Shokai Sushi In Burl - gton

Wasn’t horrible, nigiri is poor quality and not fresh. Kitchen looks horrendous and like it shouldn’t pass inspection and overall atmosphere shows a lack of quality throughout.

From starters our waitress didn’t have her hair up, and when she brought us our drink her hair was stuck to the glass. I got the dragon roll, the shrimp tasted like they had just boiled it. Wouldn’t recommend.

There have been multiple occasions that I have called this restaurant and been automatically placed on hold. I am a very understanding and open minded consumer so I typically give local establishments lots of credit. Today I am finally complaining about it… I waited 8 minutes on hold. I was then disconnected. I called back and the same thing happened. Why is your restaurant open and answering the phone only to do this? I have worked in the food service industry for years and I’m not sure why this is acceptable behavior. No wonder this place is on its way out. (If you are an owner of this establishment maybe figure out which one of your female employees answered the phone after 7pm on Thursday 4/27/23.

Ordered take out, sushi was good, a bit pricey for okay quality fish.

Worst sushi I 've ever eaten, EVER! The spicy tuna on top had the texture of cat food, and was just plopped on top of the rice that was supposed to be a roll. It was all I could do to choke it down. The dynamite roll was pathetic and terrible. It also had the cat food tuna dumped on top of it, and the roll that boasted being a stuffed jalapeño barely had a sliver of jalapeño in it. It was horrible. Upon arrival, my first impression that it was a waffle house that serves sushi. But that didn 't bother me. The cooks station was situated at the back of the dining room with the cooks preparing the food there. The two guys were back there repairing food and talking sports and other random things, nothing out of the ordinary. They had classic rock music playing at a reasonable volume and nothing out of the ordinary. But at some point the cook turned the music up to such an absolutely obnoxious level that you couldn 't even think or hear the server talking as they stood next to you. At first I assumed they just heard a part of a song that they really enjoyed and wanted to crank it up to enjoy that section of music. But when the song was over and the next song was over and the next song was over and the volume still stayed the same I decided to leave. I like classic rock music, and I liked the songs that were playing, and I like loud music. However, I don 't want to go to sit down to have a meal at a restaurant and be overwhelmed with such an unprofessional and childish environment. Don 't waste your time or money. I wish I could have both of them back myself. I didn 't even finish the food It was SO BAD!