sushi kuma — Restaurant in Bonney Lake

Decided to wander after deciding that most of us weren’t really feeling Red Robin after all, and honestly it was the best decision we could have possibly made. Walking to the doors we were immediately greeted by Mr.Han as he held open the doors for the party to enter. The setting was honestly beautiful and crowded which is a nice change of pace for me. The kitchen is open and the chefs greeted us, I honestly wasn’t sure what to say I’m not used to staff being so kind. We sat down and the table setting was clean and felt complete with everything you could need. We looked into the menus and asked questions which were answered to the letter. Mr. Han refilled drinks and asked us if we needed anything never too often or far in-between so we felt looked after at all points. The appetizers came as they were done being made so they were not in unison but this isn’t a bad thing. I hate when places bring you food all at the same time and you can tell something was finished 10 minutes ago vs something else a moment before leaving the kitchen. Not having that worry was refreshing and had a sort of efficient feel to it. We ordered Chicken Karaage , Gyoza, and I believe Takiyaki, all of which DID NOT survive more than a few minutes, was way too damn goood. Not heavy and not light work either. Was the best in between I could imagine. When the main dishes arrived, the presentation was immaculate and deliberate in placement. Mr. Han was actively coming and going keeping us in the loop with our food preparation as well as cleaning the table of our appetizer’s dishes as we finished them making the main plates absolutely gorgeous centerpieces. The taste? Out of this world, truthfully. These guys in the kitchen, they’ve got to be some kind magicians. I’ve never wanted a second helping so badly in my life. The Salmon was an excellent recommendation, and I will be coming back for more. The sushi that the party ordered was to die for, and I can’t even tell you how good the chicken is. If you’re considering a visit, understand that the prices reflect the quality in a good way. It’s a respectable menu set with so many options for this level of quality and authenticity. Please give this place more attention, I promise you it will be an instant favorite. I now have a new favorite restaurant in Bonney Lake and I truly believe most of you will too. Thanks again to the Kuma staff and Mr. Han!!...

I have finally decided to pen this review because although my first visit was a positive one, my last visit will be my last visit.

About two weeks ago I took some friends from out of town to sushi kuma on a Wednesday night and when we were seated around 6:30 there was just one other occupied table nearby.

We ordered appetizers to start: chicken Karage, uzuzkurri, and negihama. The chicken karage was good and gone in seconds. The highlight of our meal.

At that time it was around 6:45 and we saw there was happy hour from 7-9p so we asked if we could order a merlot at 7p under the happy hour prices. To our surprise, the waitress said that happy hour prices were only for guests that arrived after 7pm. Wow. I am still shocked thinking back to it. When asked why she couldn’t just put the order in after 7p, she stated that they are slow and trying to get more guests in after 7p so they can’t make an exception. We asked if my nieces (under 10 years old) could at least get the free ramune drink they offered kids for happy hour and she also declined.

While I understand “rules are rules,” they had a real opportunity to make us repeat customers by showing us a great experience. I know it was within their power because the waitress said she came up with the happy hour rule. Additionally, only one other table was seated while we were there. They had the resources and time to deliver exceptional service and simply chose not to.

But I digress. We ordered our sushi and it came out in a timely manner. However, the waitress dropped a fried shrimp head that was part of my friends meal. She went back to the kitchen and they fired up a new one. She started walking towards us again and dropped the new one. While we were all watching. She decided to leave it and delivered the sushi to my friend without acknowledging what happened.

At this point, we were all so disenchanted, we didn’t bother bringing it up. We just wanted to finish our food and get out of there. Unfortunately, the sushi was not good enough to redeem the front of house.

I had high hopes for sushi kuma since I live nearby, but this was such a poor experience, I won’t...

This was the best sushi experience I’ve had, in all of Washington, Canada, and even Japan. This is on par to going to an extremely fancy authentic sushi place in Japan. Every other time I have had sushi in Washington state, I have been so disappointed by the low quality of fish and preparation. I’m usually left feeling icky after eating at other places for example trappers sushi, sushi omiya, momosan Seattle (Washington).

Sushi Kuma was incredible delicious, the fish was noticeably fresh, quality top tier. The price is high, 25-36$ for a roll. That being said, is it worth it and the price is justified for how delicious it all was. I would rather come here and spend the extra money than go for a cheaper disappointing sushi experience. The sushi was not drowned in too much sauce, poorly prepared rice, and thin slices of bad quality fish. Sushi Kuma does not skimp out, giving generous portions of fish, thick nigiris of incredible flavour. You can tell the chefs care about what they serve.

I highly recommend the negitoro roll, it was the most delicious negitoro roll I have had in my life and I have ate alot of negitoro. If you have the chance to order that, do it and you won’t be disappointed. All the rolls and nigiri were prepared with care and you can taste it.

10/10 coming back again. Wonderful service - and they serve...