This restaurant put me through college. I worked here on and off for three years and it was such an amazing experience. I learned so much about sushi but even more I learned more about the food they create. The owner is amazing, kind and above all truly cares for the food he puts out and the customers he serves. I have tried everything on the menu but my favorites are the oven baked rolls like the volcano, golden bridge and lion king roll. You can't go wrong with any of the rolls here. They almost always come with sauce... so if you don't like that... you can always order the sauce on the side instead. You should at least give it a try though because all of their sauces are homemade, fresh and super tasty. My other top recommendations are their vegetarian rolls especially their vegetable tempera roll. I've tried to find another place that comes close to how sushi cafe does their vegetarian rolls, but have never found a close match. I love the decor and vibe of this location as well. You can always hit it up after or before school or going to fry street or the square. I learned to fall in love with sushi here. read more

Not recommended. I ordered the Cheese Ramen because I never gotten it from a restaurant before and make it at home with instant ramen. It was exactly the same at home, not toppings except for a slice of cheese and spring options. Didn't appreciate paying $12 for instant ramen with a slice of cheese. (Shin ramen if yall want to make it at home) read more

3.5 stars Shrimp Ramen, Misou Soup, Eggroll, Edame seasoned and prepared well. The waiter was professional and was attentive during our time. The seafood was not marinated thus lacked flavor. Very clean and soothing environment. I would come back for the noodles, misou soup and, eggroll. read more

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If you want items left out of your order, come here. Attention to detail and customer service needs work.

My first time here. Ordered take-out. I came in at 7:43 not knowing that the sushi bento was a dish only served until 2pm. The server informed me on the time but the owner (Max) was just on the opposite side of the counter and immediately came over to let the server know that he(Max) will be willing to make this dish for me. I also ordered the 5 pc. Takoyaki with no idea what it was, but was not disappointed in the flavor. The shrimp fried rice? I don't know where to start. It's just so flavorful. The sesame sauce on top made this my favorite fried rice to date. The atmosphere is very calming. This place is a 10/10. I am excited to come back for more and try more things on the menu. read more

I got the bento box lunch special and it was okay, nothing special. The server was very nice though and quick to help. I thought the restaurant was a little dim but it was clean. read more

Super good food! The fry street lover roll is my favorite. The udon beef noodles are wonderful. Seaweed salad is good and fair price. House Saki is good too. I eat here all the time! Love this place read more

Beautiful and comfortable space. Our wait staff person was helpful, engaging, and professional. The generously proportioned food was fresh and yummy. We'll be back read more

Our absolute go-to for Denton sushi! Every time we order something new, I'm unsure about the sauce they put on the roll, and I'm always delighted! Last Vegas roll, Crystal roll, and avocado roll are our favorites but we've never had anything there we didn't enjoy. It's also a great place to take people who are new to sushi, or who don't love it. They have lots of sushi options with fried proteins, plus fried rice and noodle dishes. We usually get it to go or delivered, so I'm not an expert on their dine-in service, I can say they've never gotten an order wrong or forgotten anything! It's a small place, but looks welcoming! read more

Fastest sushi place in Denton! The food is average but would expected for a small place by the bars, short menu full of the classics read more

Sushi Cafe - Miso Shrimp Tempura - Sushi Bars Near Me - Denton, Texas

The food was not great and it's was very expensive. The server was okay. 30 bucks total for 2 small bowl of instant ramen with 3 piece of meats in it and the California roll that come with it ... I had better at a buffet place. read more

Literally the best sushi place on the planet !!!!! Can never ever go wrong. Everyone is so nice as well.

My mom, my daughter and I were just driving around Denton and wanted to grab a little lunch, I was super hesitant to try this place but I'm glad we popped in. The restaurant smells like really cheap cleaning products but the customer service and food was excellent. Don't get me wrong, you're not getting high end sushi here, but it was large portions and the price was good. Our waitress was attentive and friendly. I would definitely eat here again. read more

Bad sushi and not so good customer service. Maybe it was her bad day. Wasting my money here and the foods taste pretty bad. Go to Kroger sushi is much better and much cheaper! Hate to give out one star but this was unacceptable! Will not return! read more

Sushi Cafe offers an abundance of sushi rolls, poke bowls, ramen, udon, and others. What I love about this place is that they offer a huge variety of vegetarian options- most sushi places only offer a couple, but this place has a lot!! I was craving a hot bowl of noodle soup and was looking to get the tofu udon, but I went with a build my own poke bowl instead. Honestly though, I do wish I had gone with the tofu udon. With the poke bowl, we got to choose out choice of rice, two proteins, four toppings (some cost extra), and two sauces. I went with a vegetarian option and got fried tofu as the protein. While the poke bowl had great flavor and was actually quite delicious, I found the portion to be way too small for the price- $14. I left actually still feeling hungry, but I didn't want to spend more money. Most poke places offer a decent sized bowl for about $8-$9, so $14 for a smaller portion is definitely on the pricy range. I hope to come back to try their other items- especially the tofu udon or the cheese ramen. read more

Hits the spot every time... I usually get the tofu udon, but my friends say the California rolls are delicious too.

