
Ima Izakaya
Japanese · Detroit · $$
4.6(2,119)
Japanese · Ford Parkway, St Paul, MN · $$
Sakana Sushi & Asian Bistro is a Japanese restaurant in the Ford Parkway neighborhood of St Paul.
“We've been looking for someplace to eat near the airport that isn't bar food or chain fast food. This place was great. I had the chicken in balsamic teriyaki. The takeout containers kept the chicken, veggies, and rice separate from the sauce. Nice. Veggies were done to perfection. My wife had sushi and said it was the best tuna she's had.”
“We got here late and I didn't realize they're almost closing. It's a Saturday so I assumed they would be open a little late and not at 10. We ordered several apps: calamari, szechuan dumplings and pork gyoza. I also ordered the lemon grass soup. The gyoza and the calamari (perfectly fried and crispy) were very good. The szechuan dumpling tasted odd and also just swimming in oil. The lemon grass soup was ok but I was thankful I ordered this and I'll tell you why later. For entrée, we ordered the crunchy roll, Thai spicy lime shrimp and chicken yaki udon. All of these three are too sweet and this is why I was thankful I got the soup. My daughter and I sipped on the soup to counter the sweetness of our food since the soup was sour. My niece also did not finish her udon because it was also too sweet. On the plus side, our server was very nice and accommodating. We came in late but she was very gracious.”
“We went here for dinner and had Chicken Cashew and Three green chicken. Both entrees came with rice or fried rice as an upgrade. We also had edamame and asparagus roles as appetizers. The food was good and well prepared. We have been there before and the food was amazing. This time it tasted very unseasoned and was not very good. I guess you can be lucky or as we were today, unlucky. The service was good too. The portions were on the larger side, so we took take home boxes with us.”
“This place is mosly fine, with a few quirks. It's good enough I'll go back, but if I were not in this part of town, I wouldn't go out of my way to get there. Firstly, I don't eat seafood so that severely limits my menu options. So I ordered the vegetables tempura. They were fine, a bit al dente, and my friend got the shrimp tempura as her appi and got a battered onion - how come I couldn't get onion on mine? - that's the #1 best thing to batter and fry! There was sweet potato in mine which I don't eat - I'd have gladly traded that out. We are scheduled to go again, since it's my friends favorite place, so I'll probably branch out at that time. The other quirky thing was the table itself - the supporting bar is right on the aisle and difficult to get your feet past. Pretty awkward, especially for anyone with any injury or other hinderance. It's most redeeming quality was that the server was attentive and not overbearing. He was sweet and seemed to really be interested that we have a nice experience. Also the iced tea was regular average iced tea - good, nothing to write home about.... after we went again, I'm taking away a star - I had the beef lo mein which was bland as heck & left most of it. My friends split some sort of seafood pot where all the seaood was terribly overcooked. They took it home for the dog. Not good.”
“Went in with a group of girls, the blonde girl server was very slow. The restaurant wasn’t busy at all, we didn’t get our appetizers for 40 minutes. She forgot to ring in my meal and by the time I got my food everyone else had finished their food and they were waiting for me. I waited around 30 min for my food after everyone else got theirs. She never gave us refills and we were sitting on the patio in the heat. I ordered a side of sauce she forgot about and then when she dropped it off at the table she spilled it all over me. I understand mistakes happened but it was a full night of things going wrong with really ruined the experience. She never apologized or seemed sorry for anything. On top of that we were forced a gratuity on the bill, I don’t think that’s okay when we had horrible service to be forced to pay a full tip.”
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