Honestly the freshest, yummiest hand rolls in Austin. The nori is super crunchy and fresh, the sushi rice is perfect and everything is made to order. Even the soy sauce is hand blended. I was totally blown away by all the vegetable rolls because the delicately applied sauce isn't overwhelming and compliments whatever the filling is. The crunchy quinoa/avocado roll is unbelievable, throw a little ginger on the side and you'll do what I did, which is place a second order immediately. Plus sake, always sake. Austin needs you to come here read more

Omakase in Japanese means "I will leave it to you" and that's exactly what this dining experience entailed. Uroko offers a casual counter-service hand roll bar, sushi classes, and 45-minute sushi omakase. We visited Uroko a little over a month since they officially opened their doors and I was thoroughly impressed. Being my first experience having an omakase meal, I did not know what to expect. Uroko is a collaboration between Komé's owners and one of Uchi's veteran chefs, Masazumi Saio so I definitely had high hopes. Uroko offers a casual counter-service hand roll bar, sushi classes, and 45-minute sushi omakase. In order to make reservations for the classes and omakase, you'll visit their website to do so. The sushi class is limited to 6 people, lasts about 90 minutes, costs $75 per person, and you get to eat the food you make! Regarding the Omakase, it's only available Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, for parties of 2 to 6 people and costs $65. Also, Uroko offers a VEGAN Omakase, twice a month! We walked inside and first thing you can see is the quaint, modern restaurant that has a bar with only six spots along with other side seating. We were offered a menu with beverages like green tea, sake, local Infinite Monkey wine, and yuzu sake slushee they had made at the restaurant. The dinner started promptly at our reservation time. The chef explained to us that he would be serving us nigiri, pieces of fish on top of sticky white rice, explaining how he prepared each piece and where it was from. We had Madai (flaky, delicious snapper topped with lemon zest and oil), Sake (salmon belly topped with lemon ginger and sweet miso and this piece was one of my absolute favorites of the night), Madai (snapper w/lemon zest and oil), Sake (salmon w/lemon ginger and sweet miso), Hamachi (yellowtail w/pickled wasabi and butter which had a mild fish taste but very buttery), Tako (octopus w/sweet soy sauce and Japanese seven spice, that was chewier in texture versus the fish pieces but had a mild flavor), Hotate (scallop that the chef smoked with cherrywood right in front of us, and topped with a yuzu kosho which is made from chili peppers and fermented with yuzu juice. The scallop was slightly smoked, so the raw texture was very daunting and off-putting), Saba (mackerel cured with kombu and then topped with a slice of ginger and scallions with a bold fish taste but very buttery in texture), Tanin Bune (Speaking of off-putting texture again, this was Santa Barbara uni (sea urchin gonads) and ikura (salmon caviar) topped with sea salt. The piece was very large and the uni felt kind of like a tongue, it was tough to get through to be perfectly honest), Maguro (bluefin tuna that was so incredibly fresh tasting topped with small diced Japanese style pickled jalapeños which was easily the best piece of bluefin I've ever tried), Toro (fatty tuna topped with soy sauce and wasabi that melted in my mouth, like soft butter), Botan Ebi (pandalid shrimp where the chef removed the meat and deep fried the shell. The nigiri was delightful topped with a clear jelly and roe while the fried shell was described as fried bacon of the sea. My fiancé really enjoyed the crispy shell but the shells got stuck in my teeth so I didn't enjoy them as much), Anago (saltwater eel that was prepared with orange juice, ginger and salt which was very delicious), Tomago (egg wrapped with a strip of nori seaweed and brilliantly stamped with Uroko's logo.) In conclusion, I loved the experience, learned a lot, and would love to come back for a special occasion or come in and try some hand rolls. -Bianca read more

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I'd been wanting to try Uroko for some time but couldn't convince my husband to go. I'd heard the hand rolls were really good and when Covid-19 happened and shut down all the restaurants, the opportunity arose for me to order it delivered! I also got to support a new local business. It was raining the day of my delivery. The food was delicious and the service was EXCEPTIONAL. I can only imagine what it would've been like had we had the opportunity to actually interact less than 6 meters apart. Thank you for a great meal during a sad time. Together we will get through this! read more

