Shakou - Libertyville

“The food was delicious everything was nice and fine my waiter was so nice he helped me with the menu it was my first time there everybody is so polite the only thing I didn't like was the lettuce underneath the seaweed but besides that everything else was beautiful”

“If you like seafood, I highly recommend this place. They have unique recipes and fresh ingredients , each dish has a beautiful presentation , and the taste is unforgettable. The black widow roll with scallops and black rice is delicious. The ocean drive roll is refreshing and light, and the cilantro adds a subtle fragrant taste. The Hamachi Carpaccio has the perfect level of spice. If you like soup, there are many options to choose from. My favorite soup is the Shumai soup, which comes with dumplings. The atmosphere is elegant and inviting, and the staff is attentive and friendly. There is a wide variety of cocktails to choose from. Visit this place , you will never regret it.”

“Too expensive but very fresh maki rolls. The atmosphere is beautiful but I feel like it isn’t very inviting. It’s too Americanized. The service was good. It’s very clean and modernized. It cost $130 for 2 people. We had 3 maki rolls, miso soup, sake, and wakabe seaweed salad.”

“Overall, the food was okay and tasted decent, but I was disappointed that the staff forgot to vent the container for the fried calamari. Because the container was sealed without any ventilation, the steam made the calamari soggy by the time we got it. Fried food should stay crispy, so this was a letdown. Hope they pay more attention to packaging in the future.”

“The food was pretty good but our experience was awful. My husband and I planned a fun date night. We picked Shakou because it looked like a great atmosphere and we love sushi. First we were seated right under a vent blowing very cold air. The hostess was nice enough to let us move. We initially ordered a couple of drinks and appetizer. After we finished the app and sat for awhile our server, Libby, finally came back to check on us. We knew it was getting closer to close so we ordered our main- 2 maki rolls and 2 special rolls. The commentary that followed from our server was neither welcome or necessary. She seemed stunned at the amount we ordered, clearly thinking it was too much food. After putting the food in she came back to our table to tell us it was a lot of food and that she'd needed to tell the kitchen to bring it out as it was ready because it was too much to bring at once. It ended up all coming together anyways and was not too much. She interrupted us at one point, not to check in, but to gawk at how my husband held his chopsticks. She asked him a lot of questions about how and why he held the chopsticks how he did. Finally at the end when bringing our check she said, "Wow, you really housed all that food." Needless to say we will not be back after that rude experience.”