Sushi Maru Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Allen

This place has PHENOMENAL sushi with authentic ingredients and creative recipes. I am shocked to find it in sleepy old Allen, Texas! I was craving sushi and had a Grubhub coupon to use and this place popped up. I had never been in person but decided to give it a whirl. I started with some hamachi (yellowtail) sashimi just to get a basic feel for the place, but added some of the decidedly fusion-cuisine items as well: the Butterfly Kisses Roll, the Japanese Nachos, and the Japanese Burrito.

The hamachi melted in my mouth with just a hint of ocean brininess which was super pleasant. But the other three creative options really showed the finesse of the itamae: first, the "nachos" were really clever, served on crisp rice cakes and with a sweet tonkatsu and a greenish sauce redolent with wasabi. The Butterfly Kisses were an innovative roll that used a kind of crab salad in place of rice and raw salmon in place of nori. And the "burrito" was outstanding: edible soy paper held tuna, salmon, and avocado and came with a spicy mayonnaise as well as chile-flecked ponzu for dipping. It was so good I inhaled it in about just 6 bites.

Even delivered, the sushi came carefully and artfully displayed, and the sauces were all on point. There was even real shiso leaf separating the rolls! I hadn't eaten shiso in years, and it was a lovely surprise to try again.

All of this in "sleepy" Allen, Texas—my home city? I think this town is making its...

Been going here for 2+ years fairly consistently now. Food is phenomenal, my go to sushi/Japanese restuarant in all of Allen, heck, probably all of DFW!

Highly recommend the Salmon tower. Prices recently got kicked up a bit so not exactly a cheap place to eat at, but nothing super crazy.

Highly recommend the lunch bentos ($13-17) or the Salmon Tower $21). The lunch bentos are insane value, healthy balanced meal, pick your protein on essentially a teriyaki plate (bento portion), bowl of rice, bowl of miso soup, bowl of salad with dressing, and some fried tempura with 1 gyoza... For as low as $13!?!

Salmon tower is just beautiful. Have not had any sushi or "salmon/ahi" tower from any other restuarant in the world compare. I've been all over Texas, and half the USA. This is the best Salmon Tower I've ever had.

I hate writing such a glowing review because I don't want them to get super busy, but on some weekdays business is slow and I want...

Me and my boyfriend came at 2 to come order some food to go, we ordered a lunch 🍱 order and a dinner order, and then asked for extra garlic butter and teriyaki on the SIDE. My boyfriend said it LOUD and clear. So she says it’s gonna take 15 minutes so my boyfriend takes me home because he had to go to work. I come to pick up the food and I always check before I leave any place and there wasn’t any extra garlic butter or teriyaki on the side. So when I try to go ask for it they were closed, which doesn’t have it on the door only online that they close at 2:30pm. They were eating and she had an attitude when she opened the door. I said we asked for garlic and teriyaki on the side and she said we already put it on the food and I said but we asked for it on the side. So she has her attitude and walks to the back while I’m standing outside waiting and she only brought extra garlic butter and closed the door. Yeah food may be good but...