Sushi Ya - Anchorage

I have not been to other sushi restaurants in Anchorage but this review is compared to other sushi restaurants I have been to outside of Japan. We had the following: Fresh oysters: fresh and tasty with ponzu sauce. sashimi omakase fish was fresh and tasty. The type of fish offered is normal nothing outstanding. Cuts were large compared to most other places, and price was reasonable. It came with a crispy roll. Ok, nothing to get excited over but not bad. We had sushi rice to go with sashimi, but the sushi rice was disappointing... Dry and not tasty. Sukiyaki: this was the most disappointing dish of the night. Not only was the soup not tasty, but the ingredients were off... Bean sprouts and wood fungus in sukiyaki? Tofu was not silken but medium firmness. Missing the raw egg to go along, and the garnishing on the sukiyaki was missing. Large pot though, and the two of us couldn 't finish it. Service was courteous although our server didn 't know the menu in detail. Overall decor of the restaurant is pleasant/subdued but not entirely Japanese. Overall, it 's OK but not 4.5* IMO

This was a terrible dining experience and they were not busy. We waited 15 minutes for a server and then asked if our waiter could come to our booth. She then proceeded to rudely ask for our ids even though we are in our 70’s! The food was mediocre and the beer was warm. We will find another Sushi restaurant.

The décor was lovely. The service left a LOT to be desired. I waited a very long time to have a waitress even acknowledge my existence. She was very slow and it looked like it wasn't just me but other patrons also. I wanted tempura and I got that. I had the Tempura shrimp and vegetables with udo noodles. The food was fabulous. So, just beware. There is nothing more to say.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, dine-in service is not allowed however they do take out. The sushi and sashimi is fresh and flavorful. For those who do not care for sushi and sashimi, they do offer a lot of other entrées.

Just heads up when we go to places that serve sushi I won’t review them. I don’t like to eat them. Use to but one day I just stopped liking them? ... Here though they had great fried rice and I ate it with the Mongolian Beef. Really good great service too.