Samurai Sushi East - Nashville

On my birthday I decided to try a solo trip here for lunch on a Friday. at lunch I was the only person in the restaurant that should have been a note. ordered a roll with “very light” (two beats) on two topping sauces the lachs carpaccio. I'm pretty sure there was a language barrier as she had extra soaking on my roll and brought the same side. they also asked if I wanted to eat extra of a spicy sauce on the salmon that was not even listed in the menu description, I refused. I tried to eat a few bites of the roll, but whatever in was super boiled. they gave me back for the roll and the service was generally friendly. maybe go to dinner - I saw good reviews for that. 3.5 total for me

I always eat at Marus but it’s closed on Sunday so I thought I’d check this place out. We ordered off the menu. 20 minutes after we placed our order, one of the chefs came out and asked how to make the roll. We left. I’ll be sticking to Marus bc they have the best sushi in Nashville anyway.

Edit: Their amazing chef has moved on to a different location. The menu has been really scaled back, and unfortunately this place no longer stands out. The sushi is still good, but nothing special. I'm glad I could experience it when it was great! Below is my original review.Best sushi I've had in Nashville. This is a totally different experience than the other Samurai sushi places in town. The others were very good, but this was amazing. It all comes down to their star chef they brought in. I hope he stays there for a while. One thing to note is they don't currently offer anything other than apps, sushi, and shashimi while they configure the cooked kitchen meals. I heard that will be operational in a few weeks. We will definitely be back!

Honestly worst service I have ever experienced in a restaurant. Clearly they lost our order. We raised concern after people that sat way after us were served before us. Waitress came talked to us like we were being impatient even though I felt like we were being polite and just wanted to know that status of our food. After an hour one dish was brought out, but not the other. After waiting another 15 mins we were forced to walk because other people were being served. I understand that food and beverage can be a very face paced and stressful job but honestly there was only 6 tables in the restaurant and we were there a total of an hour and 20 mins.

They are so sweet. They took our order as they were closing and even gave us a gift. Since moving from Florida I have been hesitant to eat inland sushi but this place is AMAZING. I’m so glad to have a go to sushi spot now.