This was literally the worst meal and experience Ive had in a very long time. The waiter Michael was not clued up about anything. We requested a cocktail and instead of advising us what they didnt have, which was almost the entire cocktail menu, he walked up and down to come back and advise that they didnt have this or that. The food took very long to arrive, most probably because of the sushi buffet special and when it did, anything tempura or spring roll, was cold. I got the combo 5, which is a variety of salmon. Never have I ever eaten sushi rice so sour. It was like the chef forgot to measure the vinegar. I literally had three pieces to be sure that I wasnt imagining this. The manager came to apologize and tried to make right but how do you make that right? I usually write about good experiences and give credit where its due but this experience was really not a great one. I went to read some of their reviews now only and see that Im not the only person that feels this way. Suggestions: do menu tastings with management and train the staff better.

Pleasantly surprised on the quality and flavor. The waiter was so helpful and friendly. The deals are awesome and special. The belt needs a bit of work the noise it makes is so high pitched and it almost scared me away.

Excellent service and THE BEST Sushi in Cape Town. Definitely our Go-to restaurant. Amazing experience with Great staff. Kudos to the Junior managers for their service!

We went for sushi at Asamis in Tygervalley on 25 July 2021 and attended the evening 18H00 - 20H00 buffet session.We were served by Cole Jensen. When we placed our order for drinks one of our friends ordered water, and because he didnt hear that Cole was organising a jug, he received a few sarcastic remarks from Cole. Cole sarcastically asked my friend Are you also deaf in the left ear? and this was a total put off from the start.At dessert time almost everything was out of stock, and Cole joked so much about everything, it really didnt feel like he took any of our questions seriously. Also, we had to repeatedly ask for napkins.Also, the kitchen closes at 19H30. It is recommended that you inform a customer about this when the buffet session start because we had to ask Cole about this as well.The food was great though and we could at least secure our bookings via their new WhatsApp system, which was positive part of the evening.Sorry Asamis, but this was not the way to end our day.

They have great deals/specials at the moment. Great value for money.

The food is amazing and ingredients are so fresh. Reasonable prices. Good quality sushi, however the rice is a bit too sticky to one another. Good service. Love the dim lights & seating arrangement, right across the big screen in the mall if youre into sports!

Great service and the food is delicious. Pictured is the Deep Fried Banana and Honey dessert.

Absolutely fantastic service! Had troubles with uber eats and ended up not getting my meal, so went to the restaurant directly and they were willing to open up the kitchen after it had closed to make me my sushi. They turned a difficult night into a laughable memory, and the sushi was delicious too. Thank you Asamis!

Went for the sushi special R169 on weekends and R149 on weekdays - not sure how long it will be this price for. Divine sushi and extra Chinese food and dessert.

Enjoyed our evening at Asamis, with the all you can eat sushi. Some specially made Crab stick California Rolls, for our son. Staff, especially our waiter (apologies for not getting his name, dreadlocked guy) was hands-on and helpful throughout. Our daughter also loved her dish, she is actually the Asian food expert. Thank you. Great good and service. We were so filled with deliciousness.

Im utterly disgusted! This was my second time at Asamis with my boyfriend. The first time I ordered a Starberry daiquiri and all I tasted was alcohol with big chucks of ice which I brought to the waitresses attentionToday I ordered the Veg Udon Noodles and as I swallowed my food I chocked on something and found it to be a piece of metal rod of sort...my throat was cut inside, the manager gave us free food, they would not allow me to take a picture of the metal rod and they offered me waterI would give this restaurant 0stars if I could and if you are going to eat here, please do it cautiously!

All you can eat deal is fun with friends, can be difficult to talk to a lot of friends when youre sitting next to the conveyor

Always a great experience at Asamis.. When they are busy the service is a bit slower than usual but the sushi is amazing and staff are friendly.

This place is very popular. I personally have not eaten there but happen to have walked past & saw it was very busy.

We wish to thank the staff for a memorable experience.Coco thank you for the amazing drinks you served usIt should definitely be added to the menu10/10 for service, great food and awesome staff.Highly Recommended

The food never disappoints. But the past few experiences have been a bit weird. The hostess does not make you feel very welcome. We were still talking to her about where we can be seated and she started speaking to another customer. When we found a spot, she just replied but theres no chairs I had to grab the 2 empty chairs myself and put them in the spot by the belt. She seems very uninterested. Its the 3rd time shes been so annoyed/disconnected. I really dont think she should be your front of house. The food is amazing. I do feel you may be a bit understaffed too, an extra waiter wont hurt and help speed things up a bit. If the hostess had the same attitude as the manager and the waiters got to us a bit quicker. Deffs a 5 star

I bought online vouchers for the sushi buffet for my daughters birthday as she loves sushi. We used to love eating here and i thought this would be a great birthday treat. We sat at the belt as there you can easily pick what you want. Sadly there was more fresh fruit like oranges and grapes, meat like fried chicken and calamari, spring rolls and prawn chips than sushi. So we decided to order sushi from the waitress, but waited so long and when it eventually came it was warm, probably due to standing in the kitchen for a long time. We used to get the best fresh sushi from Asamis, but think we will skip it in future.

