Sushi Yu (All you can eat sushi) — Restaurant in Riverton

Updated 2023! Times Visited: 8+

Franchise/Location: Sushi Yu is a great sushi restaurant. I went on a monthly basis when they opened but have had a hard time going lately. My buddy and I enjoy their flavor selection and it used to be priced pretty good, but it's been harder to want to visit with the price increases, and the slow service (it takes about 45 minutes per round of sushi... 3 rounds takes about 2 hours!), And the lack of identifying rolls when you receive them.

The staff are friendly, and the atmosphere is really cozy. It's never busy before 6pm, and that lends to a nice atmosphere. Though for like a month it seemed like the AC went out or something, because it was really hot. But it's a serviceable enough place for sure... Unless you go when it's busy. Even if they have two other groups besides your own in there it takes almost criminally long to get your order.

The rolls are really good, some are even exceptional, BUT I wish I could say I had found a favorite in the past 8+ months. When they bring out the rolls they don't really tell you what they are... or, they have a bit of a struggle pronouncing what they are... either way, I've been eating these rolls and I don't really have a name attached to any of them in my head. I think that's a bit of a shame, by this point I feel like I should instinctively know what I like and what I want to order, or even good rolls to recommend to friends or potential customers like on this review, but I just haven't been able to memorize what things are called (beyond rolls found elsewhere), because more often than not, I can't tell which roll is which when I order them. And the server doesn't come around often enough for me to ask. What's worse is I order rolls I don't like, and I keep ordering rolls I don't like because I don't know what I don't like because nothing is attached to a name.

Overall, it's decent local Sushi. I've definitely slowed down coming in as a regular because of the price increase and because I am not learning the names of the rolls I'm eating. Maybe if they brought back their loyalty punch card (without an expiration date, mind you, that first one was IMPOSSIBLE to do in a single month), or if they get more staff or reduce their prices... I'd return to being a regular customer. It's good sushi to try if you haven't had it yet, and might be good for a local fix, but I really hope they change a few things to make for a better, snappier experience to compete with some of my preferred...

This place has been a go-to sushi spot for me and my wife, work colleagues, and friends for a while now and they never disappoint. For those who don't know, this place was a Thai restaurant before that was also very good, but their conversion to an AYCE sushi restaurant in Utah has been amazing.

Is this the best sushi you can get? Probably not, but it's very, very good and ranks among my top places to eat in Utah overall.

As of the time of this review (March 2023), AYCE Lunch for one person is $20 and dinner is $27. Those are quite amazing prices given the service industry as a whole these days, and the service and quality of sushi exceeds it. They also have some traditional chinese/asian dishes and lunch specials at very reasonable prices if you're looking for a bento style meal.

The restaurant never feels too busy or loud, and even during lunch and dinner hours there's never a drop in quality of service. They have plenty to choose from on the nigiri and long rolls list, and pretty much all the staple rolls are here. Deep fried rolls are always breaded perfectly, and they do a good job of making sure they don't bring them out to you piping hot either. Nobody likes a deep-fried roll that's way over breaded and feels like you just put a scorching hot coal in your mouth, and this restaurant has figured it out.

Though they do go a little heavy on the rice for nigiri, long rolls are made perfectly. Another slight knock is that the lunch menu is a little limited, with only slight variations in some rolls; you can only repackage avocado, salmon, and crab so many times before they all feel the same. Still, the rolls are made well enough that I have no other complaints. If you go for dinner, that problem is eliminated entirely.

I recommend this place to anyone who's interested in some very good AYCE sushi in Utah, and I'll continue to keep coming here so long as I...

This is not a place I will ever return to however others around us seemed to be receiving better service than we were so maybe you’ll have better luck. We arrived at the restaurant and were seated immediately. We sat at the table for 10-15 min before we gave our drink order and then we sat there for 35 min before they took order. Meanwhile the table of 4 next to us arrived after we gave our drink orders and they had their order taken and delivered before we even ordered. They ate all of their food and paid before we got a fraction of what we ordered. We ordered 6 California rolls and 7 speciality rolls. They brought the California rolls for the kids and then we still waited another 20 min before the adults rolls came out. Over a 2 hour period we still only got 9 of the 13 we ordered. I told the waitress we were still missing rolls and she said they were on the way. We got 2 more and then waited another 20 min for the last 2 before we decided the service wasn’t getting any better and my patience had ran out so I just went up to the register and told her we were done and asked for our check. When we sat down they told us it was $14.99 for kids in their all you can eat but still charged us $27.95 for the kids and then considering we averaged less than $15 per person in rolls I asked to be charged per roll opposed to their all you can eat price. They then still charged us for the two rolls we never got. No one ever checked on our table, we had to request drink refills from two different employees before it even happened. Honestly the most frustrating dining experience I think...