Sansei Seafood Restaurant

If you are in the area of any Sansei restaurant, be sure to patronize them. The decor is well done and fancy. Their food is delicious, competitively priced, and the service is awesome. We went to this restaurant on two different visits to Oahu. Great each time. They also have one restaurant on Maui. Not as fancy inside, but wow...people were lined up early to get in and were ready to rush the door when they opened for the day. more

OK sushi restaurant if you are in Waikiki and crave some sushi. I prefer more high end restaurants. Pros: good selection Cons: kinda pricey more

The atmosphere is great! Love the location. Love the food! I esp. like it btwn 5-6pm on Sun and Mondays when everything is half! Pros: Sushi is to die for! more

good service and good food. Pros: Good discounts 25%-50% off Cons: Original price dining is on the higher price range more

With offerings including panko crusted ahi, numerous imaginative rolls, as well as traditional nigiri, Sansei, a Waikiki outpost of the Maui-based sushi/seafood creation by Dave ""DK"" Kodama, sets diners' expectations high. However, a dining room marred by canned Hawaiian musak, closely packed tables with plastic tops, and glaring lights quickly crushes any hopes of an enjoyable meal. Cons: Soggy fried dishes, poor service, inexperienced waitrons, Denny's-like atmosphere more

I may be Asian, but I've never liked sushi. Raw things simply make me...squeemish. Sansei, recently relocated to the Waikiki Beach Marriott, however, makes ""raw stuff"" superb. The staff that greets is hardly friendly, but servers are affable and smily. With a blend of Asian and Hawaiian decor, Sansei offers an enormous menu of specialty sushi and entrees, including a judiciously spiced shichimi-crusted filet. Signature mango crab salad hand roll is served with a sprightly Thai chili vinaigrette and boosted further with a good hand of cilantro. It's smooth and smooth with a fantastically fresh seared 'ahi with sensual soy butter sauce pooled around. Shrimp dynamite, lightly battered and fried to a tantalizing crisp, is delicious topped off with smelt roe-garlic aioli. Even a simple local favorite like misoyaki butterfish is prepared beautifully. A true showstopper, however, is the ethereal Dungeness crab and black truffle ramen. I always feel obligated to order one of the spectacular desserts, whether it be a Granny Smith apple and caramel tart or tempura-fried ice cream. Food at Sansei is a far better deal than its sister restaurant D.K. Steak House next door. Pros: Wonderful, creative sushi and homey desserts Cons: Unreliable service more

Innovative restaurant. The appetizers and the sushi is a winner here. Ordered the shrimp cake (served with a creamy sauce and crunchy noodles), filet of beef, nalo greens salad served with an umeboshi dressing, dungeness crab ramen, rainbow roll, and a lilikoi cream pie. Pros: sushi and appetizers Cons: not a quiet restaurant more

Sansei makes the absolute tastiest, most creative rolls I have ever tasted. Panko-crusted, seared ahi tuna with wasabi mayonaisse stands out as especially delicious. The place itself is nothing special and the service was fine, but nothing beats it for value. My girlfriend and I ordered the tasting menu for two which left us stuffed to the gills and only cost $60 total. Pros: rolls, inexpensive Cons: atmosphere, location more