Sake Cafe Japanese Restaurant

The food was great. The employees that work there is nice 💯.

I love buying sushi from here. It’s definitely my go to place for salmon rolls and Philadelphia rolls.

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I had been craving sushi for a bit, and I was in the area with my family looking for a place to eat. I saw this place on my maps, and checked reviews (they were very mixed), but nonetheless I decided to ignore the negative ones.

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR
To start, the first thing I noticed was the decorations. This place is so well decorated, and I really felt comfortable being there. There were comments about it being messy, but it wasn't too messy. However, I had to brush off my seat before sitting down.

Now the exterior, on the other hand, I noticed it was quite small and looked a little run-down. However, from my experience, run-down restaurants tend to be pretty great!

FOOD & DRINK:
My family members both had the sweet tea, and they enjoyed it very much (opposite of the review left about the tea being sour). I myself, enjoyed some bubble milk tea. I am actually a huge fan of boba, and had been craving some for quite some time. I don't usually enjoy taro milk tea, but I really liked Sake Cafe's! It wasn't too sweet, and I liked the flavor of the tapioca pearls.

Food time. As an appetizer, we decided to try the squid, which I had never tried before. The texture was interesting, but I did enjoy the flavor. (I also liked how it came out steaming.) I then ordered some teriyaki chicken, with the tropical roll. The chicken also came out fresh and steaming, and I really enjoyed what seemed to be a buttery teriyaki sauce on the bottom of the pan. (I love me a good sizzle). The chicken was pretty good, though I would've liked a bit more seasoning.

SUSHI! I loved the way the sushi plate was decorated with a little palm tree on the side. As for the sushi itself, I really enjoyed this tropical roll. It comes with crab and mango within the roll, and it is topped with this pink/white thing and fish eggs! I recommend trying out this roll if you like to have a bit of a sweet taste.

Unfortunately, I did tend to get full a bit fast since I was trying a bit or sip of everything at the table, but it was worth it.

The bad reviews did not have an affect on my dining experience, and I am truly happy I pushed them to the side to try a new sushi place.

I give this place 5 stars, simply because I was pleased with the service we received. Our waiter was great, checking in on us, but not too excessively which I liked. The food was pretty good, despite the lack of seasoning, and the drinks were great! I'm also in love with the interior, and I really did feel like I was in a comfortable atmosphere.

Thank you Sake Cafe! ^-^

- m

Delicious and affordable 😋

The food was great, our party of 7 all enjoyed their meals! We reserved a table for a birthday and they had it all fixed up when we arrived, I was really impressed - excellent customer service!! It was a 1st time visit for half of us and we kept asking for things, our waitress was a champ and never hesitated to get whatever we needed. Definitely recommend!

My first time visiting and I loved it. Great food.

Absolutely amazing boiled seafood bags. Had medium Cajun spice was just right. Wonderful waitress named Lisa did an outstanding job.

One of the best Japanese restaurants I have ever been to. I got the shrimp and scallop hibachi and nothing was over cooked. Prices weren't cheep but we're also not break the bank expensive. I definitely plan to visit their Hattiesburg location!

We ordered the California roll, beef lo mein, and the tempura vegetables. It was all very good, but those tempura vegetables were amazing, I could have ate two orders by myself!

My family and I dined here frequently before COVID-19. When everything shut down in our home town, Laurel, MS, it was devastating. Then, appeared Door Dash! We have Sake Cafe delivered frequently to our home. They offer no contact delivery—anyway, enough of my Door Dash praise. I’ve visited many restaurants in my past, some forgettable; but, it’s the restaurants that go the extra mile for the customer that keeps my family coming back. Sake Cafe is my drive the extra mile restaurant. Recently I placed an order. I paid, closed the tab. I didn’t think anything about the price; however, Sake Cafe and Door Dash both sent me a personal email admitting they accidentally overcharged on an appetizer. They immediately credited my account. I have never had a company admit a mistake to me personally and offer their sincerest apologies. They could have ignored the error, kept the overage, and looked the other way. I wasn’t at the restaurant; I used Door Dash. I never once questioned anything on my receipt because I felt it was a great price. Sake Cafe took it upon themselves to notify Door Dash and me personally. Sake and Door Dash (Laurel, MS) know how to gain trust. Admitting their error to me and immediately correcting the issue before I knew of the discrepancy won my business for a very long time. Thank you for treating my family with kindness and respect.

With Thievery Corporation setting the mood I was optimistic. Tried the Pepper Tuna appetizer with the New Orleans Toll and Spicy Dragon Roll for the main course. Delicious, especially the Dragon Roll. Only complaint is the seats. But that's very forgivable considering the great service and food.

Great place. good food, good prices. Normally there is not a long wait and for the times they are very busy they are apologetic and still get the order out quickly

They were a little busy but we got all of our food and it was all cooked perfectly. Also the Sushi is the best in town.

The food was delicious and the service was speedy and friendly. The prices on food were fairly cheap and the food was high quality.

I love Sake. We had take out. the boils are really good. I also enjoyed the sushi. I ordered the rocky in roll

Cute cafe, bar, sushi and habatchi grill. I had never been to Mississippi before and it was a great meal for the middle of our road trip. I bought a shirt as well!

Briannia was our waitress and she was wonderful! She was very attentive! Food was delicious. Would go back again.

I LOVE Sake Cafe! The absolute BEST sushi in Laurel! And their new boiled seafood combo is TO DIE FOR!!!!! DEFINITELY my favorite restaurant in tbe area!!!

Me and my wife love this restaurant. We had our 1st date there.

Great food and service was amazing if you want food try sake cafe you will not be disappointed.