Ako By Kenaki - Calumet-Norvelt

My husband, puppy and I dined here since we live a short walk away and were trying to get to know the neighborhood. This place is a hidden gem, don’t know how we ever missed it! There’s a hygge deck with seating surrounded by lush greenery and warm hanging lights. I ordered the spicy donburi and it was an explosion of flavor. Will definitely be back to try more.

Gave this place a try and it's not bad! Don't think you're going to get the fanciest most amazing sushi ever but it's really good and lots of options with good prices! Also love you can order from multiple stalls here.

High quality sushi. Amazing flavor contrasts. Well-priced and highly focused menu.

Bottom Line Up Front: Woefully Overrated OKAY at best food.I was hopeful and looking forward to Ako, and really wanted to like the place. I was hoping to try the fatty tuna donburi bowl, but they were unavailable. I thought this was strange as they had another dish using fatty tuna (pictured) which had no apparent shortage. Maybe they were missing some other ingredient.AKO is in the Roost Food Hall, environment is what you would assume nothing bad, just a bunch of people who want variety in food. Unfortunately as the issue with most restaurants in food halls, you get a plethora of choices without real expertise in any of the restaurants Jack of all trades master of none.I had sushi rolls with fatty tuna placed on top along with a salmon donburi bowl. The rice was hard and tacky, something completely unacceptable for any sushi place. With a bad base, it was hard to appreciate the rest of the dishes. The donburi bowl was seasoned nice, with crunchy chili flakes. The sushi rolls looked nice, and were strangely flavorless.I'd give another chance to AKO to try the fatty tuna donbur bowl, but I'd skip on anything else go to a real sushi restaurant and save your money.

Fresh, creative rolls. For those who need gluten-free, they were careful to prepare the GF rolls separately. There are other restaurants you can order from at this location which was convenient for one person in our party who wanted pizza instead.