I wanted to give my very favorite restaurant another chance from the last terrible experience. Now, I want everyone to understand why I came back because I always gave raving reviews to this particular restaurant, And I had to see for myself if they were going to continue to serve poorly. To my surprise, In the very beginning I was greeted kindly at the front by the hostess bar. There I was seated, The regular hostess asked me why I have not returned recently and I made it very clear why. This time everything went smooth I didn't wait that long for my food to be served to me. I was very gracious and happy. So everything that I thought was gonna be a nightmare turned into a wonderful experience. I ordered the green tea was the first thing I ordered since they have the best tasting green tea I've had. I also ordered a bar drink which was the Leechtini, This has vodka Lychee juice, lemon juice and simple syrup "but it's, delicious.)) By this time my waitress came back around and took my order. It's a pretty long menu, But I understand that in the past and several other people did mention that they do take a long time to bring you your order. So I ordered, Tempera shrimp" This is 4 pieces for $14. I ordered Steam Egg custard Bun.. This is a must order this is really delicious flavors are mild but yet melts in your mouth, pretty much! Also Cucucumer asparagus eel roll of Sushi!! Spicy but delicious ,,, It had a sauce that was very spicy but yet it met the sushi and paired it with such flavor and spices that I just love. So after having an incredible experience I decided that I was giving a 5 star rating since everything went smooth. I love it, when days at this particular" restaurant, runs like a top. I enjoyed very much the kindness I received today this is a very cool restaurant to visit and have dinner at. Definitely, recommend but I did warn you earlier that there are days where they take forever to serve you. Happy yelping till next time! read more

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Nice atmosphere. Excellent service. My daughters and I appreciate Sisca. Chef suggestions were delicious. Love the Aquarium vibe.

Checked out Sakura for the first time and had a great experience. The staff is attentive and friendly. The venue is nicely decorated and clean. The fish tasted fresh and was plentiful. I enjoyed the flavor profile of the rolls. It think this is a very solid choice for dinner and HH. I see they have a patio as well. read more

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Not my top choice for raw, but SS&B has pretty good happy specials. I like to go for a few apps and a simple roll. Located across the street from HEB, so...no shoppy when hangry. Lol. Just me? Quite large menu, Japanese, Chinese fusion. Loads of rolls, including "signature." Also lots of cooked dishes (e.g., ramen, rice bowls, Chinese entrées, soups, and more). Ambience is very casual. Can get really crowded, especially on the weekends. I can't speak for the service other than the bartenders. I've always sat at the bar and their very friendly. read more

Sakura Sushi & Bar - California Roll - Japanese Near Me - Austin, Texas

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Great little sushi spot in Lakeway! It's definitely a go to for a lot of people out here. The menu has sushi and Chinese food as well. My parents came to town, so we literally ordered the whole menu lol . The sushi was definitely on point. Fresh and tasty. The noodles here are ridiculous! So good. And you can't go wrong with sweet & sour chicken. I hadn't had that in years, but I was reminded how good it is! Ambiance isn't anything crazy, but it's local, quick and fun! Service was great. Staff are really nice! read more

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Good local place for a quick meal when I'm way too lazy to cook. I ordered the agedashi tofu and the dynamite shrimp and my husband had the pork egg rolls and the tonkatsu original ramen. Everything hit the spot and we will be by again! read more

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Overpriced and slow. Went on a Sunday evening and it took an hour and a half for rolls to come out. The $15 Yokohama roll looked like HEB sushi. read more

Friday night, it was packed. It was also expected. The wait time wasn't bad, 20 min. I got a text when they had a table ready. We sat down and were offered water. A long wait after we had a server come by and we gave her our order. The food didn't take long to come out. It is large portions. I thought I ate about half until I dished the left overs in a box, and realized how much more was actually left. Wow! I ordered the crab rangoons. It's an order of 5 and they are very delicious. I also ordered the orange chicken which came with white rice in a separate small bowl. The orange chicken has a wonderful sauce and some perfectly steamed broccoli. (It did heat very well the next day in the oven) so I really got 2 great meals. Service was slow, took a long time to get our check. We had to ask someone if they could get our server. But it was packed and I'm sure it was just an over sight. They did turn the projectors on and the wall was like a moving aquarium. Very nice scenery to look at. Hope to be back again. read more

