Sakura Sushi (Funchal) - Restaurante Japonês — Restaurant in Funchal

A tourist trap and a fiasco. Avoid.

The waiter (only one waiter and totally clueless - no support for the poor guy ) has literally no idea what the food is - literally he doesn’t know what Japanese food is - Yet the menu is a large assortment of Japanese technical terms. No pics.

We finally give up and order a ‘mix’ to be told ‘no tuna’. Why not mention this at the start of proceedings?

The bill (for one drink, we had to leave) comes in a Disney world mini treasury chest! The 1980s theme parks called and wants their idea back.

I’m rather surprised the waiter didn’t try and take our photo and charge us €5...

Definitely not a good choice for anyone who knows what average sushi should taste like. Service was really nice and friendly. But the food wasn't. Tuna Tartar is full of spicy sauce and loads of other things that make it taste like there was no tuna inside. Nigiri sushis are made with way too much rice, and the rice isn't well balanced (not enough vinegar and way too much sugar). Fish doesn't taste anything, and isn't served fresh enough. The Salmon parts that were chosen to fill makis had a really unpleasant texture . Soy sauce is diluted in water. In overall I can't say this was bad, but it was...

We ordered take-out. It was supposed to arrive at 21:25. At 22.05 when we called the person answering the call said it was out of his hands. Not very nice... he never even offered any compensation. At 22:20, when the food finally arrived, we discovered a tiny portion of rice, nothing like what was posted in the picture on the menu, and the roles were cut so thin, that in terms of quantity we practicly got 4 pieces for every role insted of 8. We really felt decived. We paid 55.44 expecting to be full beond our limits but no..

Really...