Hanamaru — Restaurant in Sunnyvale

This place is amazing! The service is really friendly and fast! It really isnt that busy even at peak lunch hours on weekdays, but the waiters and sushi chef do tell me that there is a line that forms outside on weekends and because of it, this place is packed on weekends.

The ambience is blended well between contemporary restaurants of today and traditional Japanese styling!

Of course... 😄 Theres also that sushi boat system, which is always cool to see the sushi go around in nice boats with cute ducks on them. I'd highly recommend this option if you're on a budget or just not that hungry and chatting with friends for this place, because most of the bentos, rice plates, or even their noodles are $10 or higher! You could also get their sushi plates, I'd recommend the dragon rolls or fire balls!

As for me i got the teriyaki bento box and, oh my, is it the best ive had out of any sushi place ive tried so far! The bento box contains both chicken and beef teriyaki pieces, a salad, some tempura pieces and steamed rice.

The salad was pretty decent for a sushi place salad, their dressing was alright but i was surprised to see how fresh everything was, the tomato was also a nice addition, not so much can be said for the spinach.

The tempura was done really well, everything was crispy and even on all sides and gives you from broccoli to the shrimp, all covered in tempura coating and a nice mat on the bottom to absorb the oil.

The rice.. is just rice, but the best and the reason why i ordered this is the beef and chicken teriyaki! Both pieces are separated from one another and held on a nice piece of lettuce! The beef was well done and tender! Same with the chicken and how it was covered with... You know TERIYAKI SAUCE? And the sause was really good and plentiful enough for all if the pieces Hanamaru gives you, maybe even too much! All of this for $13, which is pretty good! Considering what you get!

I forgot to also mention it comes with miso soup, really nice!

In all, this is a pretty great place! And if you'd come here to spend a little more, this is the place for really great sushi! And also make sure to try their...

I attempted to order food through GrubHub for this place, and I am extremely happy that I used them as a medium.

I placed my order around 7:40pm, along with a few other people I was with. The estimated time for delivery was about an hour out. Cool, understandable. Big order to process.

Almost an hour later, 3 of my friends get their food. I wait, assuming it must have come at the same time or will be soon (I was staying close to the restaurant).

9:00 hits on a delivery time of 8:53. My friend and I have not received our food but payment already processed. My friend calls the restaurant and explains the situation politely the first time around. They have a major communication issue and after about 15 minutes of "I cannot hear/understand you, I'm sorry" and "I'm sorry, is there anyone else I can talk to?", we determine their fax machine is not working. We were never notified of this fact even though the order was apparently received and processed. He gets frustrated and says goodbye.

We each call GrubHub customer support and they were awesome. They contacted the restaurant to corroborate our story and after confirming, we were told we would receive refunds and a credit to our GrubHub account.

So, in short, I would have loved to try and review the food, but it never got to me. Grubhub...

This small sushi restaurant is located in the far end of a complex and is easy to miss. I have been here several times, tried several sushi rolls and simply love them! Even my husband, who is not a big fan of sushi likes the rolls here. There is a sushi boat and separate tables as well, so that is good. You will most likely have a wait time if you go during peak hours.

Al though I love the sushi rolls here, I despise the service. The waitresses walk around as though nobody even exists inside the restaurant. Every time they walked past our table, I try to establish an eye contact with them, but no, they walk around in their own dream world. So, I had to say "Excuse me" loud enough, so that one of those bemused ladies would hear me and come to our table. And it is also quite surprising how ready, willing and able they are, when you are ready for the check.

However, I would still go to this sushi bar only because I love their...