Blue Sakana Blackhawk - Danville

We came here for lunch, after a morning visit to the Blackhawk Museum for the first, Mid Autumn Asian Moon Festival celebration. Blue Sakana takes over the spot previously occupied by Blue Gingko. The cuisine style seems the same to me sushi, sashimi, teriyaki entrees and yes a pretty big cocktail menu. The food quality and service turned out exceptional, so 5 stars. Apps The free miso soup was very good balanced, light, and not excessively salty. Popcorn chicken was fried crispy outside and soft and juicy inside. For a refreshing cocktail, the Ginger Mojito is a good option. Entrees Our 3yo loves teriyaki salmon, and the Blue Sakana version is a thick cut Scottish Salmon with a nice rich glaze. Fish was moist and just perfect when mixed with sushi rice. Both the Teriyaki Chicken bowl and Diablo Ramen were both solid dishes too. It's tough running a restaurant, especially at Blackhawk Plaza given the high cost and loss of the theater and limited shopping. Hopefully Blue Sakana can thrive!

Came here for a company dinner at 6pm on a Wednesday. Food was delicious, though I was expecting more taste wise given the price point. Menu is huge so everyone can find something to order they sushi, sashimi, noodles, rice dishes, skewers, hand rolls, and grilled options. Service was great though the food was slow to come out. We were a big party so we tried a bunch of stuff: sea salt spicy edamame $7 and $9 respectively eggplant $11 vegetable tempura $19 cucumber sunomono $9 pork belly skewer $9 crispy gyoza $11 for 5 jalapeno poppers $14 sashimi salad $35 braised short rib teriyaki $28 teriyaki chicken $20 garlic rice $7 and a bunch of other rolls The entrees were disappointing but the appetizers were amazing. We loved the fried eggplant and cucumber sunomono, so much that we ordered 3 4 things of the cucumber sunomono. The eggplant was crispy, fried, and perfectly salty sweet umami and we couldn't get enough of the refreshing sour sweet salty of the cucumber sunomono. The jalapeno poppers were also amazing. The teriyaki chicken and braised short rib teriyaki, were good, but honestly not worth the price point. They were kind of boring ? taste wise and the portions were small, so even the portions can't justify the price. FYI, they don't come with rice kinda lame so we had to order garlic rice on the side, which also ended up kind of bland unfortunately. Our servers were amazing and attentive, though I wish they coordinated with the kitchen better. Some of the appetizers took around 30 minutes to come out, and we were a little annoyed how there were long stretches of time where we didn't have any food. My boss didn't receive his roll until the very end of the meal, when everyone else had already finished eating.

A great place for family with kids.If irs a nice day outdoor seating is very relaxing. Food is always fresh n service is awesome.

Love this place! Previously known as Blue Gingko, different owner and slightly different name. Food is the same, quality is great and ambiance hasn't changed much. Love that they have many veggie options here aside from fish. The sesame miso sauce is amazing!! Put it on anything just about. I'm due for a visit here, craving it now haha

The restaurant is very cozy and clean and the servers were friendly and accommodating. Everything we ordered was so fresh and tasty. The star for me was the miso cod. It was so soft!