One of my favorite places in Denton. I come here every week. The food is great, and the servers are friendly. But you only get one napkin, and they won't bring you wasabi and ginger unless you ask. Pricing is fair and the atmosphere is nice. read more

The BEST sushi in Denton by far. And cheaper too. Even their shrimp tempura is the best I've ever had and it's one of the simpler rolls. My boyfriend doesn't even like sushi and he will eat just about any roll from here. Not sure if they are still running happy hour specials but that's the best part of this place! read more

I had previously avoided trying this place due to a low Yelp rating. I almost tried them several times, but would get nervous and back out. After 3 exhausting days of travelling, we got back in town Monday night and were starving. I saw them on UberEats and did a comparison with Yelp to see that their rating had raised quite a bit since I last checked. This made me feel better and I proceeded to place an order. Considering the amount of food and the time of day, I can't really be surprised by the delivery time. The food however, was a mixed bag. I really, really, really wanted some sushi and was bummed by what we got. I ordered the salmon and the red snapper, $3.99 each. Since this was the entire reason we chose to order from this place at all, I had an expectation of at least average. Unfortunately, this expectation was not met. The salmon was of poor quality, VERY stringy and one of the pieces was discolored. The first bite of red snapper was actually pretty good, but the rest of the first piece and half of the second piece were still frozen! As in, they was hard, extremely cold and there were still ice crystals on one side which should have been seen when slicing and it felt like it was intentionally hidden from me. I would much rather a place tell me they don't have it ready then just try to pawn off unthawed sushi on me, that made me mad and is an indicator of how much they care about their customers. This is what I was looking forward to and the disappointment ran deep. My husband ordered the beef and veggie fried rice for $11.99. It looked really unappetizing, we didn't expect it to be so dark and drowned in soy. I chose not to try it and my husband reported it was extremely salty. The portion was a bit small for the price as well. I ordered the donkatsu entrée with steamed rice and sauce on the side for $10.99. It came with a salad and I can say that the portion was fair for the price point. The salad was decent and the rice was as expected. The donkatsu was pretty good in taste and cook. My only issue with this dish is that my instructions were ignored and they left the sauce on there. This wasn't an issue for the top few, but the bottom layer was drowning in sauce and was soggy and falling apart when I got to it. More than half the donkatsu became inedible and wasted as a result. This was why I requested the sauce on the side, so I would get the entire meal in edible form and then apply the sauce as I was eating it. There were some highlights to our meal though! We also ordered the beef gyoza for $5.99, the chicken egg roll for $4.99 and the green tea ice cream for $4.99. Though the appetizers were a little pricey for the portion size, they were very good. The beef dumpling was tasty and the egg roll was even better with a great flavor and perfect texture! I would gladly order both of those again. The best part of the meal was the green tea ice cream!! It was amazing!! Both the texture and taste was outstanding and I would consider going here just to order more ice cream! You must try if you decide to eat from here. Okay, so the overall rating was a bit tough to decide. I really try to be fair to restaurants as I know a lot of factors are in play, and it's not easy work. When food is a mixed bag, sometimes it's still worth a 3 star rating. However, in this case, I felt a 3 star rating would be unfair to other yelpers and wasn't justified based on the underlying issues with this meal. First, most of the items were overpriced for the quality we received. That's important to a lot of people and shouldn't be ignored. Second, a place that will ignore instructions and choose to give a customer a poor quality item, has a serious issue in how they view both their business and their customers. I eat sushi often, at least once a week, and it's not unusual to be told an item is not available that day whether it be unavailable from the vendor, still frozen or not up to the standards of the chef. This place needs to consider adapting a similar policy. To ignore my instructions means you don't pay attention to your customers. To give me fish that is still frozen, stringy and discolored means you don't value your customers or your reputation. I'm really glad that some other yelpers had better experiences than the original reviews. However, this place still has a lot of work to do. I would like to give a higher rating for the items we enjoyed, but a bulk of the price was for items we didn't enjoy- the sushi and entrées. A 2 star rating ("Meh. I've experienced better.") is actually an accurate rating for this experience. If they continue to improve and get good reviews, I will try them again in the future, but spend significantly less money with them until I see the improvement for myself. Sushi is in your restaurant's name. Please show more respect for your customers by only serving items you are willing to stand behind. read more