My food was cold, but the drinks was great!

Always getting great service and the food is so so good!A special thanks to our waiter Suly! you made tonight extra special.

Amazing sushi as always and received lovely service from Jeremiah 👏😊

Our first Covid visit.The sushi was excellent, as always.We avoided sitting at the sushi belt because it was rather crowded and sat at a table instead.I love how they have adapted the serving of the sushi on the belt by putting it into little plastic containers. And the drinks came in closed containers too.Overall, I enjoyed the experience.

All you can eat 🍣 sushi amazing🤗...Awesome place..had a blast and service was excellent👍

Food good but waited nearly 40 minutes to eat. 2nd experience on such bad service. Rather go to Cobble Walk service better.

The eat as much as you can spesial is well worth it!!!

Great freshly made sushi and good service.The sushi buffet is value for money and works out well seeing you can eat from their very wide range of options which includes deserts.It also has a nice view of the centers big screen tv for sporting events.

Sushi was awesome. The buffet is at a reasonable price and i really had fun at the birthday bash. I will definitely return with hopefully some more space in my tummy as there was so much more i wanted to try!

Sushi was good, but below their usual standard.Seating did not make sense. Due to Covid regulations, the number of patrons were limited, but not at all spaced out logically across the available area. Rather, tables were clustered together in little groups of 2 or 3.

Been here 30 mins literally nothing on the belt. Other customers irritated. BAD service

Food was amazing, great value for money , the service was very slow and waiter kept forgetting what we ordered

Such a lot of promise, but such a let down. The service and service staff really lets this place down. Servers are shouting at and arguing with each other. We sat at the sushi bar and could see our drinks standing at the bar while our server was having a conversation. He only remembered us when he eventually walked by us and shouted to his colleague to bring our drinks. Apparently couldnt be bothered to get them himself. We waited a very long time to get sushi we ordered and then only received half of it. About 15 minutes later we received the rest.At no point we were offered secondary drinks or a check up to see if we were enjoying our meal. We were at the restaurant for more than 2 hours and didnt see a manager.The variety of sushi on offer is good and I really enjoyed it but the service really is the achilles heel.

This was the worst sushi Ive ever had in my life. The rice was sticky and overly wet, and didnt taste fresh. The salmon on the salmon roses had no flavor, and overall, the sushi was horrendous. I would not recommend this franchise, even to my enemy.

Service was very slow and the staff was a little unhappy. Seems we arrived there on a day with less staff. Waiter not very polite. But food was good. At the end we were satisfied. I guess we all have good days and bad days. We just need to learn to tolerate.

Nice large restaurant serving sushi. Good selection on sushi belt which keeps being replaced with new. Of interest was to see that mussels are also served. Good selection of wine available. Staff is knowledgeable and friendly. Ample parking available in shopping centre parking area.

Longest sushi belt that I have ever seen. Continually being stocked with the freshest sushi. Wide variety, and also lots of new stuff. Sushi and sashimi being prepared in front of your eyes. Also nice eastern dishes from the kitchen if you are not into sushi. Excellent place to bring lots of friends and family. Ideal for that Xmas party for the office. Dont miss out!

My daughter took me for lunch to Asamis. We ate sushi choosing our plates off the carousel. It was good, the exception being the Wasabi salmon sandwhich that can easily be confused with avo salmon sandwiches. Its painful to see how these businesses are struggling but yet the service was good. I would go again.

The service is great. I had a really nice waitress. However, the sushi is not great. It was warm probably because the rice was fresh or because of improper storage I don’t know.

Best place in town to have the sushi buffet. Absolutely love the food and good service.

Very good Chinese food and handsome portions. Dont know when last I felt so full.....3 courses😁

Loved your sushi. Great selection and great service.

Eaten here a couple of times. The sushi is always fresh and delicious - really great value for money. The service wasnt bad. My oldest son had the Peking duck and said that it was really dry, so we wont be having that again.

Always awesome service, really one of the best sushi restaurants to eat at in Cape town.

