Decent place for sushi. Ordered yo mama, ashley, love potion, godzilla , and drunken cousin rolls to go. Service wise they were very quick. Our order was ready within 30 minutes. Sushi wise, it was okay. Nothing stands out. The quality and quantity of food are probably not the same compared to before the pandemic. Only thing I like is that they didn't put too much rice on the rolls. read more

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I love Sakura Chaya. It's expensive, but the food is always on point. I ordered a chicken bowl dish that came with a soup and did not realize it was a full size portion for a price of one dish. It was sooo much food but they were all so good! The server was so attentive to us. I'm obsessed with the chili sauce!!! I really go for that hahaha but I had a great experience. read more

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This place is the definition of "hit or miss." Sometimes, you get blessed with an amazing chef. He's joking around the entire night and seasoning the food to perfection. Sometimes, you're even lucky enough to have an amazing waiter too, they're super accommodating, kind, and attentive. Other times, you have a chef who's personality is as bland as the food he's cooking. Seriously, I have never had a teppanyaki chef stay quiet the ENTIRE time he is cooking. It was almost creepy, not even one cheesy joke. And the food... well, let's just say I'm going to have to add a lot of garlic powder and entire bar of butter if I want to even be able to taste my leftovers. The waitress, on the other hand was on another planet, it seemed. She was very energetic and sweet, but... just on another plane of existence. It's like she was only able to listen to the first half of your sentence before transcending into the void. You can see how that would lead to a lot of miscommunications throughout the night. I understand that mistakes happen and some nights can be rough, I worked in the food industry too. But a place as expensive as this restaurant needs to be more consistent. Pro tip: if you decide to play Russian roulette at Sakura Chaya, the odds will be more in your favor if you request teppanyaki Chef Kai. I forgot to tell the person making the reservation, so it was too late for me. Don't make my same mistake and get stuck with overpriced, under seasoned food. You're welcome. PS: Enjoy a heart shaped green onion I found in my soup. read more

Sakura Chaya Clovis - Teppanyaki Near Me - Clovis, California

Awesome place with great sushi. Fried rice was great with the Spicy sauce. Make sure to stop by if you are at the mall read more

Sakura Chaya Clovis - Make sure to order hot and spicy sauce. - Teppanyaki Near Me - Clovis, California

Went for a very special occasion . Waitress was rushing us from the time she took are order. The cook barely did anything. The rice was hard and was still showing white and the vegetables were hard and undercookedThe bus boy was cussing as he went into the kitchen. We had small children with us. The waitress brought icecream when we were in the middle of dinner. We went because my daughter passed away and we were celebrating the children being adopted. They also had birthdays that week. The waitress brought only one candle. After talking to the manager I was only told sorry. My bill was over 400 dollars. This place was awful(service and food was terrible). We won't be goi g back. read more

Second time here at the clovis location. Sakura Chaya used to be my favorite tappenyaki place simply because of the bacon fried rice. Decided to come Saturday around 1pm for lunch. Usually go to the Nees location but the service there has been terrible lately so we decided to go here. Tappenyaki was a bit busy but the regular dining wasn't so much. We didn't want to wait for the tappenyaki so we decided to take a table. We got seated right away. The ways this place is set up is they kept the dinning table and the sushi bar close to the front and all of the tappenyaki in the back room. I ordered the lunch special came with soup, salad, white rice, chicken katsu, California roll and tempura all for $13. We wanted the bacon fried rice but our server made it seem like we couldn't have it. She said it's only for the tappenyaki and we weren't allowed to switch it. Which I never quite understood why it would be so difficult to make fried rice to serve to the NON tappenyaki diners. Anyways we got it separately it was almost $10 for a plate of fried rice. The food was good. But we were about disappointed with our server. We asked if they had fresh wasabi, she said yes and left to get it. But it took her about 10mins and she came back to our table asking if we needed anything else and we HAD to remind her about the fresh wasabi and she finally came back with it. read more

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The food is delicious, as always, AWESOME vegetarian options... BUT the service here was phenomenal! Our hostess was named Lisa. She was accommodating to my vegetarian requests. Lisa was super attentive, sweet and had amazing customer service. I didn't catch the name of our chef, but he was nice and funny... plus, the food was amazing! read more

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My family and I came here for my birthday and it was a great experience. Our chef was amazing; he was very entertaining and had a lot of jokes for the kids which made them laugh. I would definitely come again. read more

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Restaurant was pleasant. Even though we were celebrating a birthday, our server and chef were dry and the food taste like dirt.

