Sakura Japanese East Memphis

So this place is fanastic. We went here after the cherry blossom festival at the botanical garden's food trucks ran out of food (lame . We started of with spirits, we had the hana awaka sake, it was sweet, smooth, and chilled. It didn't taste like alcohol at all (7% . I also had the Santory whisky, it had a powerful whisky flavor with a much smoother sensations and only a bit of warmth when it gets to the stomach. Next we had appetizers, tempura chicken meal came with ahouse salad and soup, i paid additional for the seafood soup and it did not disappoint. I highly recommend the salad with the ginger dressing its sweet and not overpowering. We also had gyoza and yakitori both were very good but theyakitori won out. Our main courses arrived and had wonderful presentation. My tempura chicken with fried veggies was a little underwhelming but it isn't something I normally order in the first place. My wife's ramen was delicious and wasmore food than she could handle. For dessert the waitress brought us the menu where we picked strawberry icecream with lychee jelly. It was more or less like boba. The flavor was spot on though it was like concentrated lychee. All in alli give it 5/5 hands down.

Really good sushi and friendly staff! I?ve been here 3 times in the last two weeks and there sushi and customer service keeps me coming back. The Big Time sushi roll is my favorite and the whole fried soft shell crab is really good!

Wonderful, peaceful, and fun place to eat. The chef tried his best to make the kids smile and have fun too especially our youngest. Amazing food and fair priced for dinner and a show. Hard not to get full on the soup and salad alone but they make sure to fill your entire plates I just wish I had taken a picture of the dinner plate and a video of all his spiffy tricks.

I found Sakura around 10 years ago and to date no sushi compares. Before Sakura I tried damn near every place from midtown to Cordova. I moved in 2013 and I can't even buy sushi because the flavor combinations pale in comparison. Every time I come in town I go to Sakura at least once to get a Joyce roll and a Mother roll. DIVINE! If I lived within two and a half hours I'd absolutely drive to get it. Best sushi in Memphis, hands down!!

Love the Sakura roll. The bento lunch box with salmon is always a great choice. The ginger dressing is phenomenal. Service great, clean beautiful ambiance love it!