Sushi Para

I have ordered twice from sushi para and they did not disappoint. Sushi was excellent! Fish was fresh and they have so much to choose from. My favorite sushi is always anything with spicy mayo. Their salmon roll was great!
I would really like to come and dine in one day. I know they also have soups, salads, n different appetizers. The décor was very nice and clean.

I’m loyal customer to that place. I leave nearby and we often go with my family to eat there on weekends. Today we came again — 4 adults and my 7 year old daughter. My daughter doesn’t eat anything; I just ordered for her a bottle of apple juice. The server was unfriendly and never offered us to put the drinks in the glasses as other girls usually do at that place. At the end we got the check and 16% gratuity were included, although they stated that they will do that for party of 5 or more. I spoke with «manager», who was very rude. She says: «You MUST pay! No matter if your daughter just sits here and it is 5 persons. Next time you are going to serve yourself!» I never got this low level of customer service!!!

I like this place, the sushi and food is delicious. However, the service is lack luster and the waitresses are plain out rude! One of them rolled their eyes at me because I asked for a glass of water

Great food, friendly employees, great price! We love coming here. Very fresh! I was skeptical about eating sushi in a strip mall but was very glad that we decided to try it. For $ 20, an all you can eat, made to order menu is a great deal. I have read some of the poor reviews and can only say that if you want a «fine dining» sushi experience than this isn’t the place for you. Or the price you will pay. I have been here about 10 times and there is usually a wait no matter what day of the week. It’s dingy and out dated, but I will continue to frequent this place. And I have never had a rude server so perhaps they should try being nicer to the waitstaff. Waiters work hard for their tips. Especially in an all you can eat place that is serving you!

Real fresh fish, excellent staff, delicious food. My two favorite are the palatine sushi and the mountain sushi. I haven’t try there beer mostly because of my motivations to save some money. I can get delicious beer from TJ at a good price. But if you want sushi close to palatine please give yourself this treat.
My husband and I go there and we spend like 32+ tip. Every Time we go there and it is worthwhile.

I am only giving one star because Unilocal is making me. This place was AWFUL!!! We just left and I couldn’t wait to get home and write a review. First let’s start off with the bad qualities of the rolls. The rolls are absolutely disgusting. My husband and I decided to do the all you can eat while our daughter decided to pick a roll from the menu. I ordered the miso soup, chicken salad and a couple of the rolls. First of all the chicken was cold and disgusting on the salad it was like they just threw it on there without a care. And the miso soup was the most disgusting miso soup that I’ve ever had and I’ve eaten a lot of sushi. After the first round of rolls my husband was so disgusted and his stomach already hurt but we knew we have to pay the $ 20 so we decided to just go ahead and continue with it. When you after the first round we would never come back to this restaurant. On the next round we ordered a bunch of different rolls and some of them were okay tasting while others were really gross. The one that was really disgusting was the spicy tuna.
During the first round of rolls my husband didn’t like any of his rolls and decided to give a piece, a singular piece to our daughter. We saw the waitress, who was watching us eat from across the restaurant, walk over and start to talk to the other servers and then we noticed that all the servers started watching us. She came over and said that we couldn’t share with our daughter because she didn’t get the all you can eat. We said ok and didn’t realize that we couldn’t share a single piece of a roll with her and ordered another round. After this we notice every server was watching us, they actually stationed someone across from us to watch us. Then we noticed they all started whispering and pointing to us. And sent another server over to ask why wasn’t eating my spicy tuna rolls. I told her that I didn’t like them and they were disgusting and she said okay and took them away. That’s when we noticed that all of the servers were watching us and talking about us and pointing and laughing. I should note that we are a multicultural family. I am Black and my husband and daughter are white. When they started pointing and laughing my daughter asked are they laughing at us because I am black. I think the one woman overheard her as she turned around and started walking away and then went into the kitchen. It was then I told my husband to take our daughter and put her in the car. I walked up to the counter and said we were done and we just really wanted to pay our bill and go. That’s when I noticed they had double charged us. They charged us extra for the spicy to know that I didn’t like and wasn’t going to eat and also for the singular piece of a role that my daughter ate they charged us an extra $ 2.75. Which was insane. When I asked the woman at the front why everyone was staring at us she said «what am I supposed to do just not look at someone like you».
It was then I knew exactly what she meant and not only that they were staring at us about the singular piece of a roll that we gave our daughter but because we were an interracial family. Disgusted I just paid whatever the bill was signed my name and left. No I did not leave a tip because our waitress was the leading person staring and laughing at my family. I will be calling my credit card company right now to let them know that that was signed only so I could leave the restaurant and not suffer anymore of the racism that this restaurant was putting towards me and my family. I will be calling the general manager and owner of this restaurant tomorrow.
Do yourself a big favor do not ever, ever, eat at this disgusting restaurant. Not only is the food gross but the people are gross too.