Avoid this place. They Fed me raw scallops and Made me pay full price. They gave a 3 dollar discount which the total came out to $73. I told Emily(the manager) I left $70 and she said okay that's fine and chased me outside to charge me the $3. I gave her money and she was petty enough to give me the change in dollars and Pennies. read more

Went, with a reservation, for my nephew's (and my) birthday for teppanyaki. We were seated at 7 for the reservation. After an hour and 10 minutes of NO food. It's teppanyaki so at least the manger should come apologize... nope. After 15 more minutes we went to the front to talk to a manager. Rude. No apology. Nothing. We gave them 10'more minutes and walked. We are totally sympathetic if you are short staffed. But communicate. Apologize. Do your best. They absolutely DID NOT. DONT GO. SAVE YOURSELF THE TROUBLE! read more

Sakura Chaya Clovis - No food. 2 hours in. Wtf??? With a reservation. Avoid this place! - Teppanyaki Near Me - Clovis, California

Chief Brian was amazing food cooked perfectly. Loved our evening out. Thank you Sakura!! Please give Brian a raise that he deserves it. Great time. Thank you read more

Great place to have a date night. Our dinner was delicious. Menu has a lot of variety of food. Highly recommend teppanyaki dinner. Great Customer service from our server Mary was friendly and attentive to our needs and the whole table and chef Bryan friendly and interactive with our table. Food was delicious and our drinks from the bar on read more

I'm so glad they opened up this teppan-yaki joint closer to home! Every other one is a drive for me! Even better that they provided excellent service! We sat at the teppan side and I ordered sushi from there as well. I ordered a side of fried rice with some hot & spicy sauce from the teppan menu. As for sushi: I ordered the Cajun Pepper Seared Albacore and the Ashley Roll. Every thing tasted delicious. One of the rolls took a little longer to come out but that's okay. It gave me a little time for my tummy to settle before eating each thing. I nibbled off my brother and sister's teppan-yaki plates anyway so I got the best of both worlds! We had Sue as our teppan chef. From the words of my three year old niece-- "he was amazing!" He gave us a very entertaining show and cooked everything at a good pace as well. As for our waitress, Kiana... very nice and friendly and she did very well taking our order. I also appreciated that she was honest and told me the sushi chefs were behind on my last roll. Let's not leave out the hostesses... we called in for a reservation 15 mins before it and when we got there, we got seated right away! That, my friends, deserved a 5-star from me! Will definitely be returning in the near future! read more

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Sakura Teppanyaki is great! Chef's are iffy now and then if they are going through training. Sushi is good with a good variety. It's a busy place so make reservations when you can. read more

Not gonna lie the food here is great.. but when the cook is playing loud obnoxious music while cooking. Sucks! I'm trying to have a conversation at the table. I don't need obnoxious music playing in my ear. This really made the experience bad. Which sucks because this food is good. And remember it's not all the workers just one. If you get him. You'll know.. just don't play loud music read more

I will not be coming back here, I would definitely skip this restaurant. It's crazy how the two restaurants Sakura Chaya Clovis and Fresno can vary so drastically in food, food quality, and service. The Fresno store is not great to be honest, but this Clovis restaurant has an extremely lower quality in food and the Sushi rolls look totally different than Fresno. We came here thinking it's going to be similar to their other restaurant in Fresno, but it's vastly different from what we expected, since we've gone to Sakura Chaya Fresno once in a while. Management should really take a look at this. We ordered two combination dinners and TWO 50/50 rolls. The 50/50 Rolls are extremely smaller and there's less pieces than the Fresno store, they aren't as wide, and the rolls look totally different like it's from totally different restaurants. The topping of the roll doesn't have the other ingredients that Fresno has, and it really looks naked and skimmed down. There's no dressing or anything on the rolls or anything. They look very mediocre. Also, they don't have the ice cream from the Fresno store. The Fresno store has red bean ice cream, this store didn't have the red bean ice cream option. And even though it's one ice cream, the Fresno store allows us mix to choose smaller balls of the different flavors. This store wouldn't allow us to choose different flavors. Given the higher prices of their food, you really would be expected at least the same and consistent quality/quantity of food that you'd expect and used to. The prices are the same as Fresno store. It's just really surprising how significantly different they are. We will definitely not be going back to this restaurant. read more

