Sawa Hibachi Asian Bistro

41 Traders Way, Pooler
(912) 748-3866

Recent Reviews

Matt Mchrath

Let's start with the only real good thing the chef had a very good attitude and a personality and was very friendlyThe food was poor at best with absolutely no taste have gotten better food from seasons of JapanThere was no running water in the sinks in the bathroomThe waiter stood over our shoulder while we signed the check to see what kind of tip we were gonna giveWe were there for about an hour and not a single person came in to eat I guess they knew something I did not

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

worldair

There were seven of us for dinner. Everything started with the waitress taking everyone’s drink order but mine. I had to chase after her Then everyone ordered appetizers but me because she left and I had to chase her down again. The cook served the meal but I had to ask three times for steamed rice. Then she included my meal on someone else’s check. The food was good but a hassle.

Dorlisa Daniels

Unfortunately, the service was bad and the grill, tables and chairs were dirty. We were seated about 20 minutes from our reservation time but waited and watched others be seated and have their food prepared before our cook ever came to our table. Our server was decent but our cook was extremely rude. All the cooks except ours had on a mask, when asked ours got so upset he walked away from the table. We had to ask him twice to clean the dirty grill before preparing our food. The food was decent and prepared to everyone’s specifics. Will not be returning.

Joshua Fasano

I came in at 10:05 last night I waited at the table for 10 minutes only for the same person to walk back to tell me that they close at 10:30 and that I had to leave that they were not going to serve me . Completely rude and inconsiderate of my time . So if you not gonna serve people after 10 o'clock say your closed at 10 o'clock . You don't get to pick and choose who you serve at what times you feel like when you run a business with a scheduled ending time . That's not good business

Greg Pack

The hibachi stations are pretty dirty. Food was okay, sushi was okay but nothing to brag about. The chef was fun and entertaining.

Thomas Baker

The food is greasy and terribly cooked. Service at bar okay. Once we sat down never saw the lady. Steak over cooked and everything was beyond eatable. I will never recommend or go back. Sushi was ok

Steven “Selarcis” Dismore

Still the best place to get hibatchi and sushi in the whole of the Pooler area.

Tyrone Washington

The service is awful no every greeted us at the door. Finally got seat no waitperson every came to take the order finally frustrated I got up asked a server to asked us he wait 10 min and 10 min go by and still no server I walk to another server and she tell me it’s not her table but she will help takes my order passes to the same server who told me 10 min for him to come to the table 5 min later and take my order again I will never eat here and you should never come here

carol slaon

I would give less than one star if I could. The food was very overpriced for the amount. The meat did not have any good flavoring. Terrible cook, I specifically asked for no pepper on my food, then when he peppered my order of $10 Scallops he said "oh it's too late". Then put pepper on the rest of my order again. He did not offer to re-cook my food. It sucked!! Very poor quality...The waitress was very nice, but the cook sucked. And the place was a bit on the dingy side. A terrible waste of money. Worst Hibachi I've ever had. I will NEVER return.

Stephanie Carter

They only get one star because I can’t leave zero. Our first experience had terrible wait service. Waited 25 minutes at the table to even be acknowledged. The second visit had fine service but the food was inedible. It was so bland and burnt. The cook had no idea what he was doing and kept forgetting components of people’s meals. Forgot ones veggies, someone else’s rice. Etc. upon speaking to the manager... “ he says oh, I give you discount. 30%” 30% when 100% of the food was gross. I asked for other management as the manager was the host that had been walking around clueless and didn’t seem to understand. what I was saying. Apparently he’s it. Hes an owner and “they won’t actually hire a manager that understands what’s going on” according to the staff. Save your money you’ll be better off ordering cheap takeout.

Cortney Blunt

Once our party was seated we waited 15 minutes for drinks. Our server told us they were having to wash dishes. While waiting for cups to be washed we noticed all of our plates were greasy and some had leftover food on them. We informed our server who told us there was no hot water so they were hand washing dishes, which made it difficult to get grease off the plates. We made the decision to leave bc this was clearly extremely unsanitary. We flagged down another server, informed her of our decision and why. Nobody was apologetic and they were still seating parