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Hospitality

6.5/10



Cleanliness

8/10



Atmosphere

9/10



Food and Meals

8/10



Staff Skills

7/10



Access/Location

8/10



Budget

8/10



Megavina's Investigators have visited this japanese restaurant in Saigon, they selected a few dishes and beverages, they checked the cleanliness and how the staff interacted with clients. Our investigators work anonymously, the best way to get real and objective reviews because the staff and the managers don't know that we are investigating.


Comfortable, good food, staff so so...

- by - Establishment visited November 18, 2015 - Updated August 20, 2016

Beautiful decoration, japanese ambiance, our first impression was very good even if the reception was not very cheerful. It was still early so no client in the restaurant. We followed the waitress to a table for 2 persons. The Sakyo Sushi menu was quite large and offered a lot of choice of dishes.

To start, we selected "Atarime" (grilled squid) with 2 Asahi beers. On the menu, this dish is at 121.000vnd (5.60usd). We used to visit japanese restaurants so we were surprised by the lack of dish presentation. Squid was good but a bit tasteless.

To continue we chose Wagyu sashimi, this meat has come to be known nowadays as the most highly marbled and most expensive beef produced in the world. The unique taste and tenderness of highly marbled Wagyu beef makes for an unrivalled eating experience. That's why Wagyu beef is finding its way into the repertoires of Gourmet cooks and fine restaurants across the US, Australia but also in Europe. Price of the dish 660.000vnd (29 euros - USD 30).To find out if our waitress had received some knowledge on Japanese beef, we asked her if it was meat from Kobe. Of course, we won't know if the meat was Kobe, Mishima, Matsusaka, or Ōmi Sanda! She couldn't tell us anything about the Wagyu meat...

We also ordered Japanese eel served with soba and udon (unagi sushi gozen) and salmon and seaweed sashimi.

Our meal was good but far from excellent, the presentation is not very refined and very slow service. At no time, even after our meal, the waitress offered us tea or sake. If the dining room is quite pleasant and nicely decorated, the service is not professional, it's probably missing a good management. The manager did not seem very attentive, she didn't even come to say "hello" or if we enjoyed our meal. Now if you think that we left saying to the staff "Gochisōsama deshita" (ご ち そ う さ ま で し た), of course we didn't because obviously no japanese staff was working in this restaurant.


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Sakyo
Sakyo
Sakyo

Close to Ben Thanh market and the French Embassy, the Sakyo Sushi restaurant is also next to the Lush Bar, the famous italian/japanese restaurant Pizza 4P's, the Sofitel Saigon Plaza or Hard Rock Cafe.

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  • Comment by
    Jan Li
    Ho chi minh,

    My husband and I followed the advices of Tripadvisor but in fact we were quite disappointed because we expected much netter, we only loved the decoration. Food was so so, may be our selection... I think prices are overpriced for the quality offered.

    4/5
  • Comment by
    Larisa Aleksandrov
    Новокуйбышевск,

    Food was ok, maki were fresh but i am not sure about the tuna sashimi. We asked for cold beer without any ice and unfortunately they didn't have, how is it possible in a restaurant not to have beverages stocked in the fridge? Really i don't understand!

    4/5
  • Comment by
    嘉伟
    上海,

    Quite good food but dead ambience. We were the only table in the restaurant and staff didn't care of us so much. Our waitress had difficulties to speak english properly and the other waitress didn't dare to come to our table. We loved the decoration and we must agree that the service is not professional. It's strange because the hotel has a very good staff, friendly and caring!

    3/5