The worst Teppanyaki experience. The chef didn't do any entertaining, and was clearly and inexperienced cook. Hardly said anything to us. The food was subpar. We won't go back. read more

Worst teppanyaki experience ever. One of the chefs was playing foul music with my 3 yo son at our table. Lyrics had F bombs and the N word, unacceptable!! The waitress was horrible, and the service was super slow. Took us 2.5 hours to eat dinner. We will not go back. read more

We've been there 3x instead of the one in Fresno and it's been good. Sushi is consistently and no surprises. However, one night we ordered the baked green clams and I believed it was old and not fresh! It had shrunk and the cheese was burnt! read more

Not the first but definitely the last time I'll be ordering from here. Sauce was disgusting and not consistent rice was barely fried. Chicken was undercooked. read more

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Last visit we had apparently a new chef. The vent on the hood was not on or broken and all customers were taking in a lot smoke. Chef barely spoke and mainly pointed if he was asking you something. The steak was one of the worst I have had, overcooked. This was not typical for us when eating here. read more

This used to be a go-to, but wow, how bad they've become. Last night's experience solidified that we likely won't return to this location. Prices have gone up considerably. Portion sizes have become pitiful. The spicy sauce has changed and isn't spicy. 4.99 for a Shirley temple and 5.99 for a strawberry lemonade? The cook gave zero effort and what is with the stupid music at the tables and masks? Sorry, this isn't a cool experience. I'd stick with Edo Ya or Hino Oishi if I was looking for a teppanyaki experience. read more

To start of positive... the food was delicious. The experience absolutely not. The chef began with "smoke will go... this way" as he pointed straight to where my friend and I were sitting. We thought it was a joke. Until the entire time we had smoke just drafting straight into our eyes and lungs. It was horrible. They obviously know about this problem with their crap ventilation, because once I got home I saw multiple reviews complaining about the same thing going back to at least 4 months ago. Really took away from the whole experience and wish I had said something in person, not sure it would have made a difference. Definitely sure I Won't be returning. There are definitely enough other places with great teppanyaki and zero issues with smoke like this. Hard pass, so disappointing. read more

Sakura Chaya Clovis - Smoke for your lungs? How about your eyes? - Teppanyaki Near Me - Clovis, California

First time having a bad experience with this place, went to celebrate a birthday and food was good, however we were served small portions. I noticed right away and maybe I thought I was in the wrong but my mother in law said the same thing about the portions being small. For the price we paid I don't think it was worth it. read more

First time going. Place looked very relaxed and nice. Teppanyaki looked busy. We dinned in and had sushi. Food was very good, service was not that great. Took about 20 mins before our waiter acknowledged us and came by to take our order. Once order was placed, food came out rather quickly. Sushi was fresh and delicious, also had the popcorn lobster and that was absolutely amazing! Items are a bit on the pricey side, especially the lobster one and it didn't provide much, barely enough for one person. read more

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Birthday celebration for 10. Horrible service. It's not cheap to go there so when I spend my hard earned money for a celebration out, I expect the server to come back. Our soup and salad bowls never left our table after we finished them. No refills asked for the $3.50 soda for kids. Of course the Chef was great and the food was great. But I won't spend a dime there again, if you can't make our experience memorable. No excuse for all of our bowls from soup and salad to be left on the table while we eat! Also, no bday mention at all! Apparently they had a $300 sushi meal that was more important. There are way too many restaurants with great food that make your hard earned money feel appreciated. read more

for one i noticed the chefs are no longer doing a show and two for lunch they charge you extra for the spicy sauce without telling you or you even asking for it. the food is over priced and made with lard and they dont even let you eat they cut your time its ridiculous! read more

We had Brandon as our chef today and he was amazing. Food was great. Our server sucked and barely came to the table but anything we needed our chef made happen. He is a great asset to the business. read more

So I went during dinner time, the waiter took my order, I had ordered the teppanyaki dinner with an "Extra side of fried rice". When the chef came out he did not go over everyone's order which I thought was a little weird. When it came to serving the rice on my plate he had giving me and my partner an extra extra side of rice. I had to ask him if he had given me extra and he tried to make it seem like it was my fault that i didn't say anything earlier. He said "Cmon bro you're messing me up!". It's not my fault he did not go over the orders with everyone around the table. If I were to rate the chef id give him a honest 2 out of 10. He did not talk. He was blaming me for his mistake and his teppanyaki performance was below average. He kept having food fly off the grill and ended up tossing it away. Will be my last time going to Sakura. Will now be going to hino oishi. read more

Absolutely recommend 10/10 food and service was excellent and our chef Benny put on an absolute show!! Can't wait to be back!

