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Aha Sushi Bistro
Categories: Restaurants Japanese Restaurants Sushi Bars Japanese, Sushi Bars [Edit]
5101 Washington StGurnee, IL 60031
(847) 263-2222
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 11 am - 2 pm
Mon-Thu 5 pm - 9:30 pm
Fri-Sat 5 pm - 10 pm
Sun 4 pm - 9 pm
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
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$$
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Ambience:
- Classy, Trendy, Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
7 reviews for Aha Sushi Bistro
7 reviews in English
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Review from Jackie M.
Libertyville, IL
11/28/2011
I've been here a number of times now, and for a non-sushi eater, they have a number of good options.
I love the Canon Balls, which are basically crab rangoon without the wonton. Its lighly breaded and fried up, so its lighter and is delicios with the blackberrty puree its served with.
I recently went there, and the very polite wait staff, let us know they are under new ownership. They let us know there are 20 or so new rolls coming on the menu, and they offered us 2 free entire rolls to sample. I tried them both, one was called Crazy Boy and had avocado, crab, cream cheese, and was tempura fried (YUM), and the other was called spring mountain which had some salmon, crab, and some other stuff. Also good, but I was stuffed as I had my entire dish of chicken and vegetable fried rice. They do have a pretty large menu and the prices are a little on the high side, but that won't deter me, as I've seen such different rolls here than anywhere else, so it's a good option if you want to try something different (or if you want something normal too). The waitress also said they could make anything off the old menu too!
Now, lets talk drinks. They have a decent wine selection, but the martinis are wonderful. I've trie 3 or 4 of them. My ultimate favorites are the Asian Pear martini (crisp and refreshing) and the Oatmeal Cookie martini (heavy but so good!). And yes, it tastes just like an oatmeal cookie.
I will certainly come back and try the new menu (and hopefully they keep the Canon Balls!). -
Review from Chad M.
Hoffman Estates, IL
8/31/2011 3 Check-ins Here
I don't know where some of the bad reviews come from. I was here on a Sunday evening. I walked in, and saw 2 Japanese couples (I guess on a double date), and an older Japanese couple eating there. I immeidately thought that I was going to have some GREAT sushi.
I sat at the sushi bar (I love watching the chefs work) and got served QUICKLY. The sushi was incredibly fresh, and delicious. The servings were good size, and they had the white ginger. The girl who served me, AND the chefs kept checking on me, and asking how everything was. I am TOTALLY looking forward to going back, this is my NEW sushi place. THANK YOU AHA Sushi!! -
Review from Tiffany L.
Waukegan, IL
2/18/2011
For the Gurnee area, this is a welcome addition. I'm not going to say it's my favorite sushi place ever, but I was pleasantly surprised. It's meant to be more "upscale" therefore they prices reflect this -- i.e. one piece of salmon sashimi on rice is $3.
We ordered a Sake Don, a Chicago Roll, and the King Kong Roll. My fave was the King Kong -- I liked the deep friedness and the sauces and the other crispy deep fried strings on top. I'm doing a terrible job of explaning it, so just go and order it yourself.
The sashimi was still slightly frozen, which was a little weird to me, but at least it wasn't fishy, and it was cut in nice big chunks. The Chicago Roll was fine, but nothing to write home about.
The interior's kinda fancy, but my table and booth area were both kinda sticky, like it hadn't been cleaned for a while.
Oh and they have some fun choices of drinks, like Asian Pear juice, and an Oatmeal Raisin Martini. -
Review from Brit W.
Carpentersville, IL
7/30/2011
They let us order 15 minutes befrore they closed and were still so polite and nice about it :) The ponzu was so tender and seasoned perfectly. We also got the spider roll and the dragon roll. The eel on the dragon roll was seared with a torch and tasted very sweet. Presentation was wonderful as well. Would return again for another impromtu sushi date!
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Review from Phoebe W.
Updated - 1/22/2011 1 Check-in Here
I'm not sure if Aha has switched sushi chefs since my last visit, but the quality of the rolls has gone down a bit. They also seem to change the menu for the specialty rolls a lot, which sucks since I have some favorites memorized (ie: Pikachu roll) My friend ordered rolls that had were supposed to have "crunch" on it, but it didn't have anything crunchy to it. My rolls were also loosely constructed, a major no-no for me when it comes to sushi. Step your game up, Aha!
1 Previous Review: Show all »
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12/8/2010 First to Review
Aha Sushi has become one of my favorite places in the suburbs to get sushi because they have a… Read more »
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Review from Parker ..
Chicago, IL
3/3/2011
The sushi is decent but I remember it being better. Apparently there's new management which I assume means 'needed help making money'. I get that, but I used to not be able to finish 2 rolls and now 2 rolls isn't even enough. I don't remember paying as much either. Every other place I've been to, even in the city, would have been a lot better at the current prices. With quality and quantity going down and price going up, I doubt I'll be going back. As far as I know it's the only sushi in the Gurnee area but neighboring towns have better choices.
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Review from miss a.
Chicago, IL
3/5/2011 2 photos
it's small on the inside but the decor is great. i love the stylish chairs. i just didn't like that the couple next to us, which were a table away could hear everything we were talking about.
the servers are very polite.
they close after lunch hours which stinks. we arrived there before they closed at 2 & couldn't eat there. =(
their bento lunch boxes have a somewhat large portion of food. well, it was large for me, for some it may be the right amount of food.
the display of the food was great too.
