I'm wanting to like this location... but it's very difficult with the low level employees. Who's doing the hiring here??? Yes, there are some all stars employed here, but overall the employees are rude and lack serious customers experience mindsets. - that's what I wrote a couple weeks ago. Today... March 1, '18; I'm extremdisliking this Squid Ink location. When I lived in The N Phx Corridor I went to the downtown Squid Ink location twice a week. Living in the west valley I now frequent the Happy Valley location. In fact, the more I think about it I hate this location. No culture, + no good service = no enjoyment. I hate it here, did I mention that? I've had it; this place is slow, ignores guests, has way too many off duty employees getting drunk on the patio and acting like idiots. This place is ran piss poorly. Employees are disconnected and have little to no concern about customer care. I hate it here. This will, without doubt, be the last time I spend my money at this joke of a business. read more

Went here for dinner with my family and friends and had a great time! With a group of 5 we were promptly seated even with it being very busy. We ordered 5 different rolls and loved every one of them. The cougar was sooo good! Our waitress, Jenna, was fabulous. She was timely, attentive, and so sweet! We loved her. Cheers! read more

Really enjoyed the food and atmosphere here! My first time coming in so I was a little intimidated, but the staff is very friendly and the food is delicious. One of the sushi chefs behind the bar struck up a small conversation with me. I had the miso soup and spicy tuna rolls - both were very tasty! If never quite had proper sushi before, just a California roll, but I have to say I'm addicted now! The miso soup was also my first taste of tofu and I enjoyed that as well. The restaurant overall is very clean and nicely decorated, and the bar is lovely, with all of the fish up for display. It's nice and light and airy inside, with a cool modern scheme. I'll definitely be coming back sometime soon, and I've been thinking of making it a weekly trip! Highly re conned this place for lunch or dinner! read more

We were so excited to try this place, we heard good things about it too. Unfortunately the sushi wasn't anything special that you'd expect when you spend almost $200. We ordered a variety of things, the best was the Citrus Yellowtail appetizer, no complaints with that dish we even ordered another one. Everything else was just meh or blah! We ordered Squid N Nancy, I don't know if the grease was old or what but it just didn't taste fresh like calamari should, the fried flavor was overpowering, we didn't even finish it and usually there's none left when we order calamari. We ordered rainbow rolls and they actually put a crab stick in the middle, not a traditional California roll center which was so odd and disappointing, I think that should be disclosed on the menu... I've never seen that anywhere else and we order rainbow rolls every time we get sushi as that's our favorite classic roll. We ordered some sashimi and nigiri too which was also just okay, they serve it as thick cuts which wouldn't seem like something to complain about because they're not being cheap with it but it's just too much, good sushi should be sliced thinner (quality over quantity). I don't think we'll ever go back, the search for the best sushi on this side of town continues... *sigh* I hate expensive meals that are disappointing... I should've just gone shopping. read more

Horrible!!! Went with my family plus neighbors who were all over the age of 60 and it was made very clear we were not welcomed. They only wanted young single people there and were not welcomed there. We wee allowed one glass of wine only and one sushi roll only and then they told my 15 yr old went to the bathroom that they wanted us to leave. It was so embarrassing. The food wasn't great and my who party of 10 qas embarrassed. read more

Love this place. Nice little patio with heaters. Good service. I'm vegetarian and so far I've only tried the sesame yuku kale salad and fried tofu, which is so awesome I keep ordering it. I've tried several beers and a cocktail too, all of which were excellent. One of my favorite places! read more

Great atmosphere! They have a decent happy hour with some sushi rolls offered at half price. I had the sashimi salad and it was delicious. I will definitely come back! read more

I've been several more times since my first review and just had their grilled chicken wings for the first time. At happy hour (daily until 7) they are half off so only 4 or 5 bucks for a dozen. They were EXCELLENT. Still stand by Sakana being by far the go-to spot on the west side for sushi. read more