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We'd heard good things about the restaurant and finally made it in. I was surprised at how nice the decor was, but thrown off by the cheesy aquarium images on the shades/projector screens that covered two entire walls. I feel like they're confused about how they want to present themselves. Our server took a long time to come over, so I was irritated in the beginning. I almost walked out. We ordered seaweed salad and two rolls. If you're a raw sushi fan, there aren't a ton of options. The seaweed salad was too sweet and it set me up to be disappointed with the sushi, but the sushi was actually really good! The sushi itself brought my review from a 3 to 4. The Fire Angel was loaded with seafood and the eel roll was pretty darn big, too. I recommend sticking to the sushi based on my experience. read more

Sakura Sushi & Bar - Fire Angel - Japanese Near Me - Austin, Texas

I have been many a time to Sakura with a group of girls and kids....service has always been amazing...i forget the name of our little girl that always seems to wait on us. She is so friendly and is very good at upselling, LOL....I think this is a great sushi place for Lakeway...i do thing another place has a little bit of a leg up on this place but it is always solid and consistent. read more

Came here for dinner with my husband for the first time, we usually do takeout and it's always been consistently good. We ordered a couple things to share that we normally wouldn't get for takeout to try. Hot & Sour Soup: Not too much on the spicy side but was still very good and had layers of flavors Wonton Soup: Large portion size compared to the hot & sour soup. It came with a very light broth and the wontons were the best part Chinese Cucumber Salad: Was not a fan, the vinaigrette was very light and barely noticeable - wouldn't recommend Seaweed Salad: No complaints, exactly how we expected; fresh and tasty Spicy Garlic Edamame: Loved this, good portion size to share and very tasty Sashimi Salad: Generous portion size; definitely could pass as an entree meal. The fish was fresh and was dressed well, but just wasn't sure how we felt about the strawberries in the salad Cook On Fire Roll: This was one of our favorites, super tasty and flavorful - would highly recommend ordering read more

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It took over an hour to get our food, it took so long that we ended up having to just box it up and take it with it. Unfortunate because my family eats Japanese food most nights per week and we were looking for a new spot in the area. We will never come here again after this awful service. read more

Went there with my family and a friend and their family. Took my kid to the bathroom for handwashing and saw an employee come out of there without washing hands and he went directly to the kitchen. Told this to the host who seated us and he did not care much about it and shrugged off the instance. We decided to take off without ordering. I hope the person who went to the kitchen washed their hands in the kitchen hen area somewhere before touching any food. What miffed all of us was utter indifference of the host to do anything about it after knowing about it. Safe to say not going back there read more

I don't even know if they deserve two stars but the egg roll was really good! The rolls are also not bad but their special house made sauce is just eel sauce. Extremely disappointed I ordered two rolls and gave very specific instructions. No crab in one of the rolls and no cream cheese in the other roll, also asked for seaweed instead of soy paper on one of the rolls. As soon as I got home to eat I find the one roll has soy paper and luckily no cream cheese as I have issues with dairy but the other roll had crab which my boyfriend is allergic to, I asked for no crab because I want no crab. I called the restaurant and they offer to make a new one mind you I don't live down the street and it's another 45 mins round trip for me to fix their mistake. Nothing else offered to us. I also gave them a good tip knowing I was asking for changes and more work for them. The food is fine but If I ask for modifications and you say no problem I expect that Luckily I tried it before he did and saved us from a trip to the ER. Definitely won't be returning blue fin in the same area had no issues with my request I'll be going back there. read more

Food was super yummy but wtf is up with the projector decor? We got great service, rolls were big, maybe not the freshest but good bang for your buck read more

We've been customers of Sakura Sushi & Bar for years, and not once have we had a bad meal. The quality is consistently outstanding. Their sushi is always fresh, flavorful, and authentically prepared, with ingredients that taste as if they were just caught or picked. The salmon and eel sushi are particular standouts; perfectly balanced and delicious every time. In addition to their sushi, the Lo Mein is one of our favorite go-to dishes; rich, savory, and cooked to perfection. Whether it's dine-in or takeout, Sakura Sushi & Bar delivers excellent food and service every time. Highly recommend to anyone looking for top-tier sushi and Asian cuisine in the area! read more

Yelp gets it right again. Four stars. * * * Sakura Sushi executes well on your basic suburban Asian Fusion Formula. Sell Sushi. Sell Chinese Food. Have a bar. Sakura Sushi goes one up on this by offering eight different kinds of dumplings. This way they can say on their menu that they serve "dim sum". I suspect that if spaghetti and meatballs were ever to become popular again, they would serve spaghetti and meatballs too. * * * That said, a lot of Sushi + Chinese + Full Stocked Bar places are pretty good. Sakura Sushi is pretty good. My Zen Tempura roll was served piping hot - and it was an admirable execution of deep fried sushi. I would have that dish again any time. I couldn't drink because I had a lot of driving to do. But the bar selection was excellent. They had a lot of my favorite top shelf whiskeys and a credible selection of interesting sakes. I didn't get a chance to sample their Chinese - but I suspect that is pretty decent as well. * * * The ambience of the room is kind of funny. They have a corner location with picture windows on two sides - so you get a great view of the comings and goings at the Oaks at Lakeway. They have two different TVs showing sports events. I normally don't go to Japanese restaurants to watch sports events - unless of course they are showing sumo. If they had been showing sumo, those TVs would have had my undivided attention. It felt weird to be eating sushi while watching Kansas State basketball. But if I had had a couple of sakes in me, I could see how Kansas State could be whole lot more interesting. If you are there for romantic ambience, sit by the windows and have both you and your lover put your backs to the basketball game. The window view will be fine. * * * That said, the interesting story about Sakura is not the food or the room. It is the location. Sakura is in a strange combination of strip mall and artificial downtown called The Oaks at Lakeway. For a long time, all the retail in Lakeway, Texas was in strip malls on Route 620. You drove up and down 620, you saw everything the city had. The city didn't have much compared to the size and wealth of the population. Lakeway was majorly underserved. * * * This has now changed big time. The building of multiple shopping centers in neighboring Bee Cave - all called the Galleria - has provided major retail for the area. (Yes, all the malls are called the Galleria. Remember Dr. Seuss's Mrs. McCabe who had 23 sons and she named them all Dave?) One of them, the Hill Country Galleria, is a full-fledged fake town built much along the lines of the Domain in Austin. The mini-town has been such a success that it is getting micro-imitators in Lakeway itself. One of them is the Oaks at Lakeway. The Oaks is a four block deep three block wide imitation town center by the side of Highway 620. The Oaks is a good news bad news joke for the retailers within. The good news is that by going four blocks deep, there is a lot more room for stores than there would be if everything had to be one block deep facing 620. Having more stores is definitely a good thing. The bad news is that no one can see what the stores are in the second, third or fourth tier. So the stores in the back tiers have a major marketing problem. There are miniscule signs indicating the existence of the back stores at the entrances to the Oaks. Most 620 traffic will go by so fast, that the signs serve only as guideposts for people who already know that a business is there that they want to visit. Dying of invisibility is a real risk for tenants at the Oaks. * * * Sakura has worked aggressively to solve this problem. On Route 620, four miles away as one approaches Lakeway, there is a gigantic billboard advertising Sakura Sushi - and their next door neighbor - a crepes place. It is pretty rare to have a small Japanese restaurant pay the big bucks to rent a highway billboard miles from their establishment. But this is what Sakura Sushi has to do. Sakura Sushi and the neighboring crepes place have customers. Other restaurants in the back tiers that do not have billboards are not doing nearly as well. * * * I am glad that Sakura Sushi solved this problem. They are a good restaurant that deserves support. And here is a lesson for some other restaurants I know in Austin but will not name. These establishments deserved to stay alive but suffered miserable deaths. Sometimes - restaurants - it pays to advertise. read more

The steak bowl serving size has literally been cut in half with the amount of steak and rice but price remained the same. In addition the food was overcooked A massive departure from when I ordered last in August read more

Low quality fish, prepared without excellence, across a menu that spans from ramen to Chinese food to sushi, make this a mistake you don't need to make. Kids were desperate for sushi, shouldn't have listened to them -- family was disappointed. Of course, in this part of town what would one expect right? read more

Horrible experience with food takeout service. The lady was extremely rude, rolled her eyes, couldn't be bothered with a question. I simply asked if there was "wasabi" she looked very irritated and rolled her eyes, no thank you or anything. I ordered spicy tuna & spicy yellow tail, not impressed with the food at all. read more

Sakura Sushi & Bar - Spicy Tuna Roll Spicy Yellowtail Roll - Japanese Near Me - Austin, Texas

Had a fun day on Lake Travis. Kami brought many delicious rolls and sashimi to enjoy on the boat. Sooo good and fresh!!! Highly recommend Red Bull roll with wagyu beed and charred scallops. Escolar sashimi, Tuna Tower with crab and wontons, Yellowtail Spicy roll. Had to order more To Go ! read more

The garlic edamame is my absolute favorite dish here - it is sooooo flavorful and delicious. The teriyaki chicken wasn't as good as I hoped. I got a spicy tuna roll (not pictured) that was very spicy chopped raw tuna instead of a whole piece. Everyone who works here is so friendly and it was my friends birthday and they brought her a complimentary mochi dessert. Overall a nice place to have lunch with friends! read more

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This restaurant, located in Lakeway is a great little Asian restaurant. Not only does it serve sushi, it also serves Chinese food, and dim sum. The dim sum is nice and light, and they have a wide variety of it! Restaurant is large and open with easy access and lots of parking on the outside. I ordered the supra combo number, which is a combination of sushi, which is a chef choice of 8 pieces plus a spicy tuna roll. My wife chose a won ton Rangoon which is filled with cream cheese, and sweet sauce and a rainbow roll. Everything we've tried to this restaurant over the course of many years has always been very good. So if you're in Lakeway and you're looking for a good asian restaurant, give this place a try. read more

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*FOOD POISONING* I had terrible food poisoning from Sakura's beef and broccoli that caused me to be hospitalized twice in one week. I had Sakura coming out both ends for 6 days straight and it's now my life's mission to warn other patrons of their poor food practices that got me into this mess. Should I mention I'm 9 months pregnant? Truly wouldn't wish this experience / place on my worst enemy. read more

I ordered takeout from here and the employees were nice. Opted for the Bento Box lunch which was a little pricey ($20), but I was so happy I could pick Unagi (freshwater eel) as a protein. The Bento Box comes with multiple items--a choice of soup (hot and sour, eggdrop, miso), vegetable tempura plus one large shrimp tempura, protein (beef, chicken, shrimp, Unagi), rice or fried rice, and 4 California roll sushi pieces. Everything was beautifully represented in the Bento. Loved the tempura which not only came with vegetables, but also small egg rolls The batter was very soft and light. The Unagi wasn't bad, a little bit piled up in the Bento. Sushi rolls were fresh. Overall a nice meal, but too much for one person. Would have liked a cheaper version with less food. Still a great option for Japanese near Bee cave. read more

Sakura Sushi & Bar - Bento. - Japanese Near Me - Austin, Texas

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What a great restaurant. We went as a family. The food was delicious. We ordered sushi and lo main, everything was eaten. The ambiance was great and we will definitely be back. read more

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We were here earlier this week for dinner. It was our first visit and definitely won't be our last. Everything was top notch including drinks, food and service. We had the tempura calamari for an appetizer. The rolls we had were Tiger Eye, 5th Avenue and Fire Angel. We couldn't pick a favorite. We went for 6:00pm on a Tuesday night and by 6:30 it was filled up. I imagine they're that busy every night. We can't wait to go back! read more

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Really awesome spot -- especially for being so convenient to the Lakeway area! Always super friendly service too.