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I got take out from here and while the jalapeño poppers were great, the sushi was okay at best. The roll was small for the price with not a great taste and the wasabi was not great. Service was good and staff was friendly. read more

We were so hungry I forgot to take pictures of the sushi. Shrimp tempura roll was good, California roll was pretty good, but a little on the pricey side for a Cali roll. Poke bowl was average. Nice workers, good location. They have happy hour and you can call in and get the happy hour price as well. read more

Sushi Cafe - Sushi Bars Near Me - Denton, Texas

I went here with 2 friends just to grab a quick a bite to eat. Not expecting much, just hungry. The waitress was very sweet and helpful but I ordered the beef bulgogi bowl and did not like it so I did not eat it and asked for something else to eat. The manager still made me pay for it which is not common among restaurants. I tried to appeal with the manager and was very respectful but the manager made me pay 12 extra dollars for a meal I did not like nor eat. Very rude and bad service from him. read more

First of all, The new management changed this place SO MUCH BETTER than before!! I have known this place for many years but the quality of sushi has been going down so I stopped going (this might be just my opinion) but I saw there Instagram page and as soon as I saw "new management", I thought maybe I should give them another chance! I ordered mean green poke bowl and I was impressed on size of the bowl and the amount of fish they put!! Salmon and tuna were fresh and loved the crab meat. It comes with ponzu sauce which I absolutely love the taste. The chef was really nice and friendly. They are having all day happy hour on rolls but i was craving poke bowl I didnt get rolls. I am definitely visiting again for rolls!!! read more

Sushi Cafe - Mean green poké bowl. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Denton, Texas

I was excited to try somewhere new. And unfortunately was very underwhelmed by the food AND service. I had the udon bowl. It was very bland and needed help from Soy Sauce, but there was none on the table, nor salt and pepper. We had a party of 8 for Sunday lunch and the rest. was slow which makes me wonder why the waitress forgot to place two of our parties order?!?! They had to wait another 15 mins. For their orders. I most likely will not be back. read more

If there was opportunity for 0 stars, they'd get it. I ate there a couple of weeks ago and recently retold this experience to a friend of mine. That reminded me to write this review. If you've seen my other reviews, you know that a 1 star means it is truly terrible because I LOVE my food. My party of 4 came in on an early evening. For a time, we were the only ones there. The single wait staff came over after a while to take drink orders. And, promptly forgot the one beer ordered. We reminded him, which is fine, maybe he was having a bad day. We ordered our meals. Unimpressed with the sushi as I was, I ordered tempura udon. The order came out staggered. Okayyyyy, so now there were 3 tables to wait on.... maybe that's it. My udon was okay and spicy as requested. However, the tempura was all overcooked. After reading on the menu "eaten food will not be comped" I decided to eat it anyway until I came to the onion ring. It was burnt so bad it was black. I sent it back, asking only for a single onion ring to replace the unedible one. I was excited to see it coming back to the table, a large onion ring. One bite and... it was a perfectly fried onion skin. Yeah. You know. The completely unedible part of an onion beside its root. The place was not busy. Maybe they're spoiled because UNT is right across the street and other people won't complain. I work hard for my money though so I expect what I pay for. However, never again. There are other sushi places in town. You've lost me, Sushi Cafe, you had ONE JOB. And, blew it. It's worth driving to Lewisville or Flowermound to get what you pay for. read more

Nothing was correct other than the quantity. 2 shrimp sushi and 2 shrimp sashimi were delivered. Under the sea roll and 2 unagi sushi was my order. I contacted them to learn they had no way to make it right except for me to go there to p/u replacement. If I had wanted to drive there, I wouldn't have placed an order via DoorDash. Consumer, be warned! read more

THE BEST SUSHI I'VE EVER HAD. I live on the west coast (a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean) and was in Denton visiting family. Was blown away. So fresh and delicious. Every bite was like slipping into a warm bath. Have already been here two days in a row and will be here again every time I'm in town. The IN N OUT CRUNCH is where it's at! read more

my roommate and i eat here at-least once a week haha. Sushi is always really good. Love the spicy mayo so much

the Chicken teriyaki plate with the rice was my favorite! the rice was so fluffy and flavorful, genuinely enjoyed it. The California roll was good, but it did come with a surprise sweet sauce I did not ask for. Though it was okay, and I ate and enjoyed it as a little change up, I definitely would not normally want it. So I'd definitely recommend if you want your rolls without sauce to ask! Service was nice, I came in soon before a shift change and my second server was much more kind than my first. the Setting is cute, a nice cozy scenery as I went on a snow day. will return knowing what I know! read more