This place has average sushi, although the Cougar Rolls are very different and delicious. The service here is always just okay. Make sure you don't sit by the windows here - you will be pestered by fruit flies your entire meal. This place has tons of them and it is disgusting. They are the worst in the corner window seats. I wish this place would do something about them... read more

I've come here a few times in hopes that the service and food would get better, but it hasn't. We came in last night as a big group, and we were seated right away. Our waitress came and got our drink orders around the table. I ordered a Kirin. When she returned, she brought me a Kirin Light, put it on the table and walked away. When she came back, I said that I wanted a regular Kirin, and her response was "Oh well that's all we have." Oooookay. Right when we started ordering our food, we let her know in the beginning that we were doing separate checks. She rolled her eyes and let out a big sigh like she was put out about it. When she told us that a certain item was not available, we told her that we needed a few more minutes and she threw the sushi menu back on the table and said she'd be back. When we got our appetizers, we didn't have utensils, napkins, or plates to share. When our waitress finally came around so we could ask for utensils and plates, we were almost done with our appetizers. She finally came back with a stack of plates, chopsticks, and napkins, but of all the places she chose to put them down was right next to my 5 year old niece's head (she had her head down because it was getting close to bed time). We even made space for the plates at the end of the table and told her to put them down there but she seemed determined to put them where she wanted. We barely saw her after that, and when she did come by, she would check on one side of the table and not the other. I'm just really unimpressed with this place. I wish it would do better. read more

This place is top notch in my opinion. The sushi is absolutely delicious and perfectly prepared. We sat at the sushi bar and the busy sushi chef didn't miss a beat answering questions and prepping orders in a extremely timely manner. Service was great! Our waters were never empty. Overall a great experience and tasty food. Will be back soon! read more

This place is one of my favorite places for happy hour. We almost always get the roasted garlic edamame and the chicken wings (I know...chicken wings at a sushi place seems wrong). They have great drink specials and pretty much everything we've tried has been great. read more

Fresh sushi and loved the atmosphere. Great service. Our waitress recommended some of her favorites and they were amazing. The rainbow roll was excellent. Was visiting from Florida and had a great experience. read more

Good solid resturant. Serves a large variety of sushi and sashimi but also many cooked dishes. My son and I tried it out and both had sushi and several rolls. Everything was very good, fresh and presented well. We noticed at the next table a kobe burger and it looked terrific. Will definitely return and will continue to sample other menu items. A big thumbs up for Squid Ink. read more

The only person that seemed to know what was going on was the busboy. After the busboy sat us we went into a black hole of service. We waited for 15 minutes and then left. read more

I've been to a decent amount of sushi bars around town and I wasn't very impressed by here. I've heard nothing but good things from friends about this place and finally went this weekend for a friend's birthday party. The atmosphere is fine, loud music on a Saturday night wasn't a big deal and the crowd was good. They had a DJ and a little bit of dancing for some of the songs but nothing crazy or annoying. I really don't care about decor, I go to restaurants for the food. I ordered the Vegas roll since someone wanted to split it and its normally a fairly tasty roll. It was such a small roll I ended up ordering appetizers since I split the roll. For $11 the Vegas roll was very small in diameter with small pieces of fish inside and only came with 5 pieces! I wasn't too thrilled about that considering I can get a lot bigger roll with bigger pieces of fish inside at Tokyo Lobby. The appetizers were fair... I ordered the Crab Rangoons and the Pork Gyoza. For Happy Hour the appetizers are a good deal because they each come with a decent amount on the plate. The Crab rangoons had pretty good sized pieces of crab inside which is a nice change but 2 of them had nothing in them, no crab or cream cheese. Overall i'd like to give this place another shot and i'll review again but the first experience as far as food was sub-par. read more

