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Sushi Boat Restaurant
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11 reviews for Sushi Boat Restaurant
The kind and thoughtful grandson of the good Doctor thought he would take his beloved gramps out following his o-ring rupture half a year back from the Miyake episode . They went shopping at the exquisite wonderful Valley Fair Mall in Santa Clara, but fame and fortune be f***ked, and gramps had a craving for raw fish. They went inside the nearest purveyor of Japanese style conveyor waterway seafood in the mall, Sushi Boat, and didn't think anything of it at first.
Little known fact: this great Doctor Seuss (who had a nickname on the side as Doctor Seusshi due to his craptacular experiences) would have the following thoughts in his head while eating here that became the basis for another legendary book that reflects more upon breakfast (where it is safer to be eaten at home)
Recently unearthed crumpled papers off a recovered notepad showed the work in progress of this prophetic literary genius who questioned himself continously throughout the meal and into the night, and partially re-living the hellish sedentary bathroom experience half a year prior.
Decipherable writings from the scribbles:
Would you like them
off a boat?
Would you like them
around a moat?
I do not like them
in my house.
I do not like them
with a mouse.
I do not like them
here or there.
I do not like them
anywhere.
I do not like this seusshi, such spam!
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
Would you eat them
off the moat?
Would you eat them
with a goat?
Not in a box.
Not with lox.
Not in the crapper.
Not with spicy tilapia snapper.
I would not eat them here or there.
I would not eat them anywhere.
I would not eat this seusshi, such spam!.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
Would you? Could you?
In a car?
Eat them! Eat them!
Here they are.
I would not,
could not,
in MY car.
You may like them.
You will see.
You may like them
in a tree!
I would not, could not in a tree.
Not in MY car! You let me be.
Say!
In the dark?
Here in the dark!
Would you, could you, in the dark?
I would not, could not,
in the dark.
My wife tastes better
in the dark
You do not like
seusshi and this spam?
I do not
like them,
Sam-I-am.
Would you, could you,
at Sushi Boat?
I could not, would not, at Sushi Boat.
I will not, will not, with a goat.
Not in the dark! Not in a tree!
Not in MY car! You let me be!
I do not like them in a takeout box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I will not eat them in my house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them ANYWHERE!
You do not like them.
So you say.
Try them! Try them!
And you may.
Try them and you may, I say.
F***K you Sam!
If you will let me be,
I will try them (and spit it out later)
You will see.
And I won't eat them in the rain.
Or in the dark. Or on a train.
Or in a car. Or in a tree.
They are so good, so good, for my O-ring you see!
I so so not like
this seusshi, such spam!
No thank you!
No thank you,
I'll be damn'd!
I hate to give such low rating for any restaurant.. but Sushi Boat really needs improvement. They have great location, great interior and nice music--even the presentation of dishes aren't too bad-- but food tastes terrible.
OMG! HORRIBLE HORRIBLE service! Our waitress completely forgot about us even though we made it obvious we were ready to order each time she passed us by. Even the elderly couple sitting next to us noticed that we were irritated and asked us where our waitress was. They were seated about 15 minutes after us and they were ordering before we did. I've never been so pissed off at a waitress/waiter before.
We finally had it so we asked the two other waitresses where she was and still she kept on the other side of the restaurant. So we asked the waiter that was serving the couple next to us to take our order.
Before we left instead of a tip, we wrote a nasty little note on the tip line of the receipt. MInd you, we always try to be polite to the waitstaff wherever we go leaving even small tips for bad service. But this one took the cake. NEVER coming back here again.
Bad sushi...
Bad service..
Bad hygiene...
Totally avoidable....
This place was quite awful. The service was mediocre and the food was even worse. The sushi boad was moving so quickly that you'd have to reach out to pick up the plate of lousy sushi quickly, else you'd be starving at the sushi bar. These guys need to read the manual on how to operate the sushi boat properly.
Grabbing a burger from Micky D's would have been a much more satisfying experience than dining at this place.
Want sushi? THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO BE...
Couple months ago my boyfriend and I did some late shopping at Valley Fair Mall, so we ate there. It was maybe an hour to their closing time, and we sat at one of the table, but I had some craving for sushi instead of order from the menu so we switched to the bar with sushi boats.
