Sushi Ring — Restaurant in Everett

not a traditional "buffet" One immediate pro to this place is that not everyone in your party must order the AYCE option. They can choose to order a la carte as long as you don't share with them.

I'm bouncing between 4 and 5 here but honestly, I'm not sure what all the other complaints about service are. Came in a group of 6, we each split rolls in pairs and had solid service. It's crazy that there are two main chefs preparing sushi for the customers as well as take-out orders and it is noticeable as there's downtime waiting for food, but it's understandable. As noted above, it's not a traditional buffet where you go and grab food as you wish. You're served as you get to order all you can eat from a menu.

You can get started with any appetizers and order them at any time. They're prepared in the kitchen so they'll be faster. However, they're lesser quality as you'd expect so wasn't really a focus of our visit. We didn't try any hand rolls as we focused on the long rolls the entire time, but do know that you can get the hand rolls as "long rolls" too, just the special rolls interested us more.

What was most interesting to me was the squid nigiri which is uncooked. I've never seen it offered anywhere and usually get cooked squid (i.e. calamari) so it was a very unique opportunity. For those who aren't willing to try - well there's an outer membrane that's hard like a vegetable and then it's slimy underneath. Not the best description, but it's something.

Main issues are that they lack seared salmon options, the price can be seen as a tad high, and the prep time can lead to long downtime.

Our chef, Marco I believe, was amazing and friendly the entire time. Ready our barrage of orders and he remembered 90% of them too. Pretty crazy to think of when you have 6 people requesting different items on top of the to-go orders he was preparing.

The time limit given is 1 hour and we got our checks after that had passed, but weren't rushed out. There wasn't a line or anything so that must've helped but I understand being rushed when there are others waiting. The interior is small and they want to serve others and the 1 hour limit is specified from the get go.

-- items --

Double Crunch Roll - interesting take on the traditional double crunch roll, you're given more crunch flakes dusted on top of a roll with tempura shrimp and crab salad.

Special Roll - not sure if this rotates but inclined to believe so as there are no ingredients shown. What we got was a crunchy roll with crab salad, cream cheese, and avocado.

Cody Roll - lemon adds a unique twist as it's hidden under the salmon on top. Very evident in the taste but the mixture is surprising and helps reset your taste buds. I'd opt for this in the middle of a rotation rather than start with it.

S.O.B. - yummy roll, four kinds of fish with a creamy spicy mayo, nothing to complain about or note.

Pink Cadillac - tuna is more overwhelming in this roll but avocado is relevant too, wasn't a big hit.

Nobody's Home - one of my top picks, it takes a little longer because it needs to be baked but the result is a hot roll with delicious scallops on top. I'm not a big fan of cream cheese in sushi, but it was negligible with all the other amazing flavors.

Nick's Rock Belly - one of our least favorite options, there was a light sauce on top that deterred us. It's definitely edible and not that bad, but the sauce on top is some sort of watered down mango juice or other fruit juice that simply didn't pair well (at least to us).

Stacy & Joe Roll - one of our favorites, probably above Nobody's Home. A perfect creaminess with avocado on top of the roll and other ingredients placed inside. Would get multiple.

Three Stooges - did not order this explicitly but a pair in the party did and it was similar to barbecue chips. I suppose that's part of the smoked salmon, not a bad thing just something that stood out in first...

wanted to explore more sushi restaurants in washington. safe to say, i will not be coming back. right off the bat, you walk in to the most dingiest restaurant ever. it looks more like those type of fast food restaurants that like stay open at 3am than an actual sushi restaurant. no music, literally no one else that was sitting was talking so it was so awkward. the service was mid, the woman working the checks was kind. the guy who prepared the rolls kept staring and the woman who sat us down literally was so uninviting. we sat ourselves down. we ask for the ayce which was almost $37 a person. in my opinion the quality of the food does not match that price. we started off by ordering edamame. it was so unsalted and then they didn’t even bring an extra bowl to put the scraps from the ones we ate so our eaten mixed with the uneaten ones. we only ordered 3 rolls to try it out and the minute the woman brought our rolls out she literally took our edamame without even asking if we were done. the rolls were falling apart honestly. the sweet chili sauce on the spider roll threw me off 😂. a man that i think might’ve been the owner came by and brought another one of the menus that you write on, even though we already had one. he came by again asking if we were ready, (i think to order more) and my husband said yes. we didn’t want to order anymore because the rolls we had already were disappointing and then the same man looked at the menu and saw we didn’t mark anything and dismissively said “no”. it threw me off. when we asked for the check, the same man asked the other guy preparing the sushi if we were a la carte or ayce and said it kinda rudely in spanish. i assume they didn’t know that i understood them. but the kind woman who does the checks only charged for the 3 rolls, our 2 drinks and edamame instead of the whole ayce which was actually really nice. so bonus points for that. sushi ring is most definitely not one of the better choices of sushi. glad i tried but definitely not the place to come...

I have never left a bad review before, but my experience here was the worst I’ve ever had. The food is fine for all you can eat. Nothing spectacular but it was fine. The service however was horrid. We were a party of 6 and two people don’t eat sushi at all (1 of them a child). So 3 of us wanted all you could eat. They informed us that the whole table had to do all you can eat or we can’t have it. We explained that their website and menu did not state this so we were unaware and asked if they could make an exception. They ultimately did but they scolded us by 2 different people at our table. They then proceeded to watch us eat for the duration of our meal. I mean stand at the corner of the bar and stated the entire meal. Even my 9 year old daughter was so embarrassed by them. They also did not bring us the rolls we ordered. We did not order a lot either. On our second order they again chose what to bring us and we never received what we ordered. When they brought the last two rolls out she literally said you can’t possibly eat all of this. SO RUDE! Once they decided we were done they brought the bill and left. Did not ask if we were finished or anything. I do not believe in stiffing anyone so we still left a generous tip and left. If you are a larger party I would steer clear. I’ve never felt so disrespected and embarrassed in my life. I will never come back nor recommend this restaurant to anyone. Very uncalled for attitude. We would have happily gone to one of the many other establishments in the same parking...