Hubby and I decided to head out for a Saturday bait date. We're relatively new to the whole sushi thing as both of us swore for years we didn't like it only to find out we love it. First, any place that has a Saturday night happy hour is A-OK with me. Squid Ink's is 3-7 and 10pm to midnight. Every day. And the deals are pretty good. We were starving so we ordered a few apps and spicy yellow tail rolls which were all half off and I had a glass of Sauvignon Blanc and Hubby had a domestic beer. We were still a little hungry so we got and order of Hory Fook Rolls. The food was excellent. The crab rangoons had HUGE pieces of crabs in them. Huge chunks and the chili gastrique (what does that even mean?) was yummy. The yellowtail melted in my mouth and the Hory Fook was spicy happiness. As for service, we were a little hesitant as it took a whilr for us to first be served. But, once our waitress, Crystal, came by she was spot on. She came by at all the right times. Always right when we needed something and not so often that it killed conversation. She was excellent. All in all our dinner was just under $40 including two drinks each. Nice. read more

Great sushi...when they're serving it. Their website and a sign outside the door advertises happy hour every day from 3-7 and 10-12 and when we went in last night at 10 they told us their kitchen was closed! Get your story straight, please. read more

We came during Happy Hour with a group of 8 and a toddler. Sat outside among the awesome heater stands. Food was great, especially the Garlic Edamame! Drinks were yummy, and served right when they were asked for. We were only visiting the area and dont have anything close to home that is similar so we will make sure to come back next time we are in the Peoria area! read more

I'd give it a 5, except the last two times my wine glasses have been filmy - to the point the server should have felt it on the outside. Both times it took 3 tries to get a clean one. Not sure what changed, but please change it back. I really like this place. That said, the place has a cool vibe, good sized outdoor patio, pricing is very reasonable and the food has been great. The potstickers are done perfectly - crispy outside, delicious inside and they sit in a ginger-soy sauce. The buffalo chicken house rolls are amazing too. Can't speak for the sushi because we don't eat that, but friends love it. Actually came here because of friends. Always thought it was just sushi but pleasantly surprised by the menu. Only complaint is the metal outdoor seating inside. Hella uncomfortable. They used to have clear plastic mod chairs that were actually comfortable. Maybe they broke at a certain weight. I'm sure there's a better solution than the metal chairs. read more

Are favorite neighborhood place to go to! We are always happy when Libby is there.Cause we know everything will be great! Tina is are favorite bartender & when she is there we always sit at the bar! read more

Good mix for those who love sushi and those who may not. Husband loves the dirty rockstar roll and daughter the california and spicy crab rolls. For me, not a big sushi fan, but a lot of options on the menu I can choose from - my favs the potstickers and wonton soup. read more

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Horrendous , not real sushi at all . Weird menu and not good at all . Didn't even like the yakisoba . Avoid avoid avoid

Squid Ink has fresh, quality fish and unique rolls. As someone who prefers more simple sushi (mainly nigiri and not a lot of special sauces), I thought the taste and texture of the salmon and tuna was very good overall. The special rolls are not what you typically find at sushi restaurants out here and (thankfully) not so huge that you can hardly eat them. While not my favorite restaurant, it's definitely a nice addition to the Peoria area. The service is great and the drink selection is also a bit out of the ordinary. read more

I went in on a Friday evening with a group of 4 including me. After an average 30 minute wait, we were seated inside at a table near the sushi bar. Our waitress was great, refilled our water and asked us how things were plenty. Going there primarily for the sushi, we were disappointed when our sushi was served warm( Philly Roll, California Roll, and a Spicy Tuna Roll) which definitely shouldn't have been warm.. It surely was not fresh. Being that Peoria has limited sushi places, I guess they give themselves the right to have low standards. read more

Second favorite sushi place but #1 for Happy Hour and patio dining. Great prices and tasty options though their Happy Hour menu has been reduced. Nice place to stop by if you are in the area. Recommend lunch or Happy Hour, dinner is noisy and busy. read more

