Sushi, teppanyaki & Asian-fusion specialties served with cocktails in a sophisticated atmosphere. Based on 78 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.9 stars. Price $$
Address:
219 Iowa Ave, Iowa City, IA 52240
Phone: (319) 351-5125
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Delaney Billings
Our food took forever even though we ordered off their special happy hour menu. The sushi is mostly rice. We were never provided napkins, not even for our appetizer. My martini was a warm purée both times and the draft beer was flat. Service could be more friendly, especially when visiting from out of town. Will definitely be visiting Formosa for sushi next time.
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Annaliese Bosco
Tried ordering a bottle of wine but they were out of Pinot. The waitress offered us two different options so we chose one. She came back 15 min later stating that actually they only had partial bottles of red wine and the only whole bottles they had they didn’t know how to price and the manager wasn’t texting her back. We ended up having to order all single glasses of red wine for the whole table. We were one of two tables in the whole restaurant however it took them over an hour to prepare our sushi. The sushi wasn’t bad but overall our experience was horrible. I will never come back here and wouldn’t recommend it. Sushiya has much better service as better prices with knowledgeable staff.
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Valarie Taylor Crawford
Takanami was the first place I’ve ever tried sushi in my life. And I must say, for the first time, the impression was EXCELLENT. They have the most delicious sushi I have ever tried. I love the Salmon tempura rolls, spice crab, Godzilla rolls, Bento box scallops, shrimp and Salmon etc. Oh their salad with the brown dressing mmmm good. 🙂
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Mary Lennuitte
I ordered over the phone, stating that I wanted to eat in the restaurant (just needed to cut the wait time). When I got there, the food was in a styrofoam box. Okay, so I went outside to eat it. The tuna from the bento lunch I ordered was sour. I wasn’t sure if that was okay or not, so I asked one of the waitresses. She told me it wasn’t supposed to be sour, and then walked away. I ended up not eating the rest of the tuna, but did not get any sort of apology or any offer to add something else to the meal. Disappointing.
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Sung Kim
Bad service, took a long time to just get the drink orders when there were only two other tables. Took a long time to get our food ordered, then a long time for the food. Quality was below average for the price. The table was sticky… felt like I was at a cheap restaurant. Servers do not even pour customers’ water. Flies were flying in the restaurant… Overall, I don’t recommend it, especially considering Iowa City has other sushi places we can go to.
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Jack Stagna
After two experiences here, I would rather get sushi somewhere else.
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Jeremy Lemke
Signed up for “the club” while I was at this restaurant because the sign up sheet stated that if we signed up we would receive $10 off the next purchase of $50 or more. This was great since we ate there all the time. Upon the next visit we presented the membership card and expected our $10 off. When we did not receive the discount we asked to speak to a manager. We were then approached by a server who was also supposedly the manager who simply stated that they were not the providers of “the club”. Regardless of whether they are the providers or not of the service, they still advertise it and use it as advertising. They would rather lose me as a customer that spent $60+ per week than give me the $10 off one time that I was promised. Food is amazing though, I suggest take-out.
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karnig beylikjian
Went here 2 times and the first time was in the evening and was very good. Food and service. Second time was for lunch too close to closing and the waitress did not give us the food timely nor bring what we had ordered. Recommend evening dining.
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Cam Lynch
Whether you stop by for a quick lunch break or dine in on a Saturday night for fun you will enjoy the calm atmosphere and appealing food. I recommend trying the steak or chicken Teppan but you might want to get some sushi on the side also.
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Andrea Wilson
The sushi here is amazing, the drinks are excellent, but most importantly, the staff is wonderful. They even helped me surprise my friend with a special ‘appreciation day.’
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