Let me tell you helpers, I’ve lived in palatine for over a decade now and this is the spot to go in the northwest suburbs for any sushi lovers! I always get the 19.99 all you can eat deal and it never disappoints. I’ve eaten over 40 pieces in a sitting here but be careful because u have o eat what u order! But either way this place is the bees knees. Service is great, they have a liquor license, they cook it right next to you! Been here over 50 times and will keep coming!

This place served amazing food, my bf and I order to pick up and it was ready so quickly, staff was super friendly and presentation was fantastic. For all the food we got price was very reasonable.

The AYCE is a terrible deal. It’s more like AYCE rice. You’re much better off just ordering from the regular menu.

After a long day of shopping for a new desk, I was craving sushi. I was decently far from home so I wasn’t familiar with the sushi restaurants in the area. I decided to go to Sushi Para because they had an all you can eat option.
I went in alone, straight to the counter and told them table for one. I was directed towards the window seats, which gave me the option to sit where I wanted. Immediately I was asked what I would like to drink and was handed the different menus. There are 3 menus: The Standard with everything they sell plus pricing, a Dinner All You Can Eat which is $ 18.99, and a Lunch All You Can Eat, which is only available before a certain time, so I’m not sure how much that cost. The dinner all you can eat has more selection than the lunch though.
If you’re not familiar with all you can eat sushi places, I’ll explain how they work since most of them are the same. Basically eat what you can order, or you’ll be charged for what you don’t finish. A menu shows all the selections from maki rolls, nigiri, and specialty rolls. Just write down how much you want of each type of sushi and they’ll bring it to you for one price.
Anyway so I was given my drink and I was already prepared to order. I started my Unilocal review while I was waiting for my sushi to arrive. But I didn’t even get finished with the second paragraph, it came so quick. It was probably because I was eating alone. Before my eyes were, the Palatine Roll, the Para Roll, the Philadelphia Roll, and two pieces of eel sushi. All of them tasted different in flavor which is a good thing. The fish was very fresh, and the rice was cooked to perfection. I ordered a second round, but I couldn’t tell you what I got because at that point I was just shoving them in my mouth.
When I was done, I asked for my check and I was on my way.
I’m glad more and more people are trying sushi. It’s such a wonderful food and Sushi Para really delivers in service and quality. Next time I’m in the area I’ll be sure to hit up this place again. If you like good sushi, good service, and a good aesthetically pleasing environment, please go eat at Sushi Para, you will not be disappointed.

First time dining here and the last time dining here! You wouldn’t expect an $ 18.99 AYCE Sushi special to be the highest quality, but you shouldn’t expect it to be so bad you couldn’t wait to leave.
The nice thing is you get a large selection of rolls and sashimi to choose from, but that’s where it ends.
Almost every single roll had cucumber in which I can only imagine is used to fill you up, making the taste difference from one roll to the next barely noticeable unless it had spicy mayo on it.
The sashimi was made with such a large amount of rice it was ridiculous. Again, I believe it was purposely made that way to fill you up quickly.
They have a very strict «You Pay for What You Don’t Eat» policy, so maybe they’re trying to make money that way. I got a roll I didn’t even order!
The only reason I gave them two stars is because the sashimi was very fresh and tasty. I just took half the rice off of it.
I didn’t have enough of anything good that makes me want to return again. Very disappointed.

Came with my boys and my oldest really knows the rolls to order. The food was really delicious. Very fresh the servers were a big disappointment, perhaps they’re burnt out on all you can eat patrons. But the whole time we were there they were almost robotic. No smiles and no communication .
Be aware if you choose to come here you have to clean your plate or you will be charged for not eating your remaining sushi
I am a member of the clean plate club or at least take a doggy bag home. (being brought up by my very frugal Japanese parents, dad was raised in depression) they will allow you to bring home any leftover sushi for a fee.
So for twenty dollars it’s worth it. I think my eldest son and friends try to bankrupt this place.

Holy crap talk about rice. They use a lot of rice and the rolls tend to fall apart. I ordered two rolls and two individual pieces. Be careful with the amount you order because the rice fills you up quickly and there is a charge for what you don’t finish. Besides the rice amount, it is a great spot.
I drove over 30 min and it was worth it. They have an all you can eat lunch special and dinner special but check out the times as the prices change. The staff was nice but not as attentive as I would have liked them to be. It’s not a very big place so a little music would be nice to not awkwardly over hear people’s conversations. The quality of the food is great, I will definitely return.

