We visited Sakura Bistro on a weekday during spring break and had a great experience. I ordered the pho--it was absolutely delicious. My kids had sushi, and it was fresh and just as tasty. The menu offers a wide range of options, so there's something for everyone. On top of that, the service was excellent. Definitely a spot we'd come back to! read more

What a great find. Finally a sushi. Place you don't have to teach to get what you want.

In town with some friends and they recommend this spot. Luckily when we arrived, there was no one in the restaurant at the time and we were able to choose where to sit and the server immediately took our order. She was very pleasant and efficient. We ordered her food and it came out rather quickly and everything looked fresh and was present presented well. The food tasted well as well as the portions were a good size for the price. The restaurant has plenty of seating. It was clean and everything was well presented. Overall this spot was a good choice and we will definitely come back to try different things on the menu. read more

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Seems like a decent place with good options. The orange chicken sauce didn't quite capture the flavor well. I did like the plating. The chicken was crispy, but I wish I got a little more meat. Good texture, but more breading than meat. read more

First time to be thrown out of a restaurant. We were sitting and talking after eating dinner. Lady was rude the entire time! She came over and told us they needed the table, there were 15 tables empty. We were not loud, rude or requesting anything, just talking. It was about 2 hours before they closed. She was so lucky I was not in a bad mood. I will never go back there again. I will starve before goi g back to that place. read more

Here right now and this Hispanic lady rolled her eyes was not a good service I asked her a question and she did not even give a good response back terrible customer service pls don't go here. read more

This was one of our to go places for take out when we were trying to get things situated After we moved. Then the Covid hit it was completely take out and no inside eating. I am so glad they are finally back open we finally had a chance to go in and sit down for dinner I started out with a Sushi Roll, I took a photo and it got deleted :( I always get Chicken Curry to go, so it was nice to stay here and eat. My husband likes the pineapple Curry with chicken. I really like that they will make it the way you like it. On the menu it tells you what they add when making it. Here they make it a bit different than what I've had before never had potatoes in it l, not a fan so I take them out. I really enjoyed eating inside the restaurant and not take out. While we were there It was not too busy with people inside yet. The place was nice inside, clean. The waitress was friendly. One of my favorite local places. Of course we will go back and eat there again. Looks like a fast food restaurant from outside, if you haven't been here check them out!! read more

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Wow! Finally tried this place after living out here for 2 years and what a great find! Food is fresh and plenty of veg and meat- whatever you want. Pho, curry, pad thai, sushi rolls... an extensive menu. High quality restaurant options are limited in this area, so this is a new fave. Also open 7 days a week which is unusual, so many places are only open 5 days. read more

Sakura Bistro - Inside - Asian Fusion Near Me - Forest City, North Carolina

Ive been here multiple times, everytime I leave I am certain Ill never return. Food is great but service always sucks! We even had new waitresses today, I only ordered a house salad and fresh spring rolls, my husband ordered steak sakad and sushi. The waitress never returned after ordering to our table. Other workers brought out my husband's food and my spring rolls. as the original waitress was walking away from another table, I called out ma'am, twice and finally she came back and asked about the easiest thing on our order, my house salad, she said okay, I'll check, she didnt even return, someone else brought the house salad a few mins later. Never asked if we wanted a drink refill or ask if our food was okay, nothing. This today was the last time. Never again! Not worth the b.s. read more

Zero stars! We took my son here for his 19th birthday because there aren't many places here to get sushi. My husband found long hair in his food about a third of the way through eating and was sickened by it. He didn't want another plate, but they charged us FULL PRICE for the plate anyway. After I paid, I realized and objected. I was told they would offer me half credit my next visit since he had eaten some of the food. Are you kidding me? There will not be a next visit! read more

Food is great as well as great service. Very nice decor. Go there often and always pleased.

Ok! It's been a few weeks. Service much much better, for appetizers we ordered the volcano shrimp, a Rock n Roll Sushi and crab ragoons. They all came out one at a time but came out at correct temps and all were very tasty! Some would say just a right amount of spice, I say a bit more would be nice. Next time I'll try The Thai Curry. We waited to order entrees until we received our appetizers so it wasn't all served at once. Only thing is they want to give the specialty cooks off 1 day a week so no Pho, Sakura specials or Thai Curry on Mondays and no sushi on Sundays. But a vast improvement to service and quality of food from the first time. Btw, we ordered an order of teriyaki chicken, teriyaki steak and an order of hibachi steak. All came out cooked and seasoned perfect!!! So so glad we gave it another shot! But I had a feeling they would get it together, too much at stake not to. read more

