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Marumi Sushi
Rating Details »
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
11 reviews for Marumi Sushi
A great late night spot, if you are already in the Fort Lauderdale Area...
(Service has its ups and downs... sometimes you'll get really attentive servers, and other times you'll get ones that forget you ordered a miso soup or a soda... etc.... but food is always good. )
Yummy dishes:
- tuna salad (fresh tuna sashimi w/ a salad)
- Special of the day was Grouper carpaccio with garlic (was suuuper unexpected-ly good!)
- Tuna Tatake w/ Ponzu
- Agedashi Tofu
- "Galbee" short ribs. only 6 pieces, so if you have more people at the table, order 2.
- Volcano Roll - shrimp tempura, cucumber, and a baked creamy spicy seafood mix on top.
So far... the only thing i haven't liked there was the Eel Roll, but I've never been a fan of Eel... so.... That's probably the reason. My friends loved it though.
User Alert:
Hours are from 5.30 pm to 1.30 am. Only.
So don't think about a lunch stop.
I want to add that this place just keeps getting better and better. I'm afraid I'm going to become a super-regular.
I'll make some comments that are different than the previous posters:
- try the hotpot. it's very fresh, has high-quality ingredients.. I had the seafood hotpot and it was made with larger, tasty scallops (well-cooked, not over or under) and also had some great pieces of octopus. And if you eat octopus, many times it's overcooked and very rubbery, which takes away from the experience.
- eat off the daily special menu. There's always good stuff there. I had the fried bok choy as a starter, which was delicious. No rocks or anything in it, which is sometimes the case when you get bok choy, since it's pretty hard to clean thoroughly. But, at $8.50 for a small plate, it's a littleeeee expensive.
- if you want to go with a fish dish, ask to see the fish. They'll bring it out to you on a tray and you can pick the one you want. They'll tell you if it's male or female. They'll also give you options like sashimi half and cook the other half how you want it. That's great service!
this place is as close to Japan you can get without taking the 15 hr flight! but I highly recommend going one day if you can...I digress, this place is located way out west on Sunrise Blvd in a sketchy little shopping plaza with this place the only one with cars around it. However, the fish is always fresh, the sushi mouth watering, the fried bok choy is fantastic. lots of specials written on dry erase boards half written in Japanese, the wait staff is very friendly and helpful with any questions or inquiries you may have. only reason it doesn't get 5 stars was the last time I was there the service was a bit shotty with no one coming to our table for a good 15+ minutes. but I'll take the wait for the amazing food. ***only open from 5:30pm-1:30am****
So, I lived in San Francisco for a long time and ate some really great sushi. This place, I have to say, is the best sushi I have had in a long, long time. We started off with the spicy tuna roll, and it was the best one I have ever had. Then they brought out a fresh lobster and a fresh snapper. I was with a group and they decided to have the chef cut it up and make it the way he wanted. It was so good. We ate raw lobster (you would never think to eat it, but it was awesome), and the snapper was cut so thin and perfect. People probably think this place is too far west, but is is worth the 6 mile venture from 95. Soooo good!
My boss and his wife discovered this place and took us to Marumi Sushi. Wow, the food is just spectacular. They do great things with the fresh fish they get in that day. They also make wicked awesome fried baby bok choy which, despite my best efforts, I can't even come close to replicating the crispy tenderness.
The way we were greeted when we walked in the door made us feel really at home, very gracious and hospitable. The waitress was super friendly helpful with the menu and suggested this fantastic yuzu based cocktail which was dynamite. Marumi Sushi wins.
if you don't know what is Japanese cuisine, please don't go this place..!! this is place for real experience peoples..!!
My wife and I went to Marumi Sushii this week and I have to tell you this was one special meal! I had heard through the grapevine the place had very authentic Japanese cuisine and I wanted something special this night so we headed over with high hopes.
At first glance the place looks like your average strip mall Sushi joint. The inside is less than spectacular with minimal décor but upon glancing around we noticed that most of the clientele appeared to be of Japanese descent...a good sign in my book! We were very pleasantly greeted and allowed to select our own cozy little booth towards the rear.