I went to get a meal with my friends because I was hungry but was met with below average ramen and a sad excuse for sushi. One of my friends did not enjoy the first bite of their food and asked to get it replaced with something else. They were able to get something out for her but did not tell her she would have to pay for both meals even though they were both terrible. Will not be returning. Do not recommend this to anyone. The manager is a terrible person who takes advantage of college students. read more

This review is for a meal I had tonight consisting of the Butterfly Roll, a California Roll, and a Miso Soup. Let's start with the Butterfly roll. Eel and tuna atop a shrimp tempura roll. It was hard to look at, and even harder to eat. When I first saw the roll I thought I had gotten the wrong one, it was mostly tuna with only 2 pieces containing any eel at all. I start from the end with the tuna, everything's good until I hit the piece of eel...it was terrible. Not the taste, the eel was amazing, but the way it was "filleted" was absolutely unacceptable, it felt like the person who was preparing it just took off the head and sliced it up. Both of the only pieces there were had at least 6 bones in them, each, which is just absurd. Eel takes a lot of experience and effort to prepare, so if you don't have an experienced chef, don't use experienced ingredients. The second was the California roll. Not much here, but it just tastes cheap. If you're going to charge me $8+, then cook the rice and don't smother it in a bunch of sauce. The miso soup is last, oh my gosh it was bad. I thought I was drinking soy sauce, there must have been 5x my daily salt intake in a sip of that. You gotta get that ratio right. No. Don't go here. I would recommend trying other places first. read more

Pretty bad food here. The service is the only good reason I even give this place any star. The rice in the sushi was soggy, the raman noodles that was almost 10 bucks look like it actually came from the raman fast noodle pack that costs a few cents. Also, don't expect to see any meat in your noodles. They do have a bar here, which I guess is why the food is this bad. read more

Sushi Cafe is maybe the most underrated spot in Denton. Located right off of Fry Street is a hidden gem. I'm not a sushi connoisseur by any means but Sushi Cafe is awesome! First off their service & chef is unmatched. Anytime I go I feel at home, they provide great suggestions too! Saki Bombs with their lunch specials are a must!!! read more

This place is so good! I got the endless love roll and it was some of the best sushi I have ever had! I will most likely be coming back here! read more

Sushi Cafe - Endless Love - Sushi Bars Near Me - Denton, Texas

I'd heard mixed reviews of this place but after a second visit, I can say that it's exceeded my expectations! While I haven't tried a wide variety of things on the (huge) menu, primarily just their rolls and mochi, I was pretty satisfied. I definitely recommend the Uncommon Grounds roll if you're a salmon lover! It's really, really good. Honestly wasn't super thrilled with the double spicy roll because it just has a ton of sriracha on it, and I was hoping for some jalapeños or whatever else but I didn't really read the description so that's kind of on me. Their coffee mochi ice cream is good, too. It's just a good reliable sushi joint for ordering rolls, and the happy hour prices are nice. They have a really wide selection on their menu so I'll definitely be back to try more. read more

Sushi Cafe - The Uncommon Grounds roll and crunchy roll in the background. (Sriracha added on top by me but it's probably better without it tbh) - Sushi Bars Near Me - Denton, Texas

Great for college students! Great value for what you're getting. Haven't been disappointment by any of the rolls and we're tried at least half the menu! read more

I wanna start off by saying the service and workers were very nice. However, the menu is a little deceptive because I ordered a rainbow roll and California roll and online it has no mention of any sauces but, there's a sweet sauce and eel sauce on both. If I would've known it was on there I probably wouldn't have ordered it as the sweet sauce is too much for me. If it wasn't on there the food is actually very good and the service again is very nice. Please just update your menu :( read more

GREAT SERVICE!! I love the sushi and keeping the local restaurants open! Also great location

yummy food, nice service, affordable price and clean. One of my favorite is beverly hills roll. If you like soft shell crab, beverly hills roll is way to go!! Anything with eel is amazing too!! so get any rolls with eel!!! read more

Sushi Cafe - Bev. Hills roll. Amazing!!! Love their soft shell crab - Sushi Bars Near Me - Denton, Texas

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This place isn't bad. The sweet and spicy roll is delicious and the drinks are good too. The ramen is not the best if I'm being honest with you. I ordered a ramen to go and the noodles got very slimy. I'd say just stick with the sushi menu. read more