Sake Cafe Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Laurel

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I had been craving sushi for a bit, and I was in the area with my family looking for a place to eat. I saw this place on my maps, and checked reviews (they were very mixed), but nonetheless I decided to ignore the negative ones.

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR To start, the first thing I noticed was the decorations. This place is so well decorated, and I really felt comfortable being there. There were comments about it being messy, but it wasn't too messy. However, I had to brush off my seat before sitting down.

Now the exterior, on the other hand, I noticed it was quite small and looked a little run-down. However, from my experience, run-down restaurants tend to be pretty great!

FOOD & DRINK: My family members both had the sweet tea, and they enjoyed it very much (opposite of the review left about the tea being sour). I myself, enjoyed some bubble milk tea. I am actually a huge fan of boba, and had been craving some for quite some time. I don't usually enjoy taro milk tea, but I really liked Sake Cafe's! It wasn't too sweet, and I liked the flavor of the tapioca pearls.

Food time. As an appetizer, we decided to try the squid, which I had never tried before. The texture was interesting, but I did enjoy the flavor. (I also liked how it came out steaming.) I then ordered some teriyaki chicken, with the tropical roll. The chicken also came out fresh and steaming, and I really enjoyed what seemed to be a buttery teriyaki sauce on the bottom of the pan. (I love me a good sizzle). The chicken was pretty good, though I would've liked a bit more seasoning.

SUSHI! I loved the way the sushi plate was decorated with a little palm tree on the side. As for the sushi itself, I really enjoyed this tropical roll. It comes with crab and mango within the roll, and it is topped with this pink/white thing and fish eggs! I recommend trying out this roll if you like to have a bit of a sweet taste.

Unfortunately, I did tend to get full a bit fast since I was trying a bit or sip of everything at the table, but it was worth it.

The bad reviews did not have an affect on my dining experience, and I am truly happy I pushed them to the side to try a new sushi place.

I give this place 5 stars, simply because I was pleased with the service we received. Our waiter was great, checking in on us, but not too excessively which I liked. The food was pretty good, despite the lack of seasoning, and the drinks were great! I'm also in love with the interior, and I really did feel like I was in a comfortable atmosphere.

Thank you Sake...

My family and I dined here frequently before COVID-19. When everything shut down in our home town, Laurel, MS, it was devastating. Then, appeared Door Dash! We have Sake Cafe delivered frequently to our home. They offer no contact delivery—anyway, enough of my Door Dash praise. I’ve visited many restaurants in my past, some forgettable; but, it’s the restaurants that go the extra mile for the customer that keeps my family coming back. Sake Cafe is my drive the extra mile restaurant. Recently I placed an order. I paid, closed the tab. I didn’t think anything about the price; however, Sake Cafe and Door Dash both sent me a personal email admitting they accidentally overcharged on an appetizer. They immediately credited my account. I have never had a company admit a mistake to me personally and offer their sincerest apologies. They could have ignored the error, kept the overage, and looked the other way. I wasn’t at the restaurant; I used Door Dash. I never once questioned anything on my receipt because I felt it was a great price. Sake Cafe took it upon themselves to notify Door Dash and me personally. Sake and Door Dash (Laurel, MS) know how to gain trust. Admitting their error to me and immediately correcting the issue before I knew of the discrepancy won my business for a very long time. Thank you for treating my family with kindness...

To start off our family stopped in to have a quick lunch the waiteress we had was good. She was polite and kind and she was helpful when we needed something. The food on the other hand was horrible the sweet tea was sour. My salmon hibachi tasted very bland and the vegetables were over cooked and not seasoned my salmon was just bland and no thought put into it. The boba milk tea tasted sour and old. The provided soup was very cold 🥶 and the salad came with yum yum sauce which isn’t a favorite. The edamame was over cooked and it was hard to get it out of the shell. My wife’s Benton salmon box was equally as bad. The salmon she had was over cooked. The dumplings 🥟 was foul tasting. Her sweet tea tasted like perfume. My daughters chicken hibachi was way over cooked and the rice was spongy but the waitress tried to help and get the manager but all the manager wanted to do was give a discount on food that we were not gonna eat. I would give this place a 0 outta 10 wouldn’t recommend won’t ever eat at either place again. Spent $53 for a mistake that won’t...