Bamboo Asian Cuisine — Restaurant in Allentown

Ordered 6 rolls to-go during dinner time. The atmosphere inside of Bamboo is fairly boring if I’m being honest and overall seemed like it could be livened up to attract more dining guests.

The sushi rolls, however, did not disappoint. I ordered 2 regular maki rolls (salmon, yellowtail) and a peppered tuna roll. Also got a spicy dinner combo which consists of spicy tuna, spicy salmon w/avocado and spicy California. Regular maki rolls were very fresh and enjoyable with a good ratio of rice to fish. The spicy tuna roll was great. I would preferred to have gotten the other 2 spicy rolls without avocado, but that was my fault. They were still good but being as the spicy tuna was so good I would have preferred just spicy in the rolls. I didn’t care for the sauce on the peppered tuna roll so that was a miss in my book.

These rolls were noticeably larger than others I have gotten in the area. Not overly filled with rice just more total filling so they were a good value in my opinion. One of my favorite...

To start off the food was good; however, when pairing great food with pretensions service, it ruins the experience. This was our first time at the restaurant and was trying to figure out what we wanted (on a 6-7 page menu) and we were looking through several waiters, several times kept asking if we were ready, while this was nice, it became too much when they added "are you ready yet?" (in a surly tone). When we were ready to order - "you are FINALLY ready". That really gave us a bad impression, wasn't too impressed with the service at this point. To end the experience; I think the owner, (incredibly arrogant) questioned me on my tip "is that all you leaving?", I expressed Yes. No question of what may have been wrong or anything of the sort, just "is that all you are leaving". I will NOT be returning to this...

Located in a strip mall. They did a fair job decorating the inside and covering the windows so you don't have to look at the parking lot when you eat. Tried the Sushi on my visit yesterday. Standard fare for the area. I ordered the 3 roll lunch sushi platter with the Garden Salad. Ginger dressing was a bit heavy and tangy, nothing special but not bad. Nicely and neatly prepared. Beautiful presentation. My appetite was large and the lunch special wasn't enough, so I ordered their special Eel Box.

The Eel Box deserves the name "Special Roll." It's a layered roll with rice, spicy tuna, mango, avocado, barbecue eel and crunchy. As the name implies, there's no wrap, it's pressed tightly into a square shape. I would go back JUST for this roll.

TL;DR: Pricey, excellent wait staff, good food; I'd definitely...