Sakura Japanese Restaurant

Update:
They had a change of ownership. and the cheapening out on ingredients is awful.
Ordered beef teriyaki on rice — it had one small broccoli chopped into 5 pieces, plus bits of beef that would fit in the palm of your hand. Sounds like a decent portion right?
Picture them laid out flat on your palm, piece by piece like a jigsaw puzzle. That’s what you get. They give you tons of rice though, half of which I threw out.
If you got a craving for Japanese food, go down to Hosu on the Queen.

A great place for a weekday work lunch. Cheap prices, fast service, and quite reasonable portions. You can get a teriyaki bento for $ 6.50 or a sashimi don for just under $ 7.00. The quality isn’t quite as good as the neighboring Manpuku, but it’s more than sufficient for a rushed lunch. Grab a bento from here, the $ 1.99 special at the adjacent bubble tea shop, and you have yourself a cheap and cheerful meal.

Came here for lunch. They have installed a very large tv as their menu, which is great to look at. Have a good variety of different Japanese items, from sushi to teriyaki to ramen, The ramen was very very good, especially for the price. It is definitely authentic with a nice broth and amazing noodles. Will definitely be visiting more often.

I went there for ayce dinner. There s a great variety of selections offered. However, there were many pictures on the menu. We order a handroll that we did not really like, but ended up ordering the same thing again because we didn’t know its name! For the one with eel, there was way too much rice!

I went here for lunch and I decided on a little sushi and soup. I had the Coconut shrimp sushi roll with mango, avocado and cucumbers and the Tofu Noodle soup. Both were good and solid foods for a cold day. I could have used more tofu in my noodle soup and more greens but overall it satisfied my hunger without making me feel bloated with sodium laden soups. The food court is chaotic especially when there are kids on a school trip but this place is good enough as my go to lunch meal when I am out of options.

I wasn’t blown away by Sakura — a Japanese spot in the Village by the Grange foodcourt. Tried this place for lunch a few times, but my experience has always been the same. 1) place order with unsmiling girl, 2) wait way too long for said order, 3) «enjoy» your meal with chopsticks so cheap they break on the way out of the package. They basically crumbled like Hiroshima. (Eep. Too soon?)
My chicken teriyaki came with tonnes of rice, questionable meat, equally questionable sauce and a few small dry dumplings. A beef teriyaki I had another time wasn’t much better. Everything smacked of hasty preparation.
The only saving grace are the prices, which are mercifully low. $ 4.99 for the lunch special? Not bad. Unless you’re a stickler for taste and quality. Which I am. I would avoid.
Obligatory Title Pun: A SAKURA is born every minute.
Menu Readability: Gleefully written in chalk on their board. I dig the flower accents.
Need to mention: They have many soups that I have not tried.
What this place teaches me about myself: While I’m cheap, I’m not that cheap.

When I was little I would come here with my Mom after swimming lessons. We would discuss all the things of importance to my nine year old self over chicken katsu (Japanese fried chicken with terriyaki sauce) and Japanese chicken soup. The katsu was fantastic and my little taste buds coveted that shit like a fat kid covets cake. I’m pretty sure that if I had had the chance to eat there every day, the metaphor would be half-​true. The chicken soup is not your mother’s chicken soup. Unless she’s Japanese, then it’s very possible that she would make this. In that case, is it okay if I invite myself over to your house? The setting of the Grange Mall can be a little grungy at times but that’s just part of the charm. Don’t bother with the dried out sushi in little styrofoam coffins.