Fresh. Traditional, but not stuffy for special request. Thank God for this place in Jackson, MS. read more

Sakura Bana - a plate of sushi rolls with jalapenos - A black rectangular plate holds several sushi rolls topped with sliced green jalapeños, arranged in a line. The sushi appears to have rice and possibly fish or other fillings inside. At the top of the plate, there are two gunkan-maki sushi pieces topped with bright orange fish roe. The plate is placed on a wooden table, and part of a person's leg and clothing are visible on the left side of the image. - Japanese Near Me - Jackson, Mississippi

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How did I not know about this modest lil sushi expert?? My friends picked Sukura Bana , since it's their favorite sushi in Jackson Metro. I couldn't agree more! Check the board on the right of the room for their most popular rolls. If you click on the roll name on the virtual menu, it shows you a picture. This feature was very helpful when choosing from their thick selection. read more

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Best Sushi I've had in Mississippi! I can't recommend it enough, especially the Scorpion Roll!

The Best Authentic Japanese food. Genuine flavor Sushi and rolls are delicious. Always good read more

Great place for lunch or wharves eaten there several times Staff like family love them all If your craving Sushi this is the place read more

5 stars for sushi spots in the Jackson area. I have been back around 15 times or more since my last review and the service has improved substantially. read more

If you want to eat the best sushi in MS, or at least in Jackson area, well, this is the place! Staff here are very friendly and sushi chef who is the owner of the restaurant is very knowledgeable about fish. Sakura Bama is now becoming my second home! read more

Absolutely the best Japanese in the Jackson metro area. Their sushi is awesome as well as their traditional Japanese dishes. Can't go wrong with whatever you order. read more

This is my fab sushi place. Great service. Delicious sushi. If you're ordering to go, try calling it in. It will take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. I love the kodiak shrimp roll and the shumai. They probably have some of the best miso soup. Because I'm a creature of habit, I usually always get the same thing. Their egg rolls are hands down the best egg rolls in the history of egg rolls in the world. I'd put money on it. It's a great place for lunch and dinner. It's good if you're solo or in a group of 6 to 8 or less. Their plum wine is good. I can go on and on about how much I love everything I've eaten here but just go and enjoy the service and food. You won't be disappointed. read more

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Great sushi and service. Tip your sushi chefs. Always good food when we go here. Never been disappointed.

Sakura Bana is my very favorite sushi place. I love everything about it. The edamame are the best. The salmon steak is perfect. Ive come here since I was a kid and it used to be called Little Tokyo. We come here for almost every family celebration. In fact we are headed there today to celebrate some good news. read more

Best sushi in Jackson. People solid. Jackson institution for . . .maybe forty years. My only Japanese restaurant in this area.

Great sushi and seaweed salad. Located on the I-55 Frontage road in Jackson, Mississippi.

Don't go here. Service is terrible. I hate to write reviews like this. Tuesday night. 530pm. 3-4 tables sat. Ordered 2 soups, edamame, teriyaki chicken, Rainbow and caterpillar roll - $42. Soup and edamame were good. Catepillar roll was excellent. Rainbow row was average. Teriyaki chicken was microwave quality. My wife and son finished their sushi before my chicken teriyaki came out so we had it boxed to go. 45 min wait for boxed food. We had to ask multiple times where the food was and we told there was nothing that could be done about the food coming out late because there was a mix up. We asked to speak to the manager but decided it wasn't worth it and left. The manager came out with a 10 dollars bill and when we said that was ok she threw the money in the car window. One of the strangest food experiences of my life. read more

Sakura Bana - Teriyaki Chicken togo - Japanese Near Me - Jackson, Mississippi

First time coming here and I must say even though it was busy, I enjoyed my time. The food was great and the service was outstanding. My server Nathan was very nice as well. Great place! read more

I ate there for the first time a day or two ago. The food was perfect, and the waiter was incredible, but there was one issue. The cashier was horrible. He had messy, unmanaged red hair, and he smelled horrible. It was hard to get through interactions with him cuz the smell was also overwhelming. I feel bad judging cuz I wonder if he's home-less. I wasn't going to make a review, but my friend reminded me that he was also very rude and spent a lot of time very far from the cash register. We watched people wait on him while he was visibly on his phone. It's really sad when such an amazing place has just one overbearing thing wrong with it. read more

This place was the first sushi restaurant in the area I believe and definitely the first place I ate sushi and fell in love with it! The food is always great! And fresh! Just make sure they understand you want Blue crab and not the crab stick! Otherwise its still as excellent as it's always been read more

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I think this is so far of 06/2018, the best Japanese restaurant with reasonable price in Jackson Mississippi. We had sushi, rolls, and etc. I think their materials are fresh and good! Minor things... at dinner in crowded hours...may need to wait for tables. But overall is very good! read more

Dynamite Roll. It's been so long since I've had one. It was great. Great server. Digital menu had plenty of pictures and descriptions. read more

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Best sushi I've had down south. Yellow tail check are hard to find, perfectly prepared.

This place is located right off I-55 highway. I came in the restaurant and it was a nice atmosphere. I ordered the "Krispy Kreme" sushi and it took about 20-30mins for my To-go order to get done. I got the sushi and it looked good. The sushi wasn't bad! It just kept falling apart as soon as I picked it up with my chopsticks. I was very disappointed at this. I was constantly picking up pieces of sushi to put it back together just to eat it. Overall it was an okay experience I just think they could use some improvements on preparing their sushi. read more

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Absolutely fantastic. I have been coming here ever since I was a little girl with my mother, and they have never failed to disappoint. This place is defiantly one of Jackson's treasure spots read more

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OK so I'm a little obsessed.... My whole experience at Sakura Bana was ruined because of a phone call I had made 4 hours prior to arriving... I called in at about 3pm to check about what their prices were and what menu items they had different from their sister restaurant Little Tokyo (2)... A man answered the phone and I told him why I was calling... I told him I was trying to decide between the two restaurants and he told me that Sakura Bana was better and cheaper. I asked the man if they had Chawan-mushi or dobin-mushi... Actually I asked him a couple of times. "Are you sure you have chawan-mushi?" "Oh yes, we have chawan-mushi" "Really, are you sure you have it?" "We have Chawan-mushi".... Fast forward 4 hours... At the restaurant... I have my niece with me who's never in town and has never had chawan-mushi. I was all excited for bringing her to one of the only sushi bars I've been to in the south so far that has it... I order it and- "Oh no, we don't have chawan-mushi". "Sure you do... Chawan-mushi." I say like the Japanese waitress doesn't understand what's coming out of my mouth... "You know, the soup custard, Chawan-mushi?" "No, sorry, we don't have chawan-mushi. Little Tokyo does" I sit there for a moment getting even more upset. I told the lady I drove all the way over there just because someone told me that they had chawan-mushi there. She told me it wasn't them I called, it was Little Tokyo. I pulled out my phone as evidence. "That's not your phone number?" I say to to the lady as she squints to try to make out the tiny little digits on the screen. Anyway to make our confrontation short she finally admitted that I called them but the guy didn't understand what I said... Not that he told me that they had it so I would come to their restaurant instead of the other... I didn't throw a fit but I'm sure the woman next to me was thinking "What the hell is this bitch's problem, freaking out, making a scene because she can't get some mushy thing here..." We decided to stay because I was really hungry. We ate. I was stewing in my own frustration. I couldn't enjoy anything because I was still mad. The food was better than many sushi bars I've found around here. They had exceptional sashimi and chirashi. The hamachi-kama was possibly the best I've had. The service was also pretty good. The only bad thing I have to say (besides the chawan-mushi incident) is that they didn't really have a broad range of rolls -or- didn't have other appetizers I would have expected such as green mussels (which I am also equally obsessed with). However, this is pretty much a traditional SUSHI bar (and they are actually Japanese here). It is what you would expect. Ugh. Just go and eat there. It's good. They would have gotten another star if I wasn't so bitchy so just do it. You'll probably really like it. I'm going to Little Tokyo II. read more

Amazing fast and polite service! Fresh and unique sushi rolls. Welcoming, clean and fun environment. The location is small but the food and service combined offer one of the best sushi dining experiences in Jackson, MS! If you love sushi and traditional Japanese food, you MUST try this place! read more

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I no longer live in Jackson, but after visiting recently I have decided to help out the Yelp scene there. To start, I'll review one of the places I used to love going to. Sakura Bana (formally Little Tokyo) has always been a great spot for sushi. If you are trying to find hibachi/teppanyaki, then you will need to head over to Little Tokyo II on County Line Rd. This place here has their sights set on sushi! Now on to the food. For years, the sushi here has been consistent. They are not stingy with their slices of fish, the sushi rice is seasoned nicely, and the rolls always taste fresh. I am a bit of a purist when it comes to sushi, so I can't speak for any fried, saucy, or super modern rolls. My favorite item here is the salmon box sushi. I have been eating sushi in Atlanta for some time and I have yet to find a sushi roll that is quite as appealing. It has a great balance of salmon, avocado, and lemon. A must try if you are a fan of those ingredients. You also can't go wrong with your standard nigiri. Based on my somewhat fleeting memories, I never had any issues with service. So, all in all, this is a great place to stop by if you are in the mood for nice, clean sushi. read more

I was very surprised how authentic the Japanese cuisine was at this clean, medium-sized restaurant. The dishes were very fresh and tasty. Easy to find, this place will impress due to great wait service and a good-sized menu. I can verify that the tempura vegetables, sushi rolls, udon noodles, and shrimp dishes are way yummy. read more

Working in Jackson for 3 weeks and was tired of hanging at the hotel. Been on a diet (sort of) so have been eating lots of sandwiches in my room. Was searching YELP for something good to eat. Found some positive reviews on this site and decided to give it a try. Also, wanted to avoid the usual chain restaurants. Found the place rather easily. A small, but busy place. Very nice interior. I was seated quickly. My waitress took my drink order and I set about the task of reading the menu for something tasty. I am used to sushi joints having written descriptions of the ingredients of their rolls, this place had none. Just names of rolls on the menu, no clue as to what was in them. I asked the waitress about menu descriptions, she offered some photos. Not helpful! I settled on a tuna sashimi appetizer. (Not as good as the one I order at Taste of Tokyo in Destrehan, La), but not bad. My "Rainbow Roll" arrived, stuffed full of cucumber. I HATE CUCUMBER! I had specifically asked the waitress if there were crunchy veggies in this roll, no mention of it. Not a fan of crunchy veggies. I told the waitress about this when she refilled my drink. Her response, "oh yeah, forgot about that one" and walked away. Not the reaction I hoped for. Instead of fighting with her, I picked at the dish and ate the tuna, salmon, and crab. Disappointing meal. Might give this place another chance. Jackson is severely lacking in quality restaurants. Guess I will be making sandwiches for several weeks. read more

Pretty good little sushi joint. Sat at the sushi bar. For appetizers we got the seaweed salad and the cucumber salad with crab. Didn't really like that they put soy sauce in my cucumber salad. I usually like it tangy with the Japanese vinegar instead. I won't be getting that again. But the four rolls I had were pretty good. The service was also pretty good for a busy Friday night. Seemed like they had a lot of regulars that sat at the bar. Total price for my dinner was about $55. Very affordable given the amount of food that I ordered. read more

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