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I've now been to Uroko 3 times: twice for handrolls and once for the omakase. Monday-Wednesday, it's counter service handrolls. Both times, the handrolls were prepared quickly and delicious. Extremely fresh fish. Thursday they have sushi class (by reservation). Max capacity is 6. Friday and Saturday is omakase (by reservation). Max capacity is 6. I loved the Omakase. i was incredibly full afterwards. The quality of the fish really is incredible, and the flavors amazing. It's 45 min start to finish and ~$60/pp. It's now my favorite place for sushi in the city. read more

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Uroko has to be one of the greatest sushi spots around town in ATX for an omakase at the price point they provide. There are only 6 spots per time slot/reservation, so the experience is extra special in my opinion. I've been to Uroko about 2- 3 times now, and my experiences have been very consistent in terms of quality and flavor. The menu changes somewhat frequently too, so it's never quite the same experience which is neat. If you've never been, The chefs are very prompt and start right on time, so I recommend arriving a few minutes early! read more

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Experienced Omekase at Uroko on Saturday night with my date. What an amazing menu for 45 minutes. Each course was beautifully presented and extremely fresh paired with unique tastes added to each bite. Towards the end the courses tended to speed up a bit more than I expected, but great service and interaction with the chef. Overall love this place and will def be back! read more

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Super solid and consistent sushi. Wish this place was closer to my house because I would go everyday . Ordered the group temaki kits in the midst of the pandemic and it was such a treat. A good amount of food for a reasonable price. Recently tried to temaki set for 1 and it was the same. Reasonably priced and soooo much food. read more

Okay if you are looking for a sushi connoisseur review please keep going. My knowledge is limited and I don't really know the difference between many of the types of sushi at a high end place. If you are looking for a novice view.. keep reading. Went in for the Omakase, which is a chef selected menu. You show up and sit back and listen, watch, and eat. The seatings are well timed at 45 min each. You come in, get your drink, eat, and get out. Nice if you are looking for good food but not a full evening of dining. Pros: Everything! Food was amazing and I tried things I would never have thought of ordering. High quality pieces, flavorfully dressed with a wide variety of ingredients, well prepared and presented by an expert sushi chef who knew his stuff and loved sharing his knowledge. Sake selection, while small, was well balanced (according to the sake snobs eating with us). My friends ordered a bottle and we thoroughly enjoyed! I had wanted to pre pay the dinner so no fighting over the bill. With a quick email that was taken care of. Cons: If I had to point out a few minor things.. due to the 45 min seatings, there is no sitting around after to finish your drinks. We could have taken then outside the restaurant and into the courtyard but it was not very appealing. Come and eat and go elsewhere! A bit expensive, but the others dining with us said reasonable compared to other places. They do the Omakase seating on Friday and Saturday for parties of 2, 4, or 6. They have recently added Monday and will do single party seatings as well. They are adding a 5p seating, so that increases options as they are booked up pretty far in advance so they are trying to get some options opening. Check them out. Experience something cool. Eat good sushi. read more

The omakase was a great experience. Very intimate and they provide information with each serving. The flavors went really well with the fish and they use pretty high quality ingredients. It didn't fill me up as much but the food was great! read more

Absolutely loved our omakase meal from Uroko. It was one of the more unusual sushi experiences I've had, with beautiful slices of fish, perfect rice, and interesting combinations. Not every single piece was a success (the raw sweet prawn wasn't to our liking), but I appreciated that they were trying new, ambitious flavor combinations like snow crab and wasabi butter, or scallop and yuzo kosho. Eating in their cute, tiny restaurant would've been great, but they made the take-out experience special by including notes for each piece of sushi, and a bonus treat of triple-fried shrimp shells. For $45/person, it's a deal! We were both full at the end and can't wait to try it again. read more

Uroko - Al fresco omakase dining courtesy of Uroko. - Japanese Near Me - Austin, Texas

Best sushi in Austin! I'm quite the sushi snob and since moving to Austin a few years ago, it's been hard to find great sushi. I'm from the west coast and used to having good access to fresh fish. The take out experience was awesome. My wife surprised me with the OMAKASE AT HOME which was awesome. Everything tasted great. My favorite is definitely the Hamachi yellow tail tuna. I'll be eating again here soon! read more

Uroko - Japanese Near Me - Austin, Texas

Fish are not fresh, and unprofessional omakase's style. Rolls are no no. Services are ok.

