Somehow I have never stopped here in my frequent travels to DL, but other reviews mentioned plenty of vegan and vegetarian food so I decided to give it a try. The interior is reminiscent of a beach town restaurant- which makes some sense. Clean and comfortable with a separate bar. The menu is large- lots of Sushi, nigiri and some American style food as well. I was excited when I saw they had a veggie ramen, but unfortunately they only serve it with chicken broth (which seems to defeat the purpose of veggie ramen). Nonetheless there is still plenty vegans and vegetarians can eat. I chose the spicy edamame as a starter and the hibachi with Tofu as my entree. Both were fine, not spectacular. ON the other hand- an entree with Tofu is rare in Greater Minnesota so I am thankful it was available. I enjoyed my meal and will definitely be Back again. Ramen made with chicken broth read more

Sapphire - Spicy edamame - Sushi Bars Near Me - Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

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Great food. I have a sushi roll and the kids shrimp hibachi. Both excellent! My server was nice and attentive to my needs. read more

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Good Vegan/ Vegitarian options! This visit I ordered the vegan ramen, mushroom sushi roll and seaweed salad. Vegan burger is also good! read more

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Sapphire has a vast and diverse menu. You can choose from sushi, hibachi, burgers, chicken, steaks and ramen! Our waitress, Erica, was FANTASTIC! She was friendly, made excellent recommendations and refilled our drinks promptly. We ordered gyoza as an appetizer, a chicken hibachi platter, and two sushi rolls. Everything was delicious! read more

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Last time we were here was 4 years ago. Everything is as great as it was back then. Great service, sushi (tastes good and works of art) and main courses. I had the soup special of Jambalaya and my wife and I split the steak and scallop hibachi. The scallops were perfectly cooked and plenty for both of us. Pro-Tip: sit at the sushi bar. Great entertainment and you may get to have a fun conversation with the owner. Have fun! read more

We were so happy to find a place with such a variety of vegetarian / vegan sushi rolls. We tried 4 kinds and they were all delicious, but we were most surprised by the Japanese pickle roll. Sweet, crunchy and delicious. Service was good, restaurant felt clean. The plating is a nice touch. read more

Sapphire - AAC, japanese pickle, mushroom & avo, and sweet potato tempura rolls. All vegan - Sushi Bars Near Me - Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

I've eaten here multiple times and I just wanted to share some of the stuff we got with photos to show what you get, my my sister and dad all got bento boxes, A (panko/ breaded shrimp), B ( chicken and mac n cheese), and D (hibachi shrimp), all so delicious. Just a warning if you do order these, it's a LOT of food!! Good service and clean also! read more

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Such a good meal, never before have I hade sushi like this. The #9 sushi roll was amazing. the waiter we had was amazing.

I have to start with what a beautiful clean restroom. This is and then go on to tell you about the amazing service and if that didn't get you going then the food definitely will. My daughter had the cowboy burger and it was humongous. She couldn't even finish it all, but she enjoyed it and the waffle fries. I had one of the rolls as well as the wontons. The rolls were perfect and well proportioned and the wontons have an extra surprise that is delicious.. read more

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Saturday evening, so waited a little longer for food. Chicken rice was excellent - lots of chicken!. Chicken strips were good. Special steak/gravy/ potatoes was ok. Good wine. Good service and ambience. Solid overall choice. read more

The fish was surprisingly fresh when you take into account you're in the middle of the north western quadrant of Minnesota! Food was good. Service was excellent. read more

I can be pretty picky with seafood but I think I've been back to Sapphire three different times when I'm in town, and every single time they crush it! The fish is cut beautifully, I feel value from the prices, and even if you don't get sushi, they have good non-fish options to try too. Must visit! read more

Very good food and service. Delicious sushi and chicken. Highly recommend if you're in the area.

After receiving several highly-positive recommendations to visit Sapphire, I swung by with family. For context, I'm a temporary Summer traveler to Minnesota. I live in San Diego, where asian cuisine is of abundance. Getting back to the point, Sapphire did not disappoint! I was fortunate enough to sit in by the bar with my aunt who knew the owner, Reyna, personally. And she was kind enough to sit us each down with a fresh squid appetizer. (Being vegetarian, I didn't have the pleasure of trying it so I can't comment much on the taste unfortunately). I also admired her knowledge of tuna fishing that I overheard in her conversation with another customer, and for showing us her newest shipment of trout and its brilliant quality. It is immediately obvious she cares a lot for her business and is dedicated to her work. Our servers were all very attentive and never kept us waiting. So our orders came out before we could think twice about it and they were FRESH. The dishes were hot, so you knew they were made and delivered to your table straight away. And the overall restaurant has pleasant decor, with new vocabulary definitions handwritten on wall whiteboards to inform you of sushi preparation methods and blue ceiling lights that compliment the Sapphire logo. (The word of the day was "Tataki"). Whenever I come back to Minnesota, Sapphire will always be a place I make a priority in visiting. 10/10 read more

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Entered the establishment at1:00 and received the food at 1:40. A large group had just entered before us. Good variety of food choices, and tasted ok, but it did not taste like it was made on a hot Hitachi grill. It was more like it always steamed or boiled. Had to ask for refills twice. read more

