TENKU Sushi — Restaurant in Woodstock

Three stars for a beautiful atmosphere. They did a great job of interior design and it's really a nice atmosphere... until the food comes. All of these 5 star reviews, and I'm wondering if yall have had sushi before or if you think paying more just makes it better in your mind.

I will say, I was pleased with the menu options. Any sushi bar with surf clam immediately earns points in my book.

Service was fine, nothing spectacular but our server was pleasant.

On to the negative. No sweet tea. Apparently high menu prices and nice interior means they're too fancy for some good old southern sweet tea. Y'all, we're still in GA, come on now. There are sober people in this community that like a good old stand-by.

The menu prices dining-in were higher than menu prices shown online. Okay, so they just haven't updated the online menu prices, I can deal. However, for the price, the value needs to be there and for us it just wasn't.

The portions were quite small, for everything. Squid salad was $9 (typically $5-6 in other sushi restaurants) and the portion size was nearly half of what is served in other restaurants. And it's the same old squid salad served everywhere else, which I was hoping for, as I love it. But dang, there just wasn't much of a portion size.

Then onto the sushi. We ordered tuna lover and Bubba Gump. And again with the portion sizes. The diameter of each roll was significantly smaller than expected. They were about the size one would expect for a single vegetable roll, such as an asparagus roll.

All in all, neither of us were impressed and don't plan to return. There are just way too many great sushi options to pay $16-$18 a roll, have 3 apps, and leave still hungry.

Before you come for me, yes, I know my sushi. I was a sushi chef for 5 years when I was in my twenties. It was a great experience and fortunately it taught me a lot. This review is a reflection of that knowledge. You just can't price rolls this high and not deliver an appropriate value to the client. But hey, maybe it's the high...

Absolutely phenomenal experience here, and the sushi was incredible!

-We started out with Edemame, there were 3 options for seasoning: Cajun, Salt, or garlic. Garlic was just right for us and not overseasoned at all. -We ordered classic Philadelphia Roll and Spicy Salmon. Both came out well prepared, fish is very tender, and these rolls were a good thickness! -Specialty Rolls we got were the Fantasy Roll and the LaLa Roll. If you like a shrimp tempera Roll, try the LaLa Roll to step into something fun and flavorful. It is toasted on the top with a blowtorch which added more complexity to their flavor. The Fantasy "roll" is actually cubed rice with the fish as toppings and does not have seaweed. This is LOADED with flavor and has some good spice to it (if you have a low spice tolerance, it's probably not for you). Honestly it's probably my new favorite roll and VERY filling.

Now with any new restaurant, it will take them some time to make it a flawless experience (be patient, please). But overall we experienced great service and very nice workers having fun and doing their best! We can not wait to go back for another special dinner soon! Also, be sure to make a reservation unless you are okay with sitting at the sushi bar (which was a pleasant experience on super high...

First, i have to say the sushi was very good. Gotta give credit where credit is due. This was our 1st time. We had the worst service ever. When we got there at 5pm. It was us and 2 other tables. We got salads, I asked for pepper. We got it when I was done with the salad. We got sushi without Wasabi or ginger. Well we asked for some and waited a while and got the tiniest amount of Wasabi and ginger. 5 of us got sushi she oy brought 3 minis of Wasabi, our son didn't get any and the adults were to share. So she finally got a small bowl of Wasabi so that's what he likes and we shared it with dad. It took a while to get a refill on my green tea. Everything she came to get something off the table she pointed at it and had us hand it to her. I really feel for 4 people on our bill no alcohol 163.00 we should have had better service. The food I am showing is for 6 people but we got 2 checks. Absolutely no parking had to park a half mile away. But the sushi was very good. It is pricey a can of Coke is $4 with bad service. But the sushi was very good. We won't go back. :( they add a 20% tip too and horrible service. The bathrooms were...