Sushi Grove — Restaurant in Buffalo Grove

I came here on a Saturday night and the place was super busy I probably waited around 1 hour for a table which is fine. I was with a group and we ordered a lot which I understand may cause some challenges for the kitchen. But all put two of our appetizers came out cold. The only one that was hot was the crab rangoons which had a great filling but the filling to wrapper ratio is way off and it could have used way more filling. The other was Tempura veggies which were warm, the broccoli was not great it was over drenched and was not finished, the mushroom was the best tempura veggies followed by the sweet potato. We did have one recurring issue with the sweet potato throughout the meal and this was that it wasn’t fully cooked which is a shame. We also got calamari, gyoza, Shumai, agedash tofu and Takoyaki all of which were cold. Some were so cold it felt to me like they had been sitting out for quite a while. We didn’t finish most of those due to that issue.

The positives for the appetizers were the miso soup which was one of the best miso soups I’ve had. The broth was amazing but it could have used more tofu; seaweed and green onion, it just felt like mostly broth. The seaweed salad was also a hit, it was delicate, savory, sweet, and had the perfect amount of citrus my friends raved about it. And got a second plate. The cucumber salad was also great, the cucumber tasted freshand high quality and had the perfect amount of vinegar.

On to the rolls. I had the Chicago roll, the volcano roll and what I think was the pop up roll. The Chicago roll was by far the best out of the three, a great mix of salmon and eel, it wasn’t over filled by cucumber and I would highly recommend this roll. The volcano roll was a massive disappointment, the tempura tasted stale and it felt like a chore to eat, I ended up leaving two pieces behind because I couldn’t make myself finish it. The Pop up roll was nothing special, it didn’t stand out to me in anyway so I have nothing really to say about it. The spicy salmon nigiri also disappointing it was incredibly bland and didn’t even taste like salmon. The shrimp nigiri was over cooked but the salmon nigiri was good, it had a wonderful rice to fish ratio.

My friends got the rainbow roll, the dragon roll, and the sweet potato roll the rainbow roll was great I would also highly recommend that one, the cucumber ratio was great and although the they were a little skimpy with the fish it was really saved by the quality of the fish and the great ratio for the maki part. I didn’t try the dragon roll but my friends did not seem very crazy about it, it had way too much cucumber compared to the eel. The sweet potato roll was good, my friends did even ordered a second, but again it was undercooked.

My overall thoughts and feelings were that this place was much better than Galaxy Hotpot and sushi and I think it would have been even better had it been less busy. It does seem that they need to work on their quality control during rush hours since sending out cold food is a bad look. I do think many of the cold appetizers would have been good had they been warm though. I would come back here during a less busy time of day and I’d probably try to avoid any of the things that say spicy since they are not really even a bit spicy. My recommendations: miso soup, seaweed salad, cucumber salad, Chicago roll, rainbow roll, and the...

Been here plenty of times and had great experiences. Decided to take one of my friends here for the first time to try out the great AYCE options. We were sat down immediately and given the lunch menus as we came around 2pm on a Saturday. I requested to get the AYCE dinner menus for both of us, so we could have a taste of the full selection. We put in our appetizers and sushi order, proceed to get our appetizers promptly and enjoyed them. Here is where the issues started. From the time that we placed our order, we kept seeing tables that were seated after us, place their orders, get their orders and even one table finish their entire meal. All the while we’re almost an hour in and still have yet to receive our sushi. Our waiter didn’t even attempt to come to us to let us know how much longer, we had to flag him down numerous times and each time we got the response that it’ll take 2 more minutes. We were so close to walking out since it seemed like they forgot or order, but we eventually received it. Since they were rushing to make our order, they didn’t even remember to include the wasabi, for which I had to flag down the waiter again, to which the waiter gave me attitude as if it was my fault that the wasabi wasn’t included. During our entire dining experience, we saw other waiters constantly check on their tables. We never saw our waiter come and ask if we needed anything. Any time we need anything, we had to flag him down, which he barely paid attention that we had our hand up waving at him. Toward the end, we had about 3 pieces of sushi each left on our plates and asked for the bill. The waiter told us that they would have to charge us for the 3 pieces that were left. I get it if we had a whole roll or two left and would be charged, but especially after the experience of waiting so long for our food to come out, the least the waiter could have done is waive this and simply let us pay our bill to leave. We had no problem paying additional for the leftovers, but the fact that they didn’t even care to work with us after the bad experience we had just shows how little they care about customer service. This coupled with the fact that we were barely given attention or even checked up on just ruined the whole experience. I don’t think I will ever be back to this business if this is the type of customer service they provide. The sushi was also not even anything special and I’ve had better quality sushi from a...

Sushi Grove: A Delicious Haven for Sushi Enthusiasts

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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