Sakura Lofoten Svolvær — Restaurant in Vågan

Where do I start...

This was not a great or even OK culinary experience.

Seeing as how there where 7 people in the restaurant, before we came in I did not expect to wait that long for our meal. But I was unpleasantly surprised 🤨. Even when we received our meal, 2 plates came and then we had to wait about 5 minutes for the other 2 plates. Mind you 3 of the 4 dishes where the same. Also why not just wait until all dishes are complete before bringing them out?

We where a party of 4 and 3 of us ordered the same thing 'Red Curry'. About 1 minute into the meal we all looked at each other and asked the same question, "Where is the seasoning?". Bland was apparently the theme that evening.

Our 4th person order a noodle dish with chicken. The chicken was dry, I mean super dry, resulting in this routine: 2 bites take a sip, 2 bites take a sip...

-sigh-

Let's just say, your money and time is better...

Came here twice for their food. For the first time, I was impressed by the Salmon bowl, the salmon is so fresh! Second time, we were lucky that they served dinner buffet and the price was affordable. Good quality of fresh sashimi, very crispy maki, and not to forget, the Thai cuisine! As an Asian, I must say that Thai cuisine were authentic and delicious! We heard that the dishes were cooked by Thai chef. (No wonder it’s so good!)

The waiters are so friendly!! We had a great conversations! They are definitely a plus point to the restaurant!

Definitely a restaurant I want to visit again when I’m in Lofoten:) highly recommend...

Very good sushi and very fresh. I came during dinner and I'm glad to say, only a couple of rolls contains cream cheese. All the rest do not have cream cheese. I guess the cream cheese is an American thing. Enough about that.

Great portions, good flavor. I order one of the sakura Maki roll. I don't remember which one it is. It was listed under the Sakura Maki Special 8 biter. I love how the pickled red onion tasted and never though it would work as a topping but this did. I also order the tempura maki. The mango! I can't believe how ripe the mango is for the season. It plays well with the...