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We eat here a couple times a month. Sometimes more. Most often, we get takeout as I have to take food to my 80 year old parents. After waiting 30 minutes for a call in order and watching 6-8 people get their food, I got all the way home to discover my order was totally wrong. I ordered hibachi shrimp, no fried rice, no sweet carrots, and add vegetables instead. Opened my plate and had NO vegetables at all and EXTRA fried rice. Just what a pre-diabetic needs! (Eye-roll). I was pretty upset but what could I do? I should have checked the boxes before I left the restaurant. read more

Sakura Bistro - Hibachi shrimp - Asian Fusion Near Me - Forest City, North Carolina

If I could give this place less than one star I would. The customer service is the WORST service I have ever had in my entire time eating Like seriously, they do not care about seating you and when I sent back fries with a disgusting sauce on top they had an attitude about getting me another batch of fries. It literally took them twenty minutes, JUST to show me they were annoyed. Food is meh, and definitely not worth the stress. read more

We have visited in the past, and always had a great experience. Today, however, it was AWFUL! The initial seating was not to our liking, and were flat denied another table (there was ONE person aside from us in the place) We place our orders, and one appetizer was brought out, but not the second. Suddenly, my husband's main meal shows up...and 5 minutes later his appetizer. We left. The waitress had a horrible attitude, crappy service, and didn't really seem like she gave a crap at all. read more

Have gotten take out serval times, always good and consistent food. Not premium quality, but definitely better than most of other places in the area! Styrofoam containers is the worst part :( I get they're cheap, but they are horrible for your health and the environment. Everyone is usually friendly! read more

Nice, clean place. Just ordered the Pad Thai and was not impressed, I believe that there was way to much tamarind in the sauce and made it inedible. The waitress asked how was everything but wasn't really concerned when we told her that the Pad Thai wasn't very good. This was the first time that Ive had that dish here and definitely will be the last. Ive had decent food here in the past otherwise this would be a 1 star review. read more

Sakura Bistro - Pad Thai - Asian Fusion Near Me - Forest City, North Carolina

The food is GREAT! My wife and I started with the appetizer crab rangoons that comes with 8 to a plate. We may or may not have fought over who was going to have the last one. We ordered another plate to settle the tension at the table. Probably the best rangoons I've ever eaten. We both had the steak and jumbo shrimp combination plate, both were served hot and everything was fresh. No complaints here. The wait staff is attentive, they do also serve alcohol here for those who drink. I can't wait to come back. read more

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3 stars , not enough rice , food taste good , but I had maybe a ice cream scoops worth of rice with my teriyaki steak so it basically turned into soup , akitas is better read more

Sakura Bistro - This is the teriyaki steak. They didn't put enough rice so it really just turned into soup. Akitas is better - Asian Fusion Near Me - Forest City, North Carolina

This only reason this is one star is because it couldn't be zero. The service and the sweet tea were the only good things about this place. The steak tasted like it had been out for weeks. The rice didn't have any flavor nor was cooked correctly. The noodles looked like microwave ramen and tasted like they were covered in dish soap. This is arguably the worst Asian cuisine I've ever had. read more

This doesn't even deserve one star. Food was awful. Steak was chewy, tough, and flavorless. The noodles were cheap and the shrimp sauce had a sour tang. The broccoli was supposed to have flavor but they must've forgotten. The noodles tasted how your bathroom smells after you clean it. Just. Like. Chemicals. Left in just a few minutes and I will throw up in my mouth every time I pass this restaurant. Please never go here read more

They have a huge variety! I've tried the yellow curry and liked it, the pineapple fried rice is good too! A little too many carrots for my taste, but still good! I just recently found out they have boba and I cannot wait to get some!!! I love boba! read more

I've eaten here quite a bit because it's very close to home. The food is hit or miss. Especially the sushi. It's usually sloppy or doesn't taste fresh. The curry is usually decent. The atmosphere seems to be a lot of negative energy amongst staff. There's one or 2 very nice waitresses but seems there are a few who just are trifling and manipulative and i sympathize with the one or two who have to work with them. I swear I think one time I went the sushi lady made my sushi awful on purpose as punishment because my waitress simply politely asked her for the status on my sashimi and simple roll that I'd been waiting on forever. Anyway, what's lead me to finally leave my 2 cents and make review is I called to order take out. It was about 15 minutes to closing which is why I chose not to dine in. I would understand if they'd closed the kitchen down already since it was close to closing but in a Friday evening i figured it'd be ok. Anyway I called and asked if I can place an order for take out and the girl who answered the phone replied "no". I said mmmkkk why not? She said "sorry just can't". Anyway, a response like "I'm sorry for the inconvenience but we've closed down the kitchen early this evening." Would've been a decent response instead of a passive aggressive rude "no". Anyway, I've tried supporting the local business and always tip very generously, even for takeout and especially when it's late. Last time I tipped $14 for my $26 takeout order. Anyway, I'll probably still order the few things I like there because of convenience but will no longer be so generous with tipping unless it's dining with one of the few nice servers there. ...the couple nice staff members and the fact I know I'll give in and eat there again is why I'm giving 2 stars instead of one. read more

