Sushi Garden — Restaurant in Bucharest

I came with some friends after seeing this place on IG. I was excited about a Japanese restaurant!

When we arrived we had to wait quite a while until someone came out to sit us, even though we had a reservation. Then the waiter, while being really nice, took forever to come get our order, to bring out the drinks, and later to bring out the food. I can see it taking longer to cook but it felt a bit too long tbh.

On the matter of the food, I got pork gyoza (which were delicious!) and the chicken curry which I was a bit disappointed with. The curry sauce tasted more like Indian curry than Japanese curry so, while it was good, it wasn't really what you'd expect from a Japanese restaurant... :/

From my understanding, the menu seems to change quite a bit, as the menu we got and the foods I've seen reviewed by others are different, so I might come back again to try some other dishes, but yeah, I wasn't particularly impressed with the food, I must admit.

The atmosphere was excellent tho! We stayed outside and...

Been there 3 times, first two were great. On the 3rd the waiter forgot the order, messed up and brought other things we did not wanted, once we told him that he forgot one of the dishes in the order, he said that it is in the making and he did not forget about that (which was obviously a lie since it showed on the check that he added the dish last), once the dish evantually arrived (after ages) it was made poorly and in a hurry, tasted bad (I had the same dish the day before and it was great, but this time tasted awful since they made it in a hurry so it won’t look like they forgot about it, which is plain stupidity). After all of this mess, I just wanted to leave the place, so asked for check (of course that they won’t offer to make it up in any way because they did not do anything wrong, just forgot about the order and messed up the order that eventually has been taken, and one of the dishes was horrible). Next time just be mature polite and decent to say that you did something wrong and fix it...

I had a cracking sushi here, proper recommended it was—better than fresh-caught stuff straight from the ocean and plonked on the beach, I reckon. Blimey, the rolls were spot on: fresh ingredients, perfect rice that wasn't mushy or dry, and flavors that popped without being over the top. I'm from Northampton originally, but I was in Bucharest on a bit of a jaunt (flew in cheap from Luton to OTP, as you do), and stumbled upon this spot while wandering about after some dodgy dental drama elsewhere in town. Needed something light and tasty to cheer me up, and this place delivered big time. The staff were friendly without being pushy, prices weren't daylight robbery (about what you'd pay back home for decent takeaway), and the vibe was chill—nice little spot to sit and people-watch. If you're a sushi fan like me, whether you're local or just passing through Romania, I'd heartily recommend giving it a go. No regrets here; I'd pop back in a heartbeat next time I'm over....