Ordered a chicken bowl from the food court. They were nice enough to switch the rice for just veggies for me. I asked for very very little sauce or on the side and the girl just dumped so much sauce. I did not notice until I started eating it. The entire thing was soooo salty and a watery mess. As I was walking out I just kept trying to drain the sauce out. My mouth was in hurts from the amount of sauce. I'm feeling regretful I wasted my 30 min lunch here. read more

The service is top notch. Michele the bar tender remembered our names?! That is unheard of ... we have been here several times now and the wait staff has been constantly accommodating and friendly, shout out to Lexi. The great thing is this place has quality Sushi but has a full menu for those non-sushi folk. Their wild rice soup is just like home and burgers are yummy. The Ambiance is low key and casual, just the way a lake community should be. read more

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This is how you should run a restaurant! We arrived 15 minutes before close and asked if we could still be seated and we're greeted with the response, "Of course we're glad to serve you!" The service was outstanding and our food was amazing as it's been every time we have been to Sapphire. My daughter loved her sushi, and I had the shrimp hibachi and everything was amazing! read more

Great sushi The Sapporo beer is made CA or VA, but listed on menu as imported. Service was very good. The A/C was too cold. read more

sushi review only* (caterpillar roll) portion size was small for the price. My role looked like it had been hit with a shrink ray. Had to resort to using my fingers because the role could not stand up to chopsticks. Just fell apart. atmosphere was good. The servers were great. I wish them the best of luck. I don't know if I'll be back. read more

In town for business and thought I would try Sappire. Great service and food. Sushi was awesome.

The server was amazing. The sushi was terrible, we ordered wontons and 3 rolls. Wontons were good. The sushi wasn't rolled tight enough (or cut thin enough) and my daughter almost choked. I'd leave the sushi making to the experts in Bemidji or Fargo (Minneapolis is preferred). Thought I was gonna have to do the Heimlich maneuver on a 16 year old. Cleanliness would likely trigger a health inspector visit. I heard the burgers are great though. read more

This is a great place to eat. The food is good, it is well-staffed and the staff all all seem to enjoy their jobs! Thus, service with a smile! read more

Highly disappointed in this place. We stopped by after reading all the positive reviews on Facebook and Google. And we were excited to try the first Sushi and Hibachi restaurant in our small town. We arrived just before 7 PM, on a Tuesday evening, rather hungry after a long run, and ready to polish off some good sushi. We settled on the Salmon wontons, Pork Belly Ramen and a Futomaki roll to get started. We figured we'd order more rolls if we were still hungry. Our friendly server told us that the sushi might be a little longer as there were few orders ahead of us. Strange. Within a few minutes the first bit of bad news: No salmon wontons. Are we OK with the tuna variety? Sure. The wontons arrived quickly. Very tasty and the Yum Yum sauce and the mango salsa made this dish even better. So far so good. The Ramen arrived next. The egg and the noodles were cooked to perfection. The bowl itself was too small and there was not enough broth. The pork belly did not seem like it was crisp as it should be. Server was nice enough to bring out some extra broth. Thirty minutes into our meal, there was no sign of the Futomaki roll. Server said there was 3 orders ahead of us, and it would be out shortly. 15 minutes later, our server appeared with a sheepish look on her face - the owner would like to offer us a complimentary seaweed salad as it was going to take a bit longer than anticipated. We turned down the salad, as we wanted to save room for the roll. Another fifteen minutes and we were told that it should not be much longer, and the delay was caused by the owner wanting the sole sushi chef to put together a few more orders before ours. An hour and 10 minutes later, our Futomaki roll appeared. And it was not impressive at all. Looked very poorly put together with minimal interest and effort by the chef. We expressed our thoughts on the food, paid our bill and left. We'll give this place another chance; and will return in the future to see if things have (hopefully) improved. But for now two stars: one for the friendly service and staff. One for the awesome tuna wontons and the accompaniments. read more

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Probably the best sushi/sashimi in the area by far. Only reason for a missing star is when ordering 4 chef rolls which is around $100 after tip n tax, don't smush it. Why do they always have to smush it. read more

Sapphire - Smushed high quality rolls - Sushi Bars Near Me - Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

Service was great, Broasted chicken and shrimp rolls also good. We ordered 2 speciality sushi rolls and did not read the description carefully- they were all fried, deep fried or lightly torched. I did like it but maybe you will. read more

Very disappointed that the Sapphire now charges a 3.5% surcharge when a credit card is used. Doesn't an average $22 per person charge for a meal and a beverage produce enough of a profit margin? I have no desire to go back to this place. read more

We really like Sapphire. It's a nice change from the ridiculously overpriced very Midwest bland bar and grill food all over Detroit lakes. This is the first time we've eaten there and left fairly dissatisfied. A couple different times now my wife has had fried rice with shrimp. The odd thing is that they leave the tails on. I just can't imagine why you would leave something inedible physically in a dish, not on the side or whatever but in it. Tonight I got a prime rib sandwich. The prime rib was not tender. The au jus to dip it in looked a clear tan color and the bread was very soft and doughy like underbaked and only slightly toasted. I would probably look into a few changes if I were them. All in all it's still a good place, but maybe losing some luster. read more

