Sushi Ukai - Wheaton

Sushi House Wheaton is part of a small group of family owned and operated sushi restaurants in the western suburbs. I haven't been to all of them, but like their restaurant in downtown Glen Ellyn, the Wheaton location features an upscale feel, friendly and accommodating staff, and wonderful food. This evening three of us (two sushi lovers and one non-seafood eater) had a wonderful experience and a delicious meal. The sushi is fresh, expertly made, and delicious. The non-seafood items are wonderfully flavorful and delicious. Also, the hot and sour soup is worth the trip alone. Hot, spicy, and very tasty, I could almost have had the soup as a meal. The Wheaton location is smaller than the Glen Ellen location, it seems, but both locations are worth your time. We will be back.

Really like this cute sushi restaurant in the Wheaton Danada area. Most of the time I get the Salmon Bento Box. The Bento box includes teriyaki grilled salmon, California rolls, shrimp/ vegetable tempura, soup and white rice. Can't really go wrong with any of the Bento boxes. Restaurant has a very nice layout with a small sushi bar. They also have semi private booths. Service was good and restaurant was clean. Thank you

Have eaten here twice only during lunch. First visit had bento box with steak. Pretty decent but wouldn't do again. Tad bit too much rice considering it's comes w/a Cali roll & side of rice. Second visit did two rolls one feisty roll & tuna roll accompanied with miso soup. Overall tasty & affordable. On a Monday nice see other patrons ~ 4 other tables eating or celebrating a birthday. Can only speak on lunch dining since I've never come during dinner service. Not a big place inside but tables set apart that you feel comfortable not like communal dining. Overall a good choice whenever I'm grocery shopping at adjacent Pete's market but wanna grab lunch & never "grocery shop" hungry as the saying goes.

We go here a few times a month. Our two favorite rolls Orchid and South Pacific. Service is good and the food is great !!

We tried a new place for sushi. I am glad we did. The sushi here was delicious. Our favorite was the Snow White Roll. It melts in your mouth.

I couldn't give them 5 stars because when seated we were presented with a menu and then a sheet of paper to mark down our orders for the sushi chefs. The paper and the menu did not have the same items on them. A little confusing.

Perhaps they are updating their menu...

Either way, I would visit again.

We ordered from here for a little pre-valentines meal. My husband got the niku noodles and gyoza. I got a sweet potato roll, the chicken vegetable noodle dish and crab Rangoon.

The crab Rangoon- super rich, smooth and creamy. Very savory! There isn't any discernible crab chunks in there but Ir was enjoyable.

Sweet potato roll- not overly flavorful, but worth the try.

Chicken vegetable noodle- had a delicious sauce unlike anything I'd tried before. The chicken in it was tough and dry though.

Niku noodles- my husband saw the picture on DoorDash and was excited to try this. He is EXTREMELY onion-averse and the dish did not list onion in it, neither did the photo show that. The picture vs what he got was pretty different. There was lots of onion and he was unable to eat it.
I ended up having it for leftovers and I thought the flavors were good. The noodles were filling, but again the meat was a little tough.

All in all, a 3 star experience.

This is one of the best sushi in Wheaton. If you are in this area I recommend you get sushi at Sushi Ukai. The service was great 10/10!

Great and ample bento boxes and fresh, fantastic food. Love the tempura here. Service was great. Highly Recommended!!

Bento Box

It's usually a disappointment when I patronize a Japanese restaurant that employs non-Japanese servers who don't know much about Japanese cuisine. Not always, as in cases where the servers actually spent some time in Japan, but at Sushi Ukai, the ambiance is one of a wannabe Japanese restaurant. The staff needs to be educated on Japanese spices, condiments, utensils, manners. They were nice, but obviously other-Asian. We got served ramen with forks!!!

Amazing service and some of the best sushi I've ever had. You won't be disappointed.

We ordered sushi takeout from Sushi Ukai in Wheaton recently. First time trying this place. When I got there to pick up the order, the place was packed with people picking up orders, presumably due to Valentine's Day. Despite being crazy busy and continuing to get calls for new orders, service was friendly.

Anyway, we ordered a Fire Dragon roll, a Crunchy roll, and a Karma roll. The Fire Dragon roll was pretty tasty and was surrounded by a healthy dose of sliced daikon in its container. The black rice was an interesting touch, and it was nicely garnished with sauce.

The Crunchy roll was a pretty standard shrimp crunch roll, with one difference -- the bottom had what seemed like a simple syrup, lending the roll an interesting touch of sweetness. I think it was missing masago, though.

The Karma roll was unique because it was wrapped in daikon. Interesting. These rolls were rather big, so I had to try and bite each in half, which can get pretty messy thanks to the toughness of seaweed. At first, these seemed to be lacking in flavor, but then my wife realized that one of the plastic containers had not soy sauce, but unagi sauce. That upped the flavor.

All the rolls were good and had some nuances that I haven't commonly seen, but taste-wise were nothing out of this world. Overall, 3.5 stars.