Sushi Mentai 寿司 • Butterworth — Restaurant in Penang

Pretty good food at surprisingly affordable prices.

Comfortable and air conditioned, this self-service sushi restaurant was quite busy when we went, and from what I’ve heard, is quite popular with the locals.

Not much to say about the service, as the sushi is on a conveyor belt so you take it yourself. They do also have a menu so you can order (via QR code) items which aren’t on display.

Overall, the quality of the sushi was pretty good and there’s a reasonable selection. I also ordered a mixed tempura which was nice - the vegetables were all very well coated, though I expected the batter to be a touch lighter than it was.

There are two tiers of plate prices: RM1.80 and RM2.80. I liked the simplicity of this as I’ve been to other similar style sushi restaurants where they have at least four different tiers.

It was a bit of a toss up as to whether to give this place 3 or 4 stars, but the value for money tipped it over the edge. We ate a total of 11 plates of sushi, a mixed tempura, and a salad (plus two cups of green tea), for the price of RM55… hard to...

Been here for many years, the food quality is inconsistent what you pay is what you get. Sushi rice is very plain today. Just that the service quality is getting worse by days! No one came to ask for drinks, sushi delights I ordered is always out of stock but they could serve other type of salmon sushis still??? The staffs are all blur blur type, no greetings, no apologies when they serve the wrong food, they just float away like a ghost. Informed me that my order is out of with the menu code? C5 c3 c13 is out stock, i was like what r u talking about? I wanna know the dish not the code, I don’t work here man. After my reminder they still make the same mistake. I know I’m not paying much for the food but I’m just asking for basic server courtesy, the Staffs are very undertrained, hope the hq would look...

Cleanliness need to improve.

Part of the Floor and tables are not immediate cleaned after some customers left. Maybe not enough workers during 1230-2pm Sunday 26/10/25. Food trolley were full of plates and not yet ready to be clean.sweet sauce bottle is sticky .

Found some food covers are placed on the floor, maybe accidentally dropped by the customers. The hygiene of the sushi with food cover is highly questionable.

Washroom also the same. Need to improve on the cleanliness .

Food wise is ok but variety of sushi not as many as other branches on the sushi belt.

Service over here is a bit slow , sushi mentai Arena curve is fast in food serving and better in manage the overall cleanliness....