I was too hungry so I just grabbed few plates of my usual sushi items that came my way. They all tasted old, which peaked my interest to why that is. I looked at all the boats that passed by and started counting empty ones =) If you've tried then you'll know it's not that hard to notice the same boat kept passing you and nothing has changed. After I finished my plates I stopped, waited for them to refill the empty slots on the boats.
One of the waitress was too busy flirting with one of the chef in a foreign language. I had no idea what they said but it was loud and they kept giggling cross the room, which annoyed me, hehe... so I've started to stare at the chef. For some reason that got him to start filling the boat =) But the new ones he refilled tasted old too. I was really done eating at that point.
My boyfriend was still working on his food, so I had to wait. I looked around and I saw how they prep food for the next day or days ahead rather. Decide for yourself if this is where you want to eat your next meal...
There were three guys behind the counter. First guy was busy chatting with the waitress (ridiculous). Second guy was slicing up a storm of salmon. My guess was that he was going to prepare more salmon sushi for the next day or days.
What was interesting to me was that I saw FOUR salmon steaks stacked one on top of the other sitting on the counter in the open. WHAT WAS HE THINKING? Shouldn't the fish be kept in the refrigerator to stay fresh? How long will it take him to get to the one on the bottom? How fresh will that fish be sitting in room temperature until then? On top of that, there is a huge tray of sushi, in rolls, already made, two layers with a plastic wrap over them, not wrapped to seal, also sitting in the open on the counter. Wow, how many days are they making sushi for in advance? I told myself that was my first and last time eating there.
And finally the third guy - he decided that it was time to clean up the place while customers still sitting at the bar, EATING! Was he also not thinking? We were sitting within 5 feet from the sink. I didn't feel the water splashed on me but I can see it splashing all over the sink and some got on the counter. I don't know if any got on the tray of sushi rolls.
Then he bent down to fix the mat or whatever he was stepping on and when he came back up he slided the door of one of the fridge against the wall and REACHED in with his filthy hand to straighten something. I can't tell what it was that he touched, but I know for a fact it was food! Damn... I wish I had my camera with me. So I quickly told my boyfriend to stopping eating and pointed him to look. He saw the guy pulling his hand out of the fridge and was pretty upset... So after the guy fix whatever it was in that fridge he rinsed his hand with the running water and turned off the faucet. My boyfriend and I looked at each other and said 'No soap for the hands?' together, hehe, it was one of those moments that we both shared.
Everytime we walk by that place my boyfriend would joke with me if I'm hungry for sushi, hehe... that was a good one =) Seriously, this place, enter at your own risk!!!
Like the other reviewers said, the service can suck. My friends & I had a party of four, on a Sunday, almost the only people in the place at the time & the waitress totally spaced out and forgot about us. We had to go and find her & tell her we were ready to order.
The sushi is blah.
Nothing to yelp about.
However I still give them two stars because getting drunk off sake in the mall makes the whole mall experience that much more tolerable.
I write this review for the other non-sushi aficionados out there (i.e. those of us who really can't tell the difference between levels of sushi quality unless it's amazingly excellent or rotting). I also write this review from the perspective of a first-time experience with a sushi boat. Service was a bit slow when asking for tea and getting wasabi/chopsticks/ginger. And although I have no clue what exactly I pulled off the boat, I ate it and I liked it, so that has to count for something.
Per the other reviews, they did seem to whip the boats of sushi around a little fast. But perhaps this should be seen as an attribute more so than a drawback. Trying to rapidly claw at your sushi does awaken primitive feelings of being on the hunt for your food. (And they say we've grown lazy and fat with our modern ways--well survival of the fittest is alive and well at the Sushi Boat!)
I have never been to a good sushi boat restaurant. I don't even know why I go, but my husband seems to think the sushi is decent. It was only recently that I was able to convince him that this place does not serve good sushi at all. After bringing him to many of the better sushi restaurants like Cherry Sushi in Santa Clara on El Camino, he understood how sushi should taste like. So if you want good sushi, I would not suggest this place.
Sushi Boat is a restaurant near the Macy's / Cheesecake Factory entrance to the mall (no where near the food court) on the first floor. The food is what you'd expect from mall sushi: not bad but certainly not fabulous. It can get crowded.
If you like crap on a small bed of rice, then this is your place. If you're like me and actually enjoy sushi, then avoid this place at all costs. I mean c'mon, the Sarku sushi joint upstairs in the food court tastes better than this sorry excuse for sushi.