The food was okay - they put so much garlic powder on it that it was gritty and crunchy. The worst part was the bathrooms!! Disgusting! It's in the top ten worst I've ever been in, including gas stations! It makes you think how dirty the kitchen is, too.... read more

First of all, how exciting it was to finally have dinner in a restaurant! My husband and I have been craving Japanese so we decided to give tuis place a try since we really loved their oyher location in North Fresno. The atmosphere was nice, people bustling everywhere in their masks, and it was nice to see families out. Our server was training but she did an excellent job. The menus were paper so they can just throw them away after you order food. Our food was great with the exception of the Spicy Edamame. There was literally no flavor; we would've been better off ordering the plain edamame. The sushi was good. I meam you can't really go wrong with it unless your fish is bad. I do have one complaint, however, I don't knownif there's a way to fix it -- the sushi and hot plates didn't come out at the same time. My husband was nearly done eating when my sushi finally came out. I don't know if this has do to with the fact that the sushi comes from the sushi bar and the hot food from the kitchen. So it was an okay visit. Oh yeah, the food is somewhat pricey. I've had the same quality of food at a different restaurant with a lower cost. read more

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Food is good and the service could be a lot better. Waitress walked out with our silverware in her hand as without coverings. Super unsanitary. Also the exhaust fans are horrible. All the smoke goes to your face. Literally nothing gets pulled out by the exhaust fan. So bummed out. read more

I ordered two unopened splits of korbel but they served me one and a half of an opened one. But they still charged me for two full bottles of what I ordered. I brought it to their attention and they confirmed amongst each other that that is how they handle serving splits. Where they should have apologized and brought the second bottle as charged for. Poor service and management read more

Sakura Chaya Clovis - Teppanyaki Near Me - Clovis, California

Strongly do not recommend this location. It's night and day in service, food and atmosphere when compared to the Fresno location. Went for a family dinner with my niece here from out of state. Besides the usual loud atmosphere, one of the teppanyaki "chefs" ( chef is very loose term) was allowed to sit his boom box speaker on his preparation tray and blast Mexican mariachi music during his service. Yes, not once, but 2-3 times during our dining experience. When I asked the "manager" ( again, loose term) about this, she said " oh we allow it because some people like it". Well some people like pole dancing, are you going to allow that during dinner? When my mother leaned into me asking what the manager said, our "chef" looked at me and said " what, you don't like music?". Insulting. I was a patron of the original Beni Hana restaurant experience. This was as far from that or any true Japanese experience as you could find. Will never go back ( and I didn't even talk about the food). read more

Placed a to go order with them, we got two sushi rolls and a traditional steak dinner. Salad for the dinner was not dressed, it was just lettuce in a cup. I called to ask if they were supposed to add dressing or if I was supposed to ask... they said they were supposed to add it, couldn't do anything for me except give it to me if I drove all the way back. Miso soup was cold and our sushi rolls were warm which makes no sense because we picked it up right when it was ready. I got the drunken cousin roll and it was sour, we're not sure if it went bad, didn't want to risk it and tossed it. All in all, 1/5 stars. Food quality was poor, a waste of money. read more

Sakura Chaya Clovis always welcomes you with a warm smile and excellent cuisine. I've become quite a regular here and will scream from the rooftops the praise for this place. Top notch best food in town!!! read more

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I called for Chicken Tempura and Steak Al A Carte. It specially says we get a salad, miso and veggies. We got a potatoe salad and no miso. That is unheard of from this spot. The rice was not fried. We got regular steamed rice. Also no utsensils or napkins. This was takeout. This is so sad and disappointing. I would ask for a refund if it didn't just close 10 minutes ago. This is just unacceptable read more

Unfortunately, we had to wait about hour for our food before ultimately just leaving. The manager (we were told her name is Tiffany) blamed it on only having one sushi chef and was more concerned about making sure the chef hadn't started on our order (which we are sure he hadn't as he had an hour to get started and hadn't...) than ringing us up or taking accountability for the situation. Customer service is definitely an area that can be worked on. Sorry to say we will be reconsidering returning to this location. read more