Ninja Sushi

After writing a review to this place, I thought it was time I go eat there since it had been awhile. THEY ARE NOT THERE ANYMORE! I’m not sure what happened, maybe they moved? Sad to seem them go

The sushi is good but definitely not the best on island. I do like the fact that they have good takeout options and it doesn’t seem as though the ingredients are frozen. Overall, I’m never leaving angry or disappointed! Will recommend if you’re in the area or shopping at the Safeway nearby!

Not good like the one near airport I’ll never go back to this one. I should have looked at the other reviews before I wasted $ 22.00

Great take out sushi.
The Superman Roll is great with the fried chips on the top and the sauce is delicious. Similar to Sushi Co but I find this place better. Their portions are reasonable and quite fresh considering it’s a take out place.
Friendly staff, convenient location as it’s right at Safeway.

I tried this place once, and never again will I order sushi from here.
I ordered a Spicy Ahi Roll take out. Price is higher than all other fast food sushi places. Priced over $ 3.00 (close to 4 bucks including the tax). I proceeded to give this a try, thinking that the spicy ahi will be very tasty. My first thought when I saw the Spicy Ahi Roll was «wtf this is really small, where is the rest of my roll?!) I wish I took a picture but I had already bit into the roll and finished eating within a mere few bites! Taste was not spectacular, nor was it bad. Just mediocre. Portion of ahi to the amount of rice was on the border line of being stingy with the Ahi.
I feel like I got gypped. I was missing about ¹⁄₃ of my Sushi Roll!

The service is pretty bad here. My order was wrong and they didn’t bother to change it

This place use to be pretty good 6 months ago, now? Well the same couldn’t be said. The rolls that come with their designated sauce are mostly dry. Their pork Katsu is repeatedly over cooked and every so often you will bite into a few pieces of dry rice. The type of dry rice that sticks to your teeth and is almost painful. Don’t believe me, try it for yourself. The staff are nice though

One of my favorite sushi places! I’m no self-​proclaimed sushi master, so don’t ask me to judge the sushi too hard, but from my experience it’s pretty good. Plus, most all their dishes are under $ 10 — you can’t beat that.
The little store is located in the Kapahulu shopping center (same parking lot as Safeway, woo parking!) and while small, it’s never too-​too busy. That being said, their food is always fresh and delicious. I like the bentos because they’re a TON of food plus you get a little bit of everything — chicken, kalbi, sushi, rice, etc. Those will always fill me up. But the rolls are pretty good too.
IN CONCLUSION, if you want a quick bite of fresh and delicious sushi but don’t want to chance it with Genki or spend four dollar signs, this is the place to be.

Ninja sushi is always a good pick when ever u want good sushi. Had Thre dragon roll and it was amazing. I use to go to the one in downtown and the service is always nice and quick, can call your order in n pick it up

This place is a joke!!! I would give this place 0 stars if I could!
On top of serving poor quality overpriced sushi, this place deserves a negative review for their customer service. Instead of trying to resolve an unsatisfactory ahi lover platter, the worker behind the counter proceeded to ridicule us on our taste in food and place of origin. When we requested for a manager/​franchiser there was none available. I mean, who leaves their business in the hands of a couple of high school kids??? Very unprofessional, the franchiser and staff need to be replaced or retrained ASAP!!!

The fish we got ok our ahi lovers plater was warm and smelled horrible! My girlfriend, who is local and knows fish very well, tried a piece and she told me that this not right and asked me to exchange it for something else or ask for our money back.
When I went up to the kid at the register to tell him, he took a piece off our plate, ate it, and said «tastes fine to me… it’s not like you know what fish is where you from, anyway.» Then he laughed and told us to leave.
I got my money back afterall after speaking to the manager, who was apologetic. I will not support a business, however, that is unable to hire good staff nor able to serve the promised food

Love this place!!! My fav is the superman and the takoyaki yummy!!! Fresh and Fast :) Go to the windward mall location a lot and they are very friendly.