I'm scratching my head why this place has 4 stars. Unfortunately this has to be one of the worst "Japanese"restaurants I've been to since I can remember. Every dish was a thumbs down. The special rolls were bleh, ramen was overloaded with salt that we had to return it, the tempura was nothing but batter, the fried rice was just eggs in the rice mixed with oil. I don't understand why it was crowded but we regretted going and would've been happier at Hat Creek next door. read more

Amazing little find in Lakeway! The sushi is fresh, tasty, and special. They have your usual sushi staples but their special rolls are our favorite. They have really easy online ordering for pickup and are on DoorDash for delivery. If eating in, their dining room is unassuming, clean, and open. On a Sunday at 5pm, it was already packing up. read more

Excellent fresh sushi and other dishes were great too! Definitely recommend Sakura! We got the "All you can eat!" as it gave us so much to choose from at a reasonable price. We'll be going again! read more

Food is usually good. Ambience is decent. But... when it comes to service I've never been treated in a such way. My server, Katie, followed me out of the restaurant and insulted me and yelled at me right in front of the restaurant for not leaving a big enough tip after she had tried to pre add a 25% gratuity on to my bill when I was only there for 30 minutes. I used to be a regular but will never be coming back because of this read more

Ordered the beef lo mein, it lacked flavor and beef was so chewy I could not eat it. Orange chicken was tough and stringy. The decor of the aquarium on the walls is very tacky. It is too busy and bright! read more

We're here visiting Austin for the weekend and had to make it by Sakura. Last time we were here was last year when my fiancé's cousin took us to Sakura and we were blown away by the food and service so of course we had to go back! It was crowded so we sat at the bar but that didn't stop them from providing excellent service. Henry was our waiter and he was awesome. I had a glass of Sangria and we had an appetizer of Shumai and honestly I can't remember the sashimi but it was DIVINE. We then had the Chong Qing Chicken, the happy ending roll and also seared scallop nigiri. We also had some special sushi that the chef "Po" had whipped up that he called a Japanese meatball. It was incredible, salmon and cream cheese in a ball of avocado. And I can't forget the Tower appetizer also. We had Sami bombs which hit the spot and we ended the night with Tempura Ice cream. Overall the whole experience at Sakura was 5 stars. We can't wait to go back to visit Austin and visit Sakura. The food, drinks, staff and atmosphere are phenomenal. read more

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This was our go-to sushi restaurant for years. The food and service were OK. The ambiance is horrifying. Suddenly it turned into a sports bar with gigantic screens on the walls as well as a terrifying video that plays on the floor - making it perilous to enter and exit. Fair warning to others who liked it just fine. We will never go back. Fortunately, we rediscovered Bon Japanese Cuisine and that is where we will be going in the future. I would give it NO STARS if possible. read more

Sakura ... It's some of the freshest sushi you're gonna find anywhere in Austin. I usually order a rainbow roll to start off with. They also have a red snapper nigiri that is just incredible. I haven't found a roll there I don't like. They also have a very large Chinese menu. The chicken with garlic sauce is really good As well as the chicken lo mein. In addition they have a full bar so you can get just about any drink you like here. read more

Sakura Sushi & Bar - Rainbow roll - Japanese Near Me - Austin, Texas

My husband and I were in town celebrating our wedding anniversary. We opted here since it was close to our resort. Portions are generous and I enjoyed my bento box. Would recommend to anyone looking for a nice dinner meal. read more

Great food and superb service by one of the best servers there. The fish was fresh and great portions. Thanks for a great time. Next time I'll try the cocktails. read more

We love the food here but, several times we have requested extra wasabi on to-go orders and they have left it out once again. Please check the orders and include what was requested. Please and thank you. read more

10 out of 10, would recommend! First of all, the staff are all so welcoming and friendly! Great atmosphere and I loved the specials and happy hour options. Lots to choose from! Everything I ordered was fresh, tasty and prepared quickly. Don't forget to order dessert. Got the mochi and it was delightful, very great presentation! Would absolutely return here in a heartbeat. read more