Sakura kitchen — Restaurant in Bristol

Did not like this place at all. First, the entrance door confused me as it was an open door with a weird take out setup. The employee looked at me like u was stupid but that's ok lol. I ordered boneless BBQ ribs...I couldn't believe how dry this pork was! It was hard, very dark, dry and kept getting stuck in my teeth, the flavor was good but after a few pieces I threw it out. Chicken lo mein...noodles were good, chicken was tender but not much flavor. Sesame chicken, I requested all white meat...unfortunately they used the sweet and sour battered chicken so it was soggy, flavor was good though. Finally the pork egg roll...that was the best part of my order. Unfortunately my hunt for really good Chinese food in Bristol continues. $34 down the drain 😪

Went again after their renovation, much better then before. Tried the sesame chicken combination meal and really liked the chicken. The chicken was crispy and I really like that, pork fried rice was good as well as the egg roll, even though the egg roll is much smaller then normal. I tried the boneless BBQ ribs and the flavor was good but some of the pork was dry and hard to chew. Hope that's a fluke because that's my favorite dish. I really liked using the computer screen to place my order. I updated my ratings...

“See Update Below” Only takeout is available at this time. They have an app on their website that lets you order and pay within it. Very friendly staff meets you at the door to present you with your packaged meal. The food is great but it will take a few times of eating there to get an idea of what you like best since the menu is so large. Portions are rather large and can feed a person twice. The menu is very sizable and has a few Thai items in addition to Chinese.

UPDATE: one of the last dishes we ordered was Chicken Chowmein and it was mostly onions. Couldn’t really find any other vegetables. We tried it and virtually no taste but onions so we threw it in the garbage. Also had Pad Thai and it wasn’t very good either. We certainly won’t be going there anymore as food is too expensive to be throwing something out. Check out all the reviews as there are quite a few 1 and 2’s out there and the 5’s are...

First time here and figured to try it because it’s being talked about on a few pages on social media. Plenty of parking but it’s easy to drive past it even though there’s a sign by the road, the place itself is set off the road and that part of Farmington Avenue is a drag strip. Food - I ordered the sesame chicken lunch special and as one other place that I ordered from, compared to others..you don’t get anything with it other than rice. So other places such as Lotus, China Chef, Sun Fat, Lee Po, etc..you get an egg roll with your lunch…not here. I ordered one anyway and it was delicious. The portion for the lunch was plentiful and the rice was great. The menu showed a red mark meaning spicy, there was zero spice to it. Overall…it wasn’t bad and will go back..but it’s not a place I would say is the best of the best..or even amazing…it’s Chinese food. I’ll continue my search...