St Pierres Sushi & Bento Bowl (Queensgate Mall) — Restaurant in North Island

Like every shop I always purchase multiple if not handful of times before I give the Real Reviews. With this shop, I've been going over 6 months and now I have had enough. Once I tried other St Pierre,s I realized I have been scammed too many times. Firstly, I always get the shrimp mixture sushi, the shrimp Portions are way smaller compared to other shops. Most times you cannot find the sushi style you want as they have not topped up, even at 12noon on a slow week day. Lastly, why I seriously stopped going there is because of the customer service. The men that serve you don't smile, like robots, not a thank you sometimes, and lastly the coupon stamp card that they provide. They never stamp the correct amount when I purchase, I've read the conditions numerous times and yet the staff cannot sort this out, I get , example 3 sushi packs over the $8 range and they stamp me 2 stamps? . Lastly , I actually drive close to 20min each way from home and back , so 40min drive just to get sushi from them, what a waste of my fuel and time. So disappointed. Oh, one of the staff also told me that I could only use the coupon stamp card at that specific store only? so that's one reason I went back so often,...

The food used to be better. The rolls are alright. But often, the nigiri is made of rice so tightly packed it has the texture of mochi rather than rice. If you drop the nigiri rice from a 1 metre height, it will bounce. I tested this. This makes it very uncomfortable to eat and i ended up just eating the salmon off the top. Unfortunately I have had this happen a few times now. The size of the nigiri has also significantly decreased in size. The aburi tends to have a really strong chemical taste as well. The other sushi options are perfectly okay in my opinion.

The petone store is great in comparison to this. They have great portion sizes as well as perfectly cooked and packed rice.

I hope this changes soon, it is disappointing as I often shop here and unfortunately whether or not you get good salmon nigiri is like flipping a coin.

Besides that, staff are nice and friendly and there’s lots of...

St Pierre's is synonymous with "rip off". Tiny sushi that's not well made and get charged 1/3 more than you would anywhere else. The only thing keeping this useless chain open is they've weaseled their way into the popular spots for dining, so they're bound to get foot traffic no matter how lousy their food is. If you want decent sushi, seek out Sushi B, its still a rip off but at least you get decent...