We had wonderful tuna, mackerel, and salmon temaki (conical hand rolls) here. The flavors, quality of rice, and fish were all excellent. We had a matcha ipa and a yuzu ale along with dinner; the ale was nice, but a Sapporo (or dry sake) instead might have been a better pair than an ipa. I liked the intimate, quiet setting. Super nice staff and chef here. Would love to try the omakase some time read more

My husband and I took a sushi class here and are we glad we did! Our sushi chef Masa was very informative and enjoyable. It was a very small class and all the instruction was hands on so we really learned how to do it. We would highly recommend them. read more

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Made a reservation for a Monday @ 6PM. The bar only fits only 6 people and my friend and I were the only ones who reserved for that time so it was a very nice that we didn't have to rush too much(while staying in the 45 min time limit)! Parking is abundant so nothing to worry about for that. I didn't know they were located in a food hall, so that was a nice sight to see as well. The omakase was amazing! This was my second time having it in Austin and it has definitely made it into my top 3 in general. 12 courses for $65?! You really can't beat that. Some of fishes that stood out to me were: salmon, ika, bf toro, uni, and duck fois gras! It's very obvious that a lot of thought was put into how to prepare the fish the best and what goes well with them to bring out the flavors. We also tried the oysters and they were fantastic! Nice size and the salmon roe, ginger, wasabi, etc went to well with it. For drinks, I got the yuzu slush, which didn't really blow my mind or anything, but it was good. We also got a bottle of nigori that was great (I can't remember the name unfortunately) and I liked how you can pick out your own sake cup from an assorted set right in front of you. Overall, it was a great experience and I would definitely recommend! Will definitely be back soon. read more

Uroko was so fun to check out and we just stopped by for hand rolls! Imagine if we had gone for omakase, it would have been even better! It's nestled inside this new modern development and looks like it's going to be a kind of food hall atmosphere when done with construction. The fish was fresh and had exciting flavors mixed in the hand rolls. We'll definitely come back. read more

Uroko - Japanese Near Me - Austin, Texas

While I'm not a huge fan of hand rolls, I will admit that Uroko does a pretty good job. 4 stars for the freshness of ingredients and taste, but just beware that the spot is a bit pricey for how much food you're getting. So there is a large variety of rolls, and I appreciate that there is always a special menu (I think it's daily) so there's a lot of alternating variety. The people who man the establishment are very nice, and I love the general ambiance of the place. I love how fresh the food is too -- generally you order and then they make the hand rolls on the spot. The fish is pretty good quality (not the best, but that's to be expected because this isn't one of those super fancy/pricey establishments). The seaweed also tastes freshly toasted and comes out crunchy (sooo important)! Again, this is a pretty solid spot especially if you like hand rolls. For me, I think hand rolls are just okay, but Uroko does a good job. My only qualm is that usually I'm a big eater, and the rolls are a bit pricey for what they are, so do come prepared to shell out if you're hungry. Would definitely come back though, and drop by for a quick snack whenever I feel like a hand roll and treating myself! read more

The best sushi class! It was so fun to learn about the rice and how to make a sushi roll, we even made a hand roll and had lots of stuff to take home! read more

Chef Take was so welcoming and made our first omakase less intimidating than I thought it would be! Beautiful plates, fresh fish, amazing flavours. The entire meal was 45 minutes (sounds short, but we left so full!) and full of Umami we can't wait to go back! read more

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Great hand made traditional rolls - even home blended soy sauce that complemented the rolls very well. Great location next to a rotating art installation. read more

Uroko - An empty plate! Delicious hand rolls. House blended soy sauce was unexpected and perfectly matched to rolls. - Japanese Near Me - Austin, Texas