Indifferent experience in all. Unfortunately I cant recommend anyone to experience what I have. Host or hostess was non existent upon arrival. The waiter knowledge not only about the menu, but also the food ect. is questionable as this comes down to management staff training. The sushi was ok and so was the spring rolls. The food takes forever to arrive. I understand we in a social distancing period but the waitress took it abit too far in distancing at times, as we had to send out search parties throughout our sitting. I asked for 5 dumplings pan fried as a takeaway and received 5 steam no soy sauce nothing. Definitely need to review or follow up on your reviews to see where your standards are lacking. This was by far my worst casual dining experience. And like I told the manager the Stellenbosch branch is in a different class.

The sushi is super delicious and the sushi buffet is definitely worth it - big variety of things to choose from. The service was slow though

More oily fried food than sushi. Sushi is warm and waiting is long.

Nice looking restaurant. Lunch box special very affordable. If you like sushi, this place is a must. Good variety, fresh and delicious. Also offers Thai food and Chinese favourites. We ordered the lunch box as a takeaway and despite having asked the watron to double check, they forgot the sweet and sour sauce. A real pity because the food and service was good.

Very expensive buffet price with average sushi at best. You could definitely find better value nearby.

Poor waiter service . The waiter Carl bluntly ignore us . We had to call for service every time from the welcome host.Food was great but disappointed in the waiters.

We just did a Chinese Take-Out and the food and service was great. The online menu is easy to navigate to make your choices. The phone was answered immediately. Our order was ready when I got there to collect. The portions of food were generous and it was delicious. Highly recommended.

I love it. The buffet is worth the money. Literally eat till your hearts content. And most of the menu is covered in the buffet. If they dont have it on the roundabout you can order it off the menu.I love this place so much. Its like a hidden treasure.

Very nice! Really good atmosphere and well spaced. The new additions on the sushi belt is also cool. Mini bowls of chowmein and more chocolate spring rolls. 😋

As non-Japanese sushi restaurants go, this one is really good.You can order from am a la carte menu, or you can sit at the conveyor belt and help youself to dishes. This can be expensive, but if you go for the sushi buffet, its really good.I visit here every time I come to Cape Town. I came here 4 times in the last couple of weeks.I love it!

Went there on Fathers day...my partner and I had their special Combo numbers 5 and 8The combination was excellent and the sushi fresh and delish...Very tasty and a lovely restaurant in the busy Tygervalley shopping centreService was goodHighly recommended....

The sushi buffet had a wide and delicious variety - including some options Ive never had before!

The menus were sticky and dirty. I ordered a milkshake which was on the menu and then the waiter responded by telling me they dont have milkshakes. I then ordered another drink on the menu which they also didnt have. The Tempura prawns were disgusting. Dried out and not appetizing. Some of the food took an hour to serve and my husbands sushi platter came in stages (some of the pieces of sushi came at different times). One of the pieces of my daughters chicken fell onto his tray and was delivered to our table 10 minutes later. Took forever to get our bill. Its seemed like our waiter was on drugso

Me and my 10 year old daughter went 10 Aug 2021 at 3h00. Waited long for drinks, chipped glass, watery mocktail mojito, dirty tabke, dirty menu and had to ask for napkins and cutlery. Waiter also got food order wrong. And food were cold. Chairs are peeling, table were lopsided and wiggly.

Food is really great and affordable, except that the service can be very slow .

Quite a large variety of Sushi and also serves cooked Chinese food. Chairs a bit run down, but everything else clean and neat. Waiters fantastic and pricing good.

We normally visit the Cobble Walk store, but decided to give this one a try. The sushi buffet is always a winner. This Asamis is much bigger and the sushi belt seems to never stop. On the evening of our visit the restaurant was not very busy, so the sushi was a little slow in filling up the belt. We could order from the waiter, but he was a bit absent. Overall the Sushi was good, but would probably revert back to our normal spot.

Decent all you can eat menu at a fair price. Massive fried ice cream dessert

Great sushi bar,pity now we have to be careful due to covid

Great food, great vibe. My boyfriend is allergic to seafood, but he had food from the Asian dishes menu. The sushi is great!

Best sushi for a reasonable price. Their platters are a delicious combo and their hot foods are divine. Dangerous to the waistline!

We frequently come to Asami for the sushi buffet. Sushi was great as always, very fresh and delicious. However, we had awful waitress that was very hasty with our orders, had a bit of a attitude and had to keep repeating some items. Ultimately we had to call the manager which saved our night with a much better experience as she served us herself. Food was great dispit the unprofessional waitress, we will definitely come back though.