As the gracious waitress greeted us again she brought over a whiteboard of specials. Some were familiar and some very promising indeed...anybody for Lobster w/Miso Sauce? She asked if we had any questions, then presented us with a tray of 3 fresh, whole Hogfish and 2 Grey Triggerfish and asked if we would be interested in one. She explained that the whole fish could be prepared in our choice of any two ways; Sashimi, Steamed, Deep Fried, Nitsuke (a type of stir fry), or Grilled.
I love Hogfish so needless to say that's what I chose. I asked for it to be prepared Sashimi and Nitsuke style. Kat and I would share in the feast.
First up on the agenda was a carafe of Wayuraku Cold Sake which was very smooth, crisp and clean. Out of curiosity I ordered the Grilled Black Pork Belly appetizer and she ordered her usual...a plate of Edamame (Soy Beans, steamed in the pod). The Pork Belly came liberally seasoned with salt and black pepper with a hot chili infused grated Japanese Horseradish (not Wasabi), Sliced Scallion, and a Dark Soy dipping sauce alongside. I doubt that I would order the Pork Belly again; it was very nicely flavored but I was expecting something a little less chewy. The Edamame was better, served hot with a light sprinkling of sea salt, and there was a pile of it!
Now, about that Hogfish! When the Sashmi came out I had to ask Kat if she had brought her camera. It was beautifully presented.
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The taste was similar to Snapper sashimi only lighter with a definite undertone of shrimp flavor...it tasted like the sweet essence of the sea. This was served with the hot chili infused grated Japanese Horseradish (not Wasabi), Sliced Scallion, and a Ponzu dipping sauce on the side. Awesome!
The piece de resistance of the evening was the Hogfish Nitsuke. Big juicy chunks of Hogfish were Stir Fried and simmered in a sweetish soy based sauce, with bean sprouts and ultra tender chive blossoms. Holy cow! I thought the Sashimi was awesome but this was just a whole different level ...Yummmm!
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I took particular joy in watching my wife, whom I really wouldn't consider a "foodie" meticulously and enthusiastically using her chopsticks to pick the delicate, luscious bits of Hogfish meat from the head.
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As we were halfway through devouring this dish our waitress surprised us with a small dish of what I can only describe as a really tasty Japanese ceviche; the chef had thin sliced more of the raw Hogfish which he marinated in rice wine vinegar with red chili oil, scallions, and other spices. The flavor was almost floral with a nice little kick on the finish. Again, it was awesome!
For dessert we shared a Potato Girl, two scoops of vanilla ice cream served melting over the top of warm, mashed Japanese sweet potato. It sounds a little odd but really was quite a nice finish to what turned out to be a truly memorable meal. I think Kat summed it up best when she said with a satisfied expression "Wow! That was like great sex!"
I couldn't have put it better myself.
(Note: This place is Inexpensive with a capital "I". We had 2 appetizers, a carafe of higher end Sake, shared a whole fish prepared not two but three different ways, with dessert and the bill was $75.00)
You will not believe that a place like this exists in Plantation. They are open till 1:30am every night! You will give up fancy decor, but make it up with delicious, authentic food at a reasonable price. We tried the crispy spicy tuna roll, which was very good. The sea bass was also very good, but a small portion, so order something else with it. I tried one of the stir fry dishes which was excellent, with lots of fresh herbs, but I was dehydrated, possibly too much sodium for me. Servers were very friendly, but there were not enough of them, so it was a little challenging to get water refills and order more food. Overall, a nice little find if you are in that area, or looking for a bite late at night. I am looking forward to trying more of the sushi and shashimi.
inevitably, this place will garner comparisons with yakko san. they have a similarly designed menu, but i do have to say that the food here is excellent. started with ika mentaiko, then had the special spicy creamy crispy chicken which was prepared exquisitely. tasty and super tender (from grilling, then broiling). the yakiniku also had a nice marinade and was prepared expertly. my only comment on the spinach scallops stir fry, is that i would have liked better scallops, but the butter sauce was done well. for sure i'll be back to the have the fresh local fish nitsuke style (depends what the local boats bring back), and to try their other dishes, including ramen. so if you are looking for another japanese place that does stuff like the crispy bok choy, chrysanthemum tempura, grilled black pork belly, etc. this is it
Probably the only truly authentic Japanese restaurant in Broward County. I stopped here for lunch and they had plenty of donburis, soba, udon, and ramen bowls.
