Sushi Sho — Restaurant in Honolulu

Disappointing and frustrating dinner experience to say the least. We went for a birthday celebration and ordered 2 glasses of champagne. They came in wet glasses (as if just washed but not dried) and was served lukewarm. We overlooked this point hoping to enjoy the rest of the meal. However, Chef Nakazawa seemed more interested in chatting CONSTANTLY with the Japanese guest beside us, serving us last and letting our fish just rest either under the bright shining lights or even on his palm. This resulted in the sushi rice breaking off/ too much wasabi, which I’m sure wouldn’t have resulted had he paid attention instead of chatting away. Once he did serve us our pieces, there was sometimes no introduction whatsoever and he would simply place the sushi and walk away. I am perfectly fine with chefs chatting with guests but not at the expense of other customers who are paying the exact same $300 meal. We expressed our frustration to the wait staff and the female sous chef, who tried to remediate the situation but even so, the chef never apologised nor even acknowledged us after - only to parade around the extra dishes at the end, which you had to pay more for (no thank you!!) Just an additional point, there were 1-2 fruit flies circling around for the entire meal which was very offputting. We appreciated the wait staff and female sous chef, so no complaints about them. For those reading this review, if you are used to the impeccable service in top sushi-yas in Japan, prepare to be disappointed. The fish was fresh but not enough to overlook the poor service and...

Our 2nd time this year and it was very good. Fish and other items were very fresh, as expected (required?) and the presentation overall was very good. Then again, at $300/, you wouldn't expect anything else.

Why only 4 stars? In every other omakase I've been to (NYC - Nakazawa, Noz, local - Sasabune, Hihimanu, Onodera), they ask if you want an additional piece of sushi and the selection has always been from what they had already served. Makes sense right? Chef is supposed to be serving you the best he has available... the essence of omakase. At Sho, the options weren't just from what had been served, but instead, they paraded many more items that they did not serve. Top tier toro (they didn't serve THE fattiest blue fin for omakase), aged hamachi, uni, a few other items and chef's recommendation, snapper skin. The additional item(s) were $30-45 each...

Why weren't any of these items (uni was, but the supplementary one looked way fresher) included during omakase? Several omakase items could have been easily replaced with the snapper skin, toro or hamachi. It felt like a money grab given that we had already paid $300. It cheapened the experience and decreased the value of Sho.

We thought Sho was going to be our go to omakase in town for special occasions. Not anymore. This is...

I don’t know why it had the bad comment about this lunchbox that it is going to be my favorite so far from now on🥰 I expect that the sushi rice is gonna make from the red vinegar but actually is kind of like regular rice with white vinegar maybe and a little bit sweet but still tasty I got otoro uni ankimo a lot of ikura and a lot of kind of fish every pieces so fresh and tasty

The fish may be coming in small pieces but this is what chirashi box supposed to be

May you feel this box is not to big but for the girl I eat a half box and I feel full already and leftover I keep for My Husband

Guys and this box just 40$ after tax around 44$ I feel like I have small omakase from this box so don’t miss it when u come to hawaii👍🏻👍🏻

But location of the restaurant really hard to find so it’s gonna be in the lobby floor so your support to take the elevator and when you come out, turn right be careful to pick up in time 4:30 PM they’re gonna keep your box until 5 PM after that they have to throw it away, because it’s a fresh fish

Staff, smiling and really polite

I would buy this-box again and this restaurant gonna be my restaurant for my anniversary with My...