I do not recommend this place it has went down hill tremendously in the past year. We went tonight my 12 year old ordered a shrimp plate. They brought out a shrimp and chicken plate and asked if it was okay because they gave her shrimp to a different table and then got mad when we said she wanted just the shrimp cause it comes with more. I ordered the steak and chicken plate that comes with broccoli and I ended up with broccoli and mushrooms I changed out the carrot for more broccoli and I got maybe 5 pieces of broccoli so when it was brought to their attention they brought me more broccoli but charged me $3 for a side of broccoli. When I asked why I was being charged for a side she looked at me like I was stupid and then stared at me like I was in the wrong when I asked why then finally offered to take it off. The service was extremely slow and there was maybe 3 tables. Usually when we go and order sushi and a plate the sushi always comes out first this time they brought out the food and then a while later the sushi. The sushi was supposed to be battered and fried but there wasn't any breading on it besides the very end pieces. The waitresses could care less about their tables and barely checked on us. They redone the dinning room and some of the tables are so close together there isn't even room to walk between them and it feels so small. I used to love this place but it's went down bad read more

I went in and ordered multiple adult meals to-go along with a kids meal for my 5 yr old (who was standing right beside me). I was informed I couldn't order a kids meal... they were dine in only. Never again! Canceled my order and headed to another restaurant. read more

The BEST Asian food in Forest City. Beautiful decor, AWESOME food, friendly staff, clean restaurant, they play beautiful peaceful music read more

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Love, LOVE this place. So close to home and the food is always amazing. After having sushi elsewhere I will no longer get sushi anywhere else but here. There volcano shrimp is another favorite of mine. The teriyaki steak is cooked the way you want and is so fresh I just love it. read more

Love the food and the staff seems friendly. The menu is huge and they offer authentic Asian fiod read more

Sakura Bistro - From the dinning area - Asian Fusion Near Me - Forest City, North Carolina

Not impressed at all!!! I got the hibachi chicken and it was so bland and boring. I also got Crab Rangoons and they where nothing to write home about. My extra sauce was $1.00! Ridiculous! My meal was $19.26 and was a complete disappointment! read more

Disappointed that kid take-out discontinued. Will encourage patrons to get less plates and take money away from res

We've eaten here several time & the food and service have been consistently great! Pho & curries are our usual "go-to's" and they don't disappoint. The atmosphere is relaxed & pleasant, clean, no smoking, and great for both a date or with kiddos, with indoor and outdoor seating! Staff are friendly and take required health precautions without making it feel like you're entering North Korea or a sci-fi movie. I'd highly recommend dining here! read more

Chicken Pad Thai more like Chicken Pad Die. Absolutely putrid. I'm bald and i grew a full head of hair during the time that it took to get our food. thank you sike read more

It's been yummy every time we've been! Crab rangoons are good and so is lo mein. Would recommend.

Food was good, service was good! Had 4 types of sushi, was very delicious. Dragon roll was the best. Thank you for a great dinner experience. read more

This is a really nice place to relax and get some good sushi. The atmosphere is nice and the place has some cool decorations. (I could look at the colored water decor for hours) But after my visit last night I will not be ordering the hibachi steak again. My steak was honestly horrible-- it was fatty and had a weird grainy texture. However, my broccoli and soba noodles were good, as well as my California roll. I was disappointed in my steak though, and I expected better from this place, because it's usually very good! I will be returning, but not for the steak. I suggest this place it you want a more unique experience in the area, but don't order the steak. read more

Love this place! Fantastic food and super quick! I usually get the teriyaki chicken or teriyaki shrimp at least once a week. The staff are very nice and professional. The place is clean and has a nice atmosphere as well. I would highly recommend this place if you're looking for a delicious meal at a reasonable price. read more

AWESOME!! The food was great! I recommend the chicken udon. The staff was friendly and it's a great environment!! We will be coming back!

My husband really wanted some form of sushi for his birthday. Imagine his surprise when he went to the restaurant and was told they don't serve sushi on Sundays. Sakura has an entire side of their menu and part of the other side dedicated to sushi type varieties. Very disappointed with the place itself and will not be returning. read more

Terrible service!!! My Food was okay after it got fixed the right way! But the others was terrible!! Probably will only go to the one in Spindale. We waiting 30 minutes for our bill and when we got it it wasn't right. And we asked for a discount because of the bad food and terrible service and they said they would give us 20% but they only took 4 cents off of our bill. The only reason I'm giving a 1 star review is because I can't give a no star!!! read more

Great food and great service! I love their sushi and their pho soup! Best place in town for curry and hibachi as well! Staff are super friendly and very helpful. Couldn't ask for a better place, eat here at least once a week! read more