Sakura Sushi Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Alameda

Ordered pick up from this place. They packaged the sake don (salmon over rice) in the same container with the salad and dressing, which spread to the rice and salmon. Not sure why they did not package it separately? I don't know about other people, but I do not like salad dressing on raw salmon. Also the ginger and wasabi was covered by the salad/dressing they packed together, so I unknowingly ate both when I went to take a bite of salad - not good service. I'm assuming they tried to save money by not using an "extra" container, but they have lost me...

I was very excited to try out Sakura for a special evening of Sunday night take-out with my wife; sadly, we were very disappointed with the quality of the maki rolls. We ordered ~ 5 different maki rolls (several of them speciality rolls), ranging from the over cooked and "fishy" Lion King roll to the underwhelming Unagi rolls.

The vegetarian spring rolls were a welcome appetizer, but the veggie gyoza was not up to snuff.

Looks like we will continue our exploration for quality sushi...

A great place with truly great people. I worked in Alameda for seven years and went regularly, always enjoyed chatting with Sonny and Michelle as well as the excellent food (the seafood salad is addictive, and the salmon "pizza" is a really fun dish). My work moved away and I just went back for the first time in two years, and they remembered me and greeted me by name. Really sweet, and truly caring people, who care about their customers and the food they serve. Wish I could still...