Reviews for Ikebana Japanese Restaurant in Salinas, CA
First time my husband and I had Japanese food, everything was delicious. My husband had the Spicy BBQ Pork and I had the Beef... Donburi, then for dessert we had the Deep Fried Green Tea Ice-cream. Excellent customer service. We'll be back. Read more
Delicious. Date night with my honey Joe. I got the super shrimp sushi roll. My favorite
I?ve never had worse sushi besides from a gas station. First off the tables are so sticky if you put your phone on it you might... not be able to pry it off. Miso soup probably had been cooked over and over and over again to where the salt content wascondensed 5x. Sushi had rice that was likely a few days old and had that hard left in fridge uncovered feeling. Fish insidesushi was probably not sushi grade and shouldn?t even been served. They mixed the cheap wasabi powder too dry and was likely oldas well. They even had the ginger be dry like it was sitting out for too long. Worthless employees as well who look confusedwhen you ask for a plate and soy sauce bowl. Not loving having to share a soy sauce bowl with another person at your table. Goto Safeway and get sushi, it will be a lot better and won?t make you sick. Read more
I used to love this place? but today, customer service was HORRIBLE along with the food! Our food took about one hour to come... out (our kids were starving and were getting impatient) The restaurant wasn?t busy. We asked the server NICELY to clean ourtable because it was sticky. She came to SPRAY the table on our face and then came to spray the table next to us which almostsprayed on our food. The food tasted HORRIBLE, not sure if there?s a new chef that doesn?t know how cook. On top of that, thesoup only had 1 shrimp, and some pieces of salmon the size of a quarter. We don?t mind paying for our food but this time was awaste of money because we didn?t eat the seafood ramen soups? We asked the server ANDREA to please bring us some bowls for thekids, she never brought them to our table, so I got up and went to the kitchen?s door to ask for the bowls. The server told meshe was getting the bowl for us, but I told her I was going to take them to our table. After all this situation, we requestedthe host to let us speak to a manager to which she replied there was no manager on sight at the time and the host appearedbothered? So unfortunate we had this experience at this place I had always visited. Read more
Sunday at 4:00. I called several times to place a dessert order for pick up Noone answered eventually my called was forward... directly to voice-mail. I went in I was politely cared for and was told it would a 25 minute wait. I mentioned that would be along time because my family was in the car waiting. I said I couldn't wait and i asked if i had the correct number because ikept calling. another girl I assume she's a server there rudely told me "we're to busy, we don't have time to answer the phone,when we get like this we gotta put that phone on hold"... I wouldn't have left a negative review if the first girl who took careof me would've finished taking care of me because she spoke kindly and made sure they had the items I requested. I assume she'sthe hostess/Togo girl. There was no need for the other girl to even say anything. I understand it can get overwhelming with somany tables but I simply wanted to order a dessert and it felt like my order was not of importance because it was busy! If youplan to eat here or call for pick up do not do it on a Sunday because apparently they're just way to busy to care for you!! Read more
Hoped for better from reviews. Order taken, drinks late, after asking. One meal served, beef bibimbap, no crispy bottom. 10... minutes later I got my shrimp tempura. Thick batter, skinny shrimp. $16.00 for six. Veggies not on menu thrown in. Read more
Love the sushi... First time trying the teriyaki chicken, it wasn't bad. The chicken katsu wasnt my favorite. Overall everything... else was great. Must eat the sushi its the best. Read more
We've been coming here for years bur will not do so in the future. Unfortunately in winter at night with it being 50 degrees... out the manager refused to close the door due to them having "no ventilation and it being a health code violation" (which begsto wonder what other health code violations they are running with) in the establishment. Every customer had jackets, hoods,beanies, and gloves on with everyone shivering over their plates trying to stay warm. We were also demanded to order immediatelydue to "a big order being put in". No Sriracha, no soy sauce plates were available either for custom use. The rolls weremediocre but we couldn't even enjoy our meal because we were literally shivering and couldn't wait to get out of there. One ofthe members of our party was do disappointed she left to go home and the manager told is that the next time we patroned theestablishment she wouldn't be able to take her udon off the tab, which we've NEVER encountered at any other restaurant ever. Themanager also told us not to come back so we definitely won't be. PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF A HEADACHE AND FROSTBITE AND DO NOT COMEHERE! Read more