The mixed reviews are interesting to read, but in a sense they’re all correct in a way. There are two opposing forces at work:
— The quality of the fish is actually very good. I sat at the sushi bar, and watched impeccable plates come out rapidly, made to order, with good ingredients. You can have all you want too. Sounds good right?
— People aren’t exaggerating about the quantity of rice. It’s massive. Insane, really. You’ll fill up twice as fast as you think, because the rice will rapidly expand in your stomach.
I started with nigiri, and was dismayed at the bricks of rice under each piece of high quality fish. Then I got «smart» — realizing that rolls had multiple non-​rice items (fish, shrimp, avocado, cucumber) and had to be a better option.
I couldn’t have been more wrong. From my vantage point, I could see the sushi chef grabbing a massive handful of rice to make each roll, then smashing it down onto the wrapper with such force that the rice compressed into a solid mat. As a result, each roll had twice as much rice as it appeared to.
I can eat — my stomach is a black hole — but I had to fight hard to finish my second plate, so I wouldn’t pay a penalty. And I didn’t order very much either time. (in total, a few rolls, and 4 pieces of nigiri)
The most important piece of advice is that this is a budget sushi buffet. Your expectations shouldn’t be through the roof. The price is totally reasonable, and the quality is actually pretty good. They have to make it work somehow, and the way they do it is by making you eat far more rice than you’d like to, which minimizes how much fish you can eat.
If you know that going in, and don’t have unrealistic expectations, you’ll like Sushi Para.

Ok so where do I begin.
Honestly coming from the southeast, I am not used to buffets making me pay for leftover food. That is honestly a lot of pressure, I mean people should know not to be wasteful whether if it’s buffet or dine in.
The worst part about this place is that towards the end I was SICK OF EATING RICE. But I will still be back haha.
Basically the wait is treacherous, and I showed up here at 8:45PM. Took forever for me to flag someone down so I could ask a question on how the process works. Finally I got my water. Then I marked up the items I want and handed the slip to my waitress, she disappeared for lord knows how long. Finally she brought out the veggie tempura and shumai I placed an order for. Generous portion, looks like they serve you the full size of an appetizer. Then I waited some more, don’t ever come here by yourself, you will die of boredom waiting. Finally my sushi was ready and it was all worth it. Exceptional presentation, in fact best presentation for a sushi buffet place. The fish was very fresh. The rolls were tasty.
Once again, the worst part is the heavy rice and you are forced to finish everything. URGH. If it wasn’t for the wait and the pressure, this place would be 5 stars in my book.
Basically I came here wanting pita pita and for some reason hopped over next door and came out with a food coma.

Went there for dinner on Valentines day around 6:00 with no reservation. Seated around 6:45ish, which was the wait time we were told, couple tables were rather close but we ended up talking to and making friends with the couple next to us and the two sisters next to them! c:
Good place to meet good people and have excellent sushi. All you can eat and portions are large and tasty.
Para Roll, Volcano Roll, Cruchy Roll, Spicy Salmon and Godzilla Roll are must-​tries. All delicious. Went to another all you can eat sushi place not long ago and discovered I have been spoiled with the quality from here and now my standards are pretty high.
I sincerely love this place.

Me and my friends have been frequenting Sushi Para for a few years now, and at first it we thought it was a pretty great place. For while now, however, it has been seemingly going downhill.
The quality of the fish, especially the salmon, has taken a dive. It is obviously a poorly farm raised, very fatty, artificially dyed variety of salmon. Not that I expect top notch salmon for $ 19 all you can eat, but it is just wholly unappetizing to see salmon this anemic looking.
The rolls themselves also aren’t anywhere as neatly constructed as they once were. I frequently find them looking haphazardly put together. This wouldn’t be a problem, really, except the pieces almost always start falling apart upon grasping them with my chopsticks. They’re also much too heavy on the rice. I can understand that they’re trying to keep costs down, but the fish to rice ratio is simply ridiculous even by all you can eat standards.
The servers are also now giving us a harder time than usual. Being charged extra for a couple small pieces left on the plate, bringing the wrong items (i.e. serving plum wine when asked for red wine), and being relatively inattentive to tables they’ve served are problems we’re experiencing. I was charged $ 8 for a couple pieces of sushi my girlfriend left on her plate, even though she only ordered 3 rolls. My friend just the other night was charged for a mere two pieces left on his plate. What!!!
Though this place could feasibly regain another star in my eye if they rectified the fish and roll construction quality issues, it is what it is and that’s a budget sushi joint. To the people giving this place 4 or 5 stars: please go to a decent sushi restaurant and try some sushi that isn’t made with bottom of the barrel fish, and stop giving budget sushi 5 star reviews.

Sushi para has awesome sushi and the Unlimited is a good price for lunch/​dinner. Service is pretty fast and easy to order. It does get packed for dinner and lunchtime. My favorite sushi place in the area. Fresh food.

So 3 years ago I wrote a not so lovely review of Sushi Para, and I have not returned since… until one evening my bf and I had a major sushi craving and didn’t want to dish out lots of $$ for yummy sushi. We decided to give Sushi Para another try after 3 years.
I do agree, sushi para used to be terrible and I refused to go there for many years. BUT when the bf and I went a few weeks ago, boy what a change they’ve made! No more rice overload, and the sushi was actually good (all you can eat standards obviously) Sushi para is now a great competitor to all you can eat sushi places.

IN LOVE!
Enough said!
I love Sushi Para– amazing sushi! The only thing I wish is that my stomach would magically expand so I can eat all of the sushi! *Nom Nom*
I often fantasize about myself coming back here to eat sushi.
You have to come check it out– absolutely delicious all you can eat sushi!
See you soon Sush Para!