Mino Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar — Restaurant in East Whiteland Township

I had tried this place once a few years ago and remembering it being pretty good for the AYCE so I wanted to try it once again. I have a usual AYCE sushi spot but wanted to give something else a try this time.

Food: I am more of a sashimi/nigiri eater so keep that in mind. I thought the quality of the fish was actually good. I did not eat a fish that was not enjoyable. The salmon, yellowtail, and white tuna were nice and "buttery". The snapper and tuna were delicate and mild and the mackerel had a nice vinegared bite to it. I will say that they do cut the pieces rather small, so I ended up eating 2-3 pieces in eat bite as I like a thicker piece. No big deal and to be honest this may be better for most people who may not be as comfortable eating raw fish. I just ended up adjusting my ordering to compensate, which makes the pictures look more impressive anyway :) LOL.

I did give a few rolls a try as well. They, too, were very enjoyable. For me, the spicy rolls are too "heavy" as they contain tempura flakes, but I would think they are extremely enjoyable to the majority of customers, so I would definitely recommend. The rolls were filled very nicely as well and had good flavor.

Service: I will say that the service is always something that discourages me from going to a new AYCE sushi place. I eat a lot of sashimi, so I never know how the experience will go (end up getting cut off). Most places say they are AYCE, but that is because they are accustomed to most people ordering a few rolls and leaving. I made sure to call ahead 2 times and make absolutely sure they were fine with someone ordering ALOT of sashimi. To which, both times, I was assured there would be no issue. And, to my delight, they gave me no trouble and the servers (who I suspect may also have been the owners) were very friendly and accommodating. Since I know there can sometimes be a language barrier, which can be difficult for both parties, I will say that the servers (owners in my mind) spoke English well, which is always a plus. They were very attentive and I had no issues with needing to "flag" anyone down. The time from placing order to receiving food was less than 20 minutes each time, which is great, but keep in mind it was also not too busy.

Ambience: This is where I feel the establishment is lacking. First of all, they had the bar area closed, which I can't remember the reasoning, but I felt like it was COVID (come on). This is where I wanted to sit as I was solo and also like to watch the chefs in action. Anyway, the interior felt like it had potential, but it just wasn't quite there. It was next to a place that was busy, so when I walked in and it was completely empty I was shocked. Mind you this was a dinner service on a Wednesday (only have AYCE Tues - Thurs) so I was expecting it to be at least decently full, but I was very wrong. The whole time there was not more than 5 families in there at once. It may be kind of hard to put my finger on what it needed, but it had a "diner" layout/vibe to it that was off putting to me. If the owners were able to work on this, I feel it would draw in more people, at least in my opinion. Being in the "Philly" area I think it needed to be more modern.

Overall: Overall, I would highly suggest checking this place out. Looking around the area there are not too many AYCE places and this one definitely has the quality to back it up. The menu is not too diverse, but has enough options to satisfy the majority of people. The couple next to me did not order AYCE (got 3 specialty rolls) and their rolls looked great too, incase your not in the mood for AYCE. Dinner was $40 (got an Ikura sushi - $2) which sounds fair for...

This place is okay they need to renewal there booth seat ..all torn . The food is decent but not crazy good as we have been to one in Glen Mill and Delaware.

Price for All you can eat is expensive per person. Adult I don't mind but for a 5 year old and 3 year old is $20 ! How much can a 3 year old eat ! Seriously. So we didn't want to do the all you can eat for our kids . Just ordered them a meal.

The server is very rude! She watched us. my little daughter just wanted to try one bite of the egg roll she had to watch us and say that we can't share! Okay , honestly not like I give her a whole plate of the sushi or all the appetizer from the all you can eat .

Then I gather all the sushi in one small plate so that I can get rid of the bigger plate for more space. The server came to collect and didn't ask or anything she goes off tell us that we need to eat all the food on the small plate it's their policy. She should not have said that. 1 very embarrassed for the customer 2. It is very uncomfortable . At that pointi, felt very uncomfortable being assuming that I'm wasting foodl.

Then I said " can I get two chocolate ice cream" she brought out 1 bowl with two scoops. I thought that was two orders. It has one spoon and I need another for my girl . I asked for another spoon . She said okay and still walking around and don't seem to care until I got up to look for a spoon. Then I asked her if this one order or two she said one . I said I asked for two. No wonder she was giving me a fit when I asked for a second spoon. She seen to judge us for sharing ! I may sound off cheap for $19 all you can eat for toddlers! But tonight , I feel we were being picky on with this server !

Tempura sweet potato seem uncooked. The temurpura shrimp the meat was mushy not crunchy .

This is our first and will...

My co-workers brought me here while I was in town traveling for work.

The concept is awesome. All you can eat sushi for $17 for lunch. You fill out an order sheet and it's made fresh for you, so it's good sushi, not sushi that's been sitting out at a buffet. Since it's made to order, you do have to finish it or they will charge you the full price of what you don't eat. The all you can eat menu also has non-sushi appetizers and desserts.

Starting with the good: I really enjoyed the sushi. They bring it out on a big plate so you can all share and try a variety. You can order multiple times so you don't order too much and end up not being able to eat it.

Now for the not so good: the service was less than ideal. I would tell you what we ordered, but I think they mixed up both orders, so we got some things we ordered and some things we definitely didn't. I still enjoyed what we got, but I would have liked to have tried the things we ordered and didn't get. The other negative was that it wasn't very fast. The non-sushi items came quickly, but the sushi took a long time, which wasn't good for trying to get back to work. It also was slow to get the checks and water refills.

One final word of warning that probably wouldn't bother most people: the fried vanilla ice cream came drizzled with chocolate sauce on it. I hate chocolate, so I tried to easy around it, but ended up not being able to eat a lot of it. I wish the menu would have specified that. Unfortunately, we were already running late so I didn't have time to ask for a new one.

All in all, I did really like this place. It's a great concept and I would recommend it. Just know what you're getting into service wise...