I know this place is new so I will give them another chance but I have been twice and had not great service. The first time we went for dinner and received our meals before our starters and the waiter did not even realize we never received them. He did take one off the bill which was nice. They then charged by boyfriends card double which took about a week to get the charges reversed. My second visit was for lunch with a group of girlfriends and the experience was worse. We all received our food at different times and the lost my order and one other girls order. They did not even serve our soups at the same time, when we asked why they waitress said they were washing more bowl. We found this very odd being that it was a weekday lunch with about 10 people in the entire place. The food was good. The tuna lunch bowl was really good. Be careful if you don't like spicy because the food is spicy. For me thats a good thing. I love close and I am excited about the place so I hope they get the kinks worked out. The dumplings were Yum! Happy Eating! read more

The sushi is good. the atmosphere is more for younger folks.. 20-30 year olds. They have a full bar as well. read more

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Always a get place to eat, socialize and have fun. It's consistently excellent. The staff is attentive and friendly. Always there with a smile and quick service. read more

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We have been here twice now and really enjoy it! Love the happy hour too! We really liked the sushi! A lot of great creative rolls. They even have a decent kids menu which is hard to find a sushi joints. read more

Fantastic atmosphere with an updated style 10/10 would sush again. Ps try the tootsie roll

Will not return to Squid Ink. The sushi tasted very fishy. The rolls were mushy and tasteless. The prices were high for the quality of the sushi. There are too many other great places to eat sushi to waste my money here. The staff was friendly. read more

I swore I would never come back after 3 BAD experiences. STEPHANIE IN THE BAR TOTALLY CHANGED MY MIND!!!! SHES HAPPY, helpful, accommodating, and wants you to have a GREST experience. Katie the AGM was super cool, If you've had a bad experience, try again. Ask for Stephanie. Drink price went down too. read more

The atmosphere here is really great. I definitely recommend hanging out at the bar and enjoying the open air vibe. The sushi is so-so. A bit on the dry side and not very flavorful. read more

Love Squid Ink but this location only. Downtown has awful service. Love all their specialty rolls and the Chefs Fish Special is amazing. Great for date night or girls night. It's small and gets busy. Nice to eat on the patio when it's cool. However not a fan of their live music read more

This place is more of a club than a sushi bar. I went with my family because we had gotten gift cards for my Dad's birthday. First off, the service was TERRIBLE. The wait staff were more interested in talking to each other and the cooks than making money for the business. My dad's dish came out cold. We waited at least 50 minutes for food. When we tried to use the gift cards, we were told that we couldn't, and then when we argued with the server and just asked her to run it to see if it worked, it did. The food quality was not good whatsoever. I got sick after eating their sushi. Judging by the other reviews, it looks like both service and food quality are severely lacking. read more

Great food! Fresh fish. Restaurant offers a wide selection. Service was friendly, courteous, and prompt. It was first there, but it will not be our last. Patio sitting is delightful. read more

Went for happy hour and have some pretty good deals! We had 2 appetizers, green bean tempura and the beef negimaki. Green beans were good the beef was not good I am glad it was half off because it is a $12 app. You get 6 very small pieces of beef with no flavor, very bland! We ordered 3 happy hour rolls! Spicy tuna, buffalo chicken and the hory fook. All just average. We also ordered Thai chicken fried rice and ramen. Both very bland and not a lot of flavor! I would probably not order from the kitchen menu again! I will stick to rolls. The atmosphere was good. Thursday night was super busy! Drinks were good but pricy after happy hour. The best part was the entertainment. Marty and Natalie performed and they were fantastic. I hope they bring them back because they were great! It was so pretty outside and good music! I give the performers a 5! read more

playlist on Friday night. Heard there was DJ there on Saturday can't wait to check it out. Service was very friendly, food came fast and was tasty. Great date night spot. read more

Service was the absolute worst I've seen. I would love to rate the food, but unfortunately the servers don't give a damn and I was unable to get my food... is when the place is vacant (4pm), with maybe people at 4 tables. I did speak with Nicole, she's a real peach....very rude. If I owned this place, I would be pissed. The customer experience is so critical nowadays. Wouldn't bother to come back read more