Sushi King — Restaurant in Virginia Beach

I very much enjoy Sushi King every time I've been but one particular incident or a series of incidents have occurred that have upset me and made me not want to give money to your restaurant ever again. One of your servers (Pauline is her name I believe) at the location in Monticello Ave is pretty rude and has harassed my wife to the point where she doesn't ever want to return. My wife goes frequently if I'm out of town maybe twice a week and when I'm home we might go once in the blue moon. But when she goes and has Pauline as a server she always says she doesn't know what she did to deserve the treatment that she gives. So maybe about 2 months ago we went and I saw of the treatment she was talking about she wouldn't say much at the table just take our food walk away and not engage us, I thought maybe she was having an off day until another table came in and she noticeably more perky for them. Okay didn't think much on it just was disappointed. The last time we visited your place she completely ignored us didn't say anything just stared as we gave our orders. If I asked for something she wouldn't meet my eye, if I said thank you or please she acted as if she didn't hear me. I'm always pretty polite so is my wife and we had a friend with us, so finally I said to my wife maybe you should ask us. After a gentleman came in sat behind us and she talked to him like they were old friends and still look at us as if we had stole from her. So my wife finally asked (my wife at this point is convinced we've done something to offer her ) I was actually convinced it was either the fact that we were a gay couple or that we were bigger and the amount of food we ordered disgusted her. She yelled at my wife and actually dispelled my theory and said because when my wife and her friend come they don't tip very well and so basically she said why put it in the effort . While I know my wife is a tipper the average check for my wife with military discount isn't much so it doesn't warrant a 10 tip when she's alone or even when we're together. But I have given your servers that tip before who have given good service no matter if they thought we'd tip or not. It's appalling the whole thing is, but it begs one question from me. Is your restaurants not making sure your employees are making enough so they can survive? She seems genuinely hurt about the whole thing like she couldn't afford her bills if my wife don't tip her 10 dollars on a 10 bill every time. I'm sorry to say I will no longer be visiting your...

Service was great. Waiter was super attentive. Food was not so great.

I've been here before and they use to be super great quality for all you can eat and it seems they've gone down hill. I don't expect a 5 star experience for all you can eat but the experience was less than stellar.

I got sat next to the kitchen and all I could smell was cleaning chemichal over the food, to the point i was tasting it while i ate. The appetizers i got were good and I had no complaints about those.

I ordered some traditional sushi rolls next and the rice felt like it came right out of the rice cooker without a chance to cool. The flavor of hot sushi wasn't very appealing.

I got a hibachi steak and shrimp with fried rice next and it had no real flavor other than whatever cleaner I was smelling from the kitchen, to the point I was concerned it was actually in my food. I ate a couple bites and just told them I wasn't happy with it.

The last thing I ordered was a Boston roll which is shrimp, lettuce, cucumber and avocado. It was a huge wad of rolled rice and funky lettuce with a few scraps of the other ingredients listed. I understand it's all you can eat but this was delivered as this roll oversized on the cheap ingredients and barely any of the quality ingredients and was very unbalanced. I ate one piece and decided it was best to not order anything else.

I ended up just asking for the check and was planning on quietly leaving and just not coming back. I stopped to use the restroom before I left and if I had been in there before I ate, i likely would have just left.

The bathroom had a sickly sewer smell to it when you opened the door.

I walked into one of the stalls and The wall behind the toilet and the stall wall itself had flakey dry looking debris stuck to it that looked like old vomit and even the base of the toilet had that "flaky" junk around it which made me think it had been there a bit and the bathrooms definitely aren't cleaned well or often. I wish I got pictures but It was just pretty gross and considering how the food didn't taste right, it left me extra concerned that I saw and smelled what appeared to be signs of people getting sick in the bathroom and I just wanted to be away from it.

Definitely won't be back after...

I haven't eaten at Sushi King in years since finding O'Yummy Sushi. We decided to give it a try again. Upon arrival, we were sat immediately. It took around 5 minutes for our server to get to our table but it was fine. I asked if I could have a regular menu for my daughter because she couldn't eat "all you can eat". She said no that it was only AYCE. I wasn't happy but whatever. It costs $25.99/person. The one thing I do like is that you can order half rolls.

We placed our order for our apps and they came out fast. I didn't like how they put sauce on the plate instead of a cup with your gyoza because it makes them soggy on the bottom. Nonetheless they were good. We all ordered our sushi rolls and they came out pretty quickly as well. Because they were so busy, it made me wonder if they weren't pre-made. If I'm being completely honest, I personally didn't care for their sushi. Maybe I'm just partial to O'Yummy? I don't know I just wasn't that impressed. Oh, and another thing, I also don't like that they don't serve sashimi. Theirs comes on rice and you have to eat all of it or they charge you.

They have an area to go get your own Miso soup with lots of tofu and green onions to add to it but when I walked over to get some the pot was empty. I guess they didn't realize it. They also have a LOT of different ice cream in three cases to choose from and it's part of the AYCE.

Will we ever go back ? Eehhh, probably not. Like I said before, I just wasn't that impressed. But other people seem to...