
Sakura Steak House
5510 Rybolt Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45248
About Sakura Steak House - steak house in Cincinnati, Ohio
Customer Review Summary
Sakura Steak House offers a fun hibachi experience with a family-friendly atmosphere. Service is generally friendly, but there are issues with upcharges, particularly for fried rice, which some reviews criticize. While many customers find the food delicious, there are complaints about the quality and value, with significant price increases noted since before the pandemic. Service can be slow, especially in the bar area, leading to disappointment when food does not meet expectations. Reservations are recommended, as the restaurant may seat additional guests at the same table, affecting the dining experience. Overall, diners have mixed feelings, with some expressing disappointment and a reluctance to return, while others enjoy the fun and flavors offered.
Key Features
Service options
- Outdoor seating
- Takeout
- Dine-in
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
Offerings
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Cocktails
- Coffee
- Comfort food
- Happy hour drinks
- Happy hour food
- Hard liquor
- Late-night food
- Organic dishes
- Wine
Dining options
- Dinner
- Dessert
- Seating
Crowd
- Family-friendly
Payments
- Debit cards
- NFC mobile payments
Children
- Good for kids
- High chairs
- Kids' menu
Parking
- Free parking lot
Customer Reviews
Rating Distribution
Tracy Lake
Great Hibachi experience. Friendly and fun service. You can sit in the bar area and order drinks and apps if there is a wait. Family friendly environment, good for small parties. Food was delicious, I ordered the onion soup, grilled veggies and veggie roll. I will return and would recommend Sakura.
Scott Ledyard
This might have been a five star review as food was tasty, but - having been invited here by friends - I perused reviews briefly and noticed mentions of the "fried rice for $5.25 up-charge" issue. Thankful for this knowledge, when the server takes orders, she, one-by-one, points at each person and says, "Fried rice?" Each person just nods, oblivious to the ramification. I said, "No thanks," and she was surprised. When the cook arrives at the table to prepare your meal, there's a mound of white rice with a few bits of chicken and green onion. He prepared that, poured on a bunch of soy sauce and served it up to all but me. I got NO rice. My host mentioned the rice to the cook twice and he muttered something about "they didn't bring it." Below is a picture showing my rice, delivered to me AFTER ALL food had been eaten by all. This felt punitive. There were 11 of us, so this restaurant's up-charge tactic netted them $52.50 more - for a small pile of lame fried rice. Minus one star for a up-charge scheme and minus one star for punishing me for not falling for it. (Oh, and don't order the filet mignon as when they cook the beef for your table it all gets chopped up and mixed up and you get a portion of the pile.)
Patrick Riepenhoff
Ordered 3 steak kids meals, 2 sushi rolls, and Ichiban… Total $175.00 I understand that prices have increased and the photo of a menu online might be before Covid, but going from $14.25 to $25 per kids meal is a bit ridiculous… roughly 75% increase. If we just estimated total cost from the menus online vs today, it was $80 to now $175 for our meal. By the way when I asked for the total, the person couldn’t give it to me since she would need to ring it up in the system. I think someone should be able to give some kind of estimate or a cost of each item as they taking the order. The picture is the $25 kids meal (not including the white rice). Bonus, if you pay in credit card they charge a fee. By the way, the food wasn’t anything special. It was decent and I know take out doesn’t do it justice but still wasn’t anything I care to order again.
Debby H
My family & I enjoyed a delicious dinner as well as an entertaining experience last evening.
Mitchell Gilliland
Awesome find in Cincinnati next to my motel the layout is a bar and a restaurant conjoined great atmosphere.
Laurie Fox
We (4 of us) traveled an hour to get there to have dinner before our experience at the Dent Schoolhouse. We arrived around 6pm and were told that since we didn't have reservations (I didn't see anything on the website about making them), it would be 7pm before we could be seated with another group. We were worried that we might not make our 8pm time with Dent, so we opted to leave. We were encouraged to go to the bar area instead. We ordered 3 cheeseburgers with fries, a chicken quesadilla, and 2 sushi rolls that took well over 45 minutes to get. The bar area was not crowded. We almost got up to leave, but that's finally when our food was brought out. The food was just ok. Certainly not what we had been looking forward to. Disappointed for sure.
Christina Koopman
This use to be my go to place (new years eve, valentine's day etc). My husband and I went Saturday night 11/12 for a date night, special treat. We were already seated with another couple. The waitress had already brought us drinks, soups and salads and our orders on the board in the back for next chef available to cook for us. The hostess decided to seat another couple at our table last minute. This wouldn't be a problem but the lady in that party had a list of allergies one being soy. She wanted just plain shrimp and plain rice. Why didn't they make her food at a separate grill? They did not!! So all of our food had no soy sauce no butters or extra seasonings. If I'm going to pay $5.75 for a bowl of fried rice it better be tasty. So we ate our bland food and left. We have attempted to report this to the manager and to the owners with no response. It was my son's favorite restaurant and I hate to tell my son (under 10) we will no longer be returning to his favorite restaurant.
Constance Evans
Really enjoy this place. The food and drink were really good. The prices were pretty reasonable for a Hibachi Grill. Always recommend to make reservation, especially for parties four or more. Please know that if you don't have enough members to fill the table they will fill it with other diners.
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