Such a great addition to the Austin sushi scene. I love the simplicity of the menu and hand-rolls are my fav. The fish here is always fresh and our go to spot for a quick bite. We usually go for the spicy tuna, salmon, hamachi and the Marfa roll when they have it. read more

Their takeout omakase has helped get us through covid. The price recently went up so it is not quite the unbelievable deal it was before, but still definitely worth getting. I am definitely looking forward to trying the in person omakase when I can. read more

Absolutely excellent hand rolls for a reasonable price (for Austin). Causal environment - counter service. read more

So we did a take-out temaki plate, and were thoroughly impressed. They managed to provide us with everything our family of 5 needed to make a fantastic quarantine susi party. The fish was super fresh, and they were very generous with the rice, nori and veggies. Would highly recommend this for one and all. Will definitely do this again (and soon) read more

This place is open for lunch and dinner but I've only ever had lunch here. They are super fast with making the food and it's really good. I recommend the hamachi and the spicy salmon roll. read more

Came here on a whim looking for a lunch spot. The spicy tuna and philly were excellent! Really enjoyed the flavor and heat in the spicy tuna. A must return for me. read more

Some friends gifted us a dinner here for Christmas. Such a cool concept and affordable omakase experience. Very small intimate dining experience. While it flies by in an hour, the food is absolutely delicious and sake selection equally so. Fun date night! read more

This restaurant is magnificent. The quality of the sushi rice is perfection and their vegan options are genuinely delicious. 100% recommend, I can't wait to come back. Thank you so much for the fabulous lunch, Uroko!!! read more

I ordered the takeout Omakase from Uroko a couple of weeks ago, and I am still gushing about it. The presentation was so nice, and the value was incredible. I think we got like 14 pieces of fresh seafood for only $45? The experience was made even better by the accompanying paper with descriptions and quotes from the chef corresponding to each piece of nigiri we had. There was some snow crab with wasabi butter that I still think about almost daily. The whole thing just felt very special, which is a very rare occurrence for a takeout meal during the pandemic. I can't wait to go back when everything opens back up. This is probably a bad opinion, but I feel like they should raise the prices! At least to $60 per serving. Seriously, they deserve it!! read more

Yet another pricey sushi establishment to open in austin and call itself affordable. When you think hand roll restaurant you think of the made to order hand rolls with warm rice and crispy seaweed, the kind that you eat immediately as the chef places it down in front of you. But this hand roll restaurant is like you go to a sushi restaurant and take away everything except its normal hand roll menu. So arguably you can go to musashino or she's not here and get the same kind of handroll that probably tastes way better and is actually brought to you rather than self served on a paper plate. It baffles me that people are willing to pay these prices for a casual lunch. I got a hand roll from each part of the menu to get a real feel of the menu and also ordered 4, when the recommended amount is 2-3. Trust me you won't get full off of 2. I got the Hama toro (7 dollars), the special madai yuzu (8 dollars), the basic salmon avocado cucumber (4.55) and the ebi tempura (5.75). Keep in mind you can get a bigger handroll at kura sushi for 2.25 a roll. Overall flavors were good along with proportions but the way the seaweed was sushi mushy and chewy just made it feel like a hand roll you could get at a revolving sushi joint. Except the rolls took 30 minutes to come out despite having a no line at the register. I spent 30 dollars for the meal plus tip, and that's not cheap for a casual lunch. My recommendations to uroko is, make a set roll lunch special menu deal, like 3 rolls for 20 bucks. Kazu nori, a popular hand roll shop in LA does 3 rolls for 12 and 6 rolls for 24. Yes there is something really wrong with the pricing in austin.... read more

If you're like me and used to balanced, simple flavors like Kazunori (from NY or LA) this is not the place for you. We got a $9 toro special handroll and the overly sweet daikon pickle radish totally detracted from the quality of the fish. Just not thoughtfully paired with other ingredients and flavors and the rice could've used some more vinegar. Also missing a bit of soy sauce for a salty balance. The ingredients are fresh but for $9 that doesn't even fair with kazunori's deal, it was quite the letdown. I think this was an honest attempt at interpreting made to order handrolls but maybe more Americanized than I can appreciate. The handroll trend is here but I don't know if this place has truly captured the spirit of it. read more