Sapphire Sushi Bar and Grill has some of the best panko shrimp I've ever tasted! Those shrimp were juicy, sweet, and the panko batter was perfect! They were prepared with love and a true passion for seafood perfection. Definitely try them! Their sushi rolls are delicious too and they have these magic noodles offered as a side dish that are so amazingly good. They also offer a wide variety of side dishes with their main entrées, so there really is something for everyone to enjoy on their menu. This place has fun friendly staff members who helped me immediately, which amazed me, because it was full of happy customers. They also have a bar, so any wait time can be enjoyed with a refreshing cocktail or similar beverage of your choosing. A must try for anyone lucky enough to meander through the Detroit Lakes Minnesota area! read more

I came back today for lunch again and OMG it was amazing. The food is great but more importantly ... the service is top notch. The lunch special is an amazing value. I can't wait to go back. read more

Really wanted to like it but was sorely disappointed in my first visit there (late Sept 2022). I was the only one in my party who opted for sushi. Have had many different types at many different restaurants and this was by far the least satisfying. Ordered the sapphire roll. Figured I can't go wrong w that since it's the one roll named for the restaurant. All I can say is it was really underwhelming. Others in my party had the fried shrimp- one had panko crusted and the other had the tempura. I believe it was the panko crusted that was butterflied and looked like regular shrimp but the tempura looked like a shrimp stick w half a tail. Was really unappetizing. When both asked for extra onion for their salad but we're told they only had the onion used for stir fry (??). They said that was fine and after nearly 20 minutes the waitress showed up w chopped scallions. One had already finished his salad before they made it to the table. The other diner w us had the stir fry and chose shrimp as her meat. I've never seen such a pale plate of food. Strange to me that it came w noodles (spaghetti) as well as rice (white or fried). And there in the stir fry were white onion slices. It's obvious the veggies they use are frozen which is why the others didn't get what they'd requested for salads. Don't know that I'll be back. Service was ok, waitress was new but friendly. read more

This place fires on all cylinders. Broasted Chicken is unreal. Sushi is always good. Burgers are likely the best in the county. Like any restaurant, it can have its off days. However, Sapphire has the most unique menu within 60 miles and everything they offer is delicious. I highly recommend. read more

The ambiance of this establishment was 10/10 very clean and open, music was of family friendly quality and not too loud. Wait staff was extremely nice and patient. Dealt with 3 different waitresses while dining and they were all very nice and professional. The food was extremely good. I got the spring rolls, spicy tuna roll, and California roll. My buddy got the brisket sandwich and Mac and cheese. He said it was also very good. Everything was plated nicely and neat. Overall waitstaff gets a 10/10, food 9/10, and atmosphere/location gets a 9.5/10. Will definitely be coming back next time I am in DL! read more

We love Sapphire and their sushi is excellent. It's wonderful having a sushi/hibachi restaurant in Detroit Lakes. The spring rolls are our favorite appetizer! read more

I'm town for a night and saw the billboard for Sapphire, menu looked pretty good with a huge variety. We tried two different rolls and wontons and it was fabulous! Our server Dakota did a great job and was very attentive. Would highly recommend! read more

We decided to give Sapphire a try during our visit to DL. We had the Shrimp Ramen and the Chirashi. The salad that came with the Chirashi was very tasty and was really presented well. The Shrimp Ramen was very good as was the Chirashi. We requested some Ghost pepper sauce and that did add a good 'kick' to both dishes without being crazy hot. Looking forward to another visit when we will try some rolls and sashimi. read more

Ramen with shrimp, yum. But only three shrimps, sad face. Parents loved their sirloin and prime rib. Crab cake appetizer was delicious. Watching other tables get their sushi rolls was endlessly entertaining, too. Pricey, but worth it. Some of the tables may not have been wiped down between customers, but I bet they won't skip that these days. read more

We were excited to try sushi close to home. Got seated quickly despite it being busy which seemed promising. We ordered an appetizer (crab cakes) and miso soup. When the crab cakes arrived we were less than impressed. They were the consistency of wet dog food and tasted like spoiled fish. The miso was the equivalent to chicken broth, no tofu, no kombu, no scallions. For the main dish my daughter and husband ordered hibachi and I order nigiri salmon and a roll. Not only did it take an absurd amount of time to get our food, it was an extreme disappointment. The rice and noodles on the hibachi tasted rancid the nigiri was warm and the rice was like paste. When we politely confronted our very polite server about the state of our meal she got her manager, the manager met us at our table and was extremely rude and defensive when we tried to explain our situation. Bottom line save your money and go somewhere else if you're craving sushi this place will leave both your wallet and your stomach hungry. read more

In Detroit Lakes it is hard to find a restaurant that serve's good food with good service. Sapphire has given us that option.

Firing on all cylinders at this restaurant , food, service, everything was excellent!!! We eat out a lot at many different locations also, sushi was perfect , kids like burgers and they thought they were awesome also !!! read more