Nice all you can eat sushi for a good price!

Best Sushi place ever. And friendly staff.

Great place,great atmosphere, I recommend the sushi buffet.

Good staff. Great vibe. Sadly the sushi in Taste is okay. Not an option I would say is good sushi. If you need a fix then go for it. Otherwise I would say go somewhere else. Sadly sushi is one of the main items on the menu. You would expect better.

Food and atmosphere was amazing. The service however could be improved. The waitress was not friendly and the service was slow. We waited almost 20mins for our food and it was hard to get the attention of the staff as they seemed missing.Would definately go for the food again if I have alot of time to spare and not too hungry. The ginger was up before my sushi arrived.

Just loved it. Went there two days in a row

We love sushi and wanter to try this place with some friends. The place was quite full so service was ok. All I could fault them was the sushi belt was just about empty when we went to get some and the rice was not sticky enough. Fell apart but still very good taste.

Freshest variety of sushi whenever we dine there, worth the drive from the southern suburbs

Great place to eat sushi. I really enjoyed myself. Waiters are friendly and always available. If one opts for the buffet, Id recommend sitting at the impressive conveyor to easily pick your favourite dishes or try some new items that run by you.Table seating is your other option. It is comfortable and better for conversation when your party is more than 3 persons... but you must know what you want to order or walk to the conveyor and collect your dish, which can result in a wait for your dish to trundle past you.They have various weekday specials as well.

Nice sushi but poor service

No Covid protocols followed. Nobody checking temperature, offering sanitizer or sanitising tables.The whole places desperately needs a makeover. Chairs are disgusting.Food was OK, large portions.

Looooooong sushi belt ... Great Buffet

The best go-to sushi in all of the Northern Suburbs, in my humble opinion. Also, some very good Chinese and Kantonese dishes. Prices are very competitive for the quality (especially the combo sushi platters). The very hands-on manager takes care of service hiccups quickly and efficiently. Try to get seating near the centre, as the sprawling, pack-up-and-go layout, unfortunately lends itself to an experience that feels somewhat (literally​ and figuratively) over-extended at the edges.

Fresh sushi on the very large belt. Open plan as well as very spacious. Friendly and helpful staff with good service.

Really awesome food and good service

AWESOME SUSHI. Nice variety. JUST AWESOME

Food great but the service tho.The sushi is the only thing that you will not be waiting for but for the rest bad service

This is my favorite sushi place, the buffet is affordable and did I not mention delicious noodles. My favorite is the chow main chicken noodles. Friendly staff, satisfying portions. Every monday buy one get one free on all the noodles 😍. Love it!

All you can eat is good value, best to order directly from the waiter to ensure you get what you like. Best enjoyed sitting at the belt. Friendly staff.

Leka time with my niece, sushi was great

Great food, good service and so well priced

First experience eating Sushi and Loved it, good service....

Best Asamis in the Western Cape by far!! Good variety on sushi belt, friendly service, nice vibe and fresh sushi! 10/10 most days and if need be, they sort out any issues quickly.

I ordered the combo special and did not receive any Wasabi or ginger. Really disappointed. Tried calling several times but no answer.

Good portions, well prepared food. Service slowish

Got a stone, yes a stone ..scales and fishbone in our sushi tonight. Chairs are peeling? Most disappointing experience ever. Thanks Asami, however we were your customers.

Food was okay, the waiter was not of the best he took the wrong orders and one of the people at the table didnt even get their food.

Amazing food! The best sweet & sour pork in town! 😋😋😀😃👍🏻

The sushi was lovely, but what stood out most, was how they looked after the teen table. The gentlemen who looked after us, contributed to my daughters 16th being even more special.

All goodWaiter a bit slow and unatentive our waiter seemed so distant and disinterestedWell be lucky to have a job, even if its not your true calling

Great food as always, staff super friendly and overall a great evening out

Always busy, but good foon. Need a little more staff

Sushi was disgusting and soya sauce was old and frothy.Not a happy customer

Service is great, wide selection and range of sushi. I would however like to see more salmon roses on the conveyor belt. Location and atmosphere are great. Buffet is value for money but per plate can become very expensive. It is very popular so during peak times call in advance, otherwise be willing to wait.

Great atmosphere and great sushi. Friendly staff and always feel welcome. If you do have a problem to resolve, the manager on duty is always happy to assist you.

Lovely ❤️

I am giving Asami’s a 4-star rating. The produce was fresh, the sushi was really good and the cocktails were splendid. The only downside for me was that there is no ease of access to the restaurant. They are inconveniently placed in the mall. Overall it was a really enjoyable experience!