Came here for the Omakase on their 2nd night of opening and was completely blown away. I am an Omakase junkie. And this was phenomenal, especially for the price. Cannot wait to come back! read more

Came for the Omakase this past Thursday night and was blown away by Chef Masa and his creations. Was convinced that each of the 12 rolls brought out was my new favorite... until the next one came out. He was actually able to make me a fan of sea urchin which I never thought I'd say. Will definitely be returning here regularly and can't give enough praise to the staff. Much welcome addition to the neighborhood! read more

Uroko - Japanese Near Me - Austin, Texas

If you've never had a hand roll (temaki) here, then you really haven't had one at all. Hand rolls are like sushi tacos. The nigiri-like filling is wrapped in a seaweed cone which should be eaten in 2-3 bites. One of temakis' best features is the textural contrast of the firm fish and toothsome rice with the crispy nori. However the shelf life of temaki is fleeting because the nori gets soggy fast. If it's not being handed to you by the sushi chef, then that's too long. This means in a typical restaurant environment, the results are sub-par. Here you're seated at the bar and the temaki is handed to you seconds after it's ready. They're sublime, probably the best in Austin. The flavors are traditional but not rigidly so. I recommend ordering them no more than two at a time so that you can enjoy the crispy nori as much as possible. We've visited for the omakase dinners too. There's not much time for chit-chat, so probably not a first date kinda place, but the quality vs price ratio is unbeatable. read more

What an awesome experience. Went for the Omakase and enjoyed every minute of it. Chef Masa made each bite worthwhile and the service was quick but informative. So many flavors that I never even knew existed. Super friendly and fun. Very much worth the money. read more

This was the most relaxed 5 star experience I've ever had. Everything was superb and the two owners Masa and Také were so much fun and incredibly warm and friendly. The twelve course was out of this world as you would expect. It happened to be Také's twenty-sixth anniversary of coming to Austin the day we were there so we all celebrated over sake. Incredible experience. 10/10 recommended. read more

I placed an order and called them upon arrival to the parking lot. They promptly brought our order out,and it was ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! I honestly can't say enough good things about it. Their tamaki is very reasonably priced, very fresh, and very delicious. Now, their taiyaki.. oh my god. It was so perfectly warm and flaky, not too sweet, and the red bean was to die for. It reminds me so much of Okinawa. I will be ordering from them frequently. read more

I ordered a DIY Tamaki set and saké pairing for a special surprise birthday dinner-- they delivered to my home with great care and attention to detail. The fish and veggies in the Tamaki set were fresh, delicious, and presented beautifully. It came with instructions for how to make the hand rolls and a description of the saké'. It was so fun to make the rolls, try different combinations, and savor the meal from the comfort of our own home. I would highly recommend this as a date night or to introduce the family to special Japanese cuisine. Really appreciate the Uroko staff and chefs for making it such a special birthday. Thanks! read more

Really cute and cozy space for omakase. Came with my boyfriend and there were four other people. It was a nice friendly and semi talkative group. The chef was friendly but a bit quiet. I suspect because you don't really know what kind of experience the guests want so you wouldn't want to be too talkative? I dunno but they were still super friendly there. The food Wowww was so good. Don't think there was a bite that I didn't like. It was also filling for me too. Guess that's what happens when you eat slowly and at a pace instead of inhaling everything and over eating. Highly recommend this spot!! read more

Came here on a Monday and tried some rolls. One guy working so good came out extremely slow. Very good and each roll exactly as expected if not better, it's just the concept seems a little bit for the space. Fish fresh and rice really nice. Miso soup seals out fast and pricy drinks with sake starting at $9. Each roll $5 makes for a pricy meal even with imitation crab; real meat at $7-8 per roll becomes typical sushi prices but at least you're getting fresh quality fish. Some vegetarian options for $5 rolls as well but the real choice is the speciality rolls. The salmon skin was the standout for me and a must order while the others were solid but not worth the $5-7 each. Cool concept in a nice area. With the ability to eat sushi and drink from the bar next door, it makes for a truly Austin meal. read more