I ordered a tuna steak donburi. The tuna was ok, the sauce was fine, and it laid ontop a bowl of sticky rice. It came with a nice plate of salad and some green tea (which they charge $1.50 for). My mom ordered miso ramen, and my brother ordered tempura udon noodles. The miso ramen looked ok, nothing special. It had naruto, sliced pork, and some veggies. The tempura was fried poorly for my standards but the udon noodles were good.
The ambiance is simple: open kitchen, kitchen seating, and tables. Just what you expect out of Japan. The staff are friendly and the majority of them are Japanese.
EDIT: After returning here for dinner, this place is pretty good! They have FRESH selections of fish (you get to pick them!) to have served in a sweet sauce, steamed, fried, or even SASHIMIED for only $1.20/ounce. We chose this beautiful snapper to have half sashimed, half sweet sauce. The fresh sashimied snapper had an amazing delicate texture combined with a wonderful ponzu onion sauce. It was sliced so perfectly thin! The sweet nitsuke other half was quite good. It was perfectly cooked and juicy, and the sweetened sake blended so well with the fish that I vowed to get every piece of meat off of it. They usually serve it with some fresh tofu on the side, too!
The curry tonkatsu was covered in a delicious brown curry with potatos, onions, and carrots paired with sticky short grain rice just like the streets of Tokyo. They even had TORO tuna for only $18 for about 6 sashimi slices and 2 wraps. Too bad they don't serve otoro.
The calamari was nice witht he mayo sauce, the negiyaki was good and finally we ended with a delicious chocolate parfait with strawberries, bananas, and cantaloupe with vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup. Although, I wish they had red bean, green tea, and taro ice cream just like I had the parfaits in Tokyo...
4 stars! The service is great and lots of local Japanese here!
since moving to a new part of fort lauderdale i have found that i was in a black hole for oriental cuisine. the closet sushi place was one of those sushi/thai combo joints, and i find that most of those places don't do either food justice.
i read about marumi a few weeks back and finally had occassion to go this weekend when friends from jupiter were in town. marumi is a little bit of a distance from my place, but the food would have been worth a drive of twice as long.
we got there around 6:30 and were quickly seated in a booth. the waitress was incredibly knowledgeable and friendly (which almost completely makes up for her absentmindedness). the daily specials board contained all sorts of interesting dishes; i'm a huge fan of pork belly and they had sautéed black pork belly (from the black boar) which i ordered. it had melt in your mouth baconlike flavor, but richer and with a less crunchy texture. it was served with a dipping sauce that included piles of scallions and spicy horseradish that i was able to add to taste.
i'm a sushi fanatic gong through a solid sashimi phase, so i ordered the smallest of their three sashimi combos and asked for whatever the sushi chef liked. i got a beautiful plate with enough food to fill my belly. unlike the combos at some places, this was not just tuna salmon and commonplace pieces: this was variety and quality at its finest. every piece was excellent, and i offered tastes of unidentified fish to less adventurous eaters around the table, who all enjoyed.
my lady got a ramen noodle dish that i thought was tasty (as did she) and our friend ordered teriyaki that they raved about. the only downside to our experience (and it was very minor) was the service, and we really didn't mind sitting in our both drinking beer and watching the fantastic plates coming out of the kitchen.
and when we left, there was a line at the door and the majority of the diners were japanese. to me, that is the number one testament to an ethnic restaurant. i will definitely be back.
