Sapporo Sushi — Restaurant in Menifee

Self proclaimed sushi & sashimi connoisseur here! This place is amazing overall for AYCE when considering price to quality of sashimi, quantity of fish to rice, and freshness of seafood. The seaweed salad is fresh & lightly sweetened compared to the pre-packed sweetened salad that most other restaurants use. Their eel sauce is less thick & a bit less sweet with a more pleasant flavor when compared to what most other places use. The sushi rice is seasoned well & rice portion is about the size of one to two knuckles worth of rice to about twice the portion of fish, which is perfect because the fish are cut to perfection, not too thick & served just below cool temperature so the fish's oils, flavor & texture can be enjoyed at it's best. The raw oyster is beautifully shucked & presented with a moderately spicey ponzu derived sauce. Then for my personal test of a sushi chef's skill set & my personal icing on the cake I ordered their Salmon Skin Handroll. After picking up the hand roll and letting the oils that fried the skins drain out a few drops I was amazed at the quantity of smokey-charred salmon skin provided. The sumptuous crispy skin with the maximum char took me by surprise, because unlike most places which char the skin to a burned flavor, Sapporo's chef maximized the char to a visual that was close to black without the flavor of being burned. There was salmon skin through the bottom of the handroll; each bite containing just the perfect amount of crispy & soft chewy skin with a delicate layer of actual salmon flesh to add to the overall flavor. The yamagobo was lightly pickled & lightly sweetened with a nice crunch. The nori was flexible & easy to chew. I literally was in heaven with one of the best & quite possibly the best salmon skin roll I've eaten in my 42 years. Service was excellent with about 75% occupancy. There were three ladies whom were very pleasantly attentive with just the right amount of table follow-up service & clearing plates in a timely manner. Love this place! Wifey & daughter agree & we'll gladly make the 30 minute drive to make this our go to sushi...

I have been coming to this place since it opened a few years ago. I never had an issue until last night. The service was horrendous! As soon as we were seated they told me my 1.5 year old could not share our food. I said that’s fine, my child doesn’t eat sushi anyway. We were a group of 4 adults and my child. Once we placed our order, the server asked if I was going to purchase a kids meal for my child. Again I said, “no, she doesn’t eat anything on this menu”. After a few minutes they brought back the order form with RED pen marks circling their policy and underlined specific words in their policy such as “don’t share food” and “any left overs will be charged”. I was horrified but honestly, I didn’t know if I should laugh at the pettiness or be angry with their passive aggressive attitude. Once our food arrived, I pulled out my baby’s milk cup and her little box of snacks. The server immediately walked over and said the manager sent her over to tell us that outside food is not allowed but since our food had already been served then they were going to allow us to stay. This was the last straw. It was so upsetting that we couldn’t even enjoy our food. First of all, if this is such a big issue why won’t the manager come tell us herself. It’s disturbing to know that we were being watched so closely that it took literally one minute after taking out my child’s snacks for them to send someone over. I’ve taken my child to many restaurants where I have her snacks and milk out and it has never been an issue anywhere else. What is their obsession with a 1 and a half year old? I dont understand the pettiness of that manager. Will never come back to this place and I will definitely tell everyone I know to avoid this place. Their customer service is disgusting to...

This 1 star review is more about 1 person, not the place as a whole. We have been there numerous times and I always end the the night with a hand roll. Sometimes salmon, sometimes eel, sometimes, Ono. Tonight this one sushi chef (he always seems to be in the middle) told us we couldn't have the same hand roll that I have had the last 3 times we were there. When asked why he said because they don't allow that. I then told him I have had that the last three times we were here and he rudely ask me, "Who served you that because we don't do that". How the hell do I know who made it? I write down the order, hand it to the server, and then they bring it to me. All the years I've been eating sushi I have never been denied a regular sushi order being put in a hand roll. Most of the time we sit at a table but the two times we sat at the bar he was always the one acting all high and mighty and always being rude to his own servers. He also seems to be the only one that refuses to wear gloves while preparing food. In this day in age if you're going to act like a rude jerk, everyone, including whoever allows him to continue to act like this, is going to know about it. When you spend well over $100 every time you go there the last thing you want to do is walk away mad. That's exactly whet...