I’ve Unilocaled the kapahulu ninja sushi several times in hopes of finding a good take out place open late. Unfortunately, ninja closes at 9 and I never got the chance to try it out until recently.
We were driving down the H1, towards waikiki, feeling hungry for sushi, so I called in an order at about 8:40. I ensured the sweet sounding girl on the phone that I’d be there before they closed at 9.
We got to ninja at 8:50 and walked in. On the way home, my boyfriend asked if I saw the smirk on the girls face. I hadn’t noticed, but he was convinced she was upset we were walking in so late. Until I told her we had called in our order. She promptly rung us up and we were on our way.
I frequent this Safeway on kapahulu on my way home and I know that the parking lot can get full easily. It was fine at 9pm, but I don’t think is chance me during rush hour.
This ninja is quite small, with many tables, both outside and in. The specialty sushi rolls are about $ 10… They’re good and I like going to the ward ninja sushi when I’m craving decently priced and decently flavored sushi.

Gotta try Suuuupaman roll

This is a takeout sushi place, takeout meaning it should take less then 20 minutes to get your food right? well I came in hoping to get some quick take out sushi. My bf ordered the spicy ahi/​unagi donburi and I ordered the chirashi bowl. We sat down and it literally took 35+ minutes to get our food! Granted there were a few other people waiting but when we got our food I was just shocked. I could’ve thrown it together in 5 minutes…
I came once before and my chirashi bowl was AMAZING but this time It was the worst thing ever. I know its only take out sushi but it was really gross, everything was super fishy I couldn’t even eat it, and my bf’s spicy ahi looked like a weird gray brown color EW. Its a hit or miss here i guess, But i know i’ll never come back after this.

The spicy ahi donburi is AMAZING! There’s indoor and outdoor seating! The service is fast and friendly! We also tried the dragon maki and the tornado maki! Everything was delicious!

Granted this is a chain, the service is dependent on each location. The one on Kapahulu is just okay. Food took a bit longer to get. Didn’t taste as fresh as other location. Portions of condiments etc are rationed more here than other location.
If you’re going to pay by American Express, make sure to ask before ordering. Apparently each location may or may not take that card.
My udon soup wasn’t that fulfilling. Thank goodness I had ordered a prime rib dinner at the Good to Grill located across the parking lot.
My sister said, «Even the sushi at the Safeway next door tastes better.»

WOW. How in the world does this place have such a high review???
I ordered:
Scallop dynamite roll. It was made to order. Fresh and warm. I can appreciate that. What I did not like was that the roll was mostly overcooked rice. They also do not use a standard dynamite sauce that has a little bit of mayo or aioli in it. This tasted nothing like a baked dynamite roll. I was actually pretty turned off by it.
Garlic hamachi. They serve their nigiri as 3 pieces instead of 2. Again, a huge mound of rice and super thin slices of hamachi. The garlic flavor was hardly noticeable. The fish also didn’t taste much like anything.
For everyone giving Ninja Sushi 4 – 5 stars… eek! I don’t trust you!
I will not give this place another chance. Yuck. The next time I’m in the market for some cheap, quick sushi… I’ll stick with Genki or Kozo.

So, I’m not a fan of raw fish (i.e. ahi, tuna.)
Yes, you heard right. I’ve tried it many a times, to no avail.
I shame my asian/​hawaiian family, lol.
Doesn’t mean I don’t crave haole sushi – spam roll, tobiko, ume, shrimp tempura, ika.
I had a craving tonight for sushi and soup and decided to try Ninja Sushi in this Kapahulu location, in the Safeway shopping complex.
Placed my order and it was ready in about 10 mins. I got 1 spam temaki, a kimchee udon, and a spicy ahi donburi for my brother.
Pros: Fast, friendly, close to home, lots of parking, variety of things to order (especially for non-​raw fish eaters like me.)
Cons: Small portions. Expensive for take out (my spam roll was $ 1.99 :-/​) Small eating area (its casual so there’s maybe a few tables and chairs inside and just as many outside.) They don’t separate noodles from soup base for udon dishes, which perplexes me. The noodles are already pre-​made and soggy, why not separate it to slow the mushing process? Trying to save containers?
All in all, not too bad.

So if there’s anything that can stop me mid-​run (screwing up my pace tracker on my iphone dammit!) it’s food! A brand-​spanking-​shiny new Ninja Sushi took over the old Seattle’s Best spot in the row of businesses fronting the Kapahaulu Safeway complex.
Coincidentally, I had the opportunity to try Ninja for the first time at their Mililani locaton — choices galore and I love their hi-​tech looking menus and the cute mascot!
I’m glad they’re open in my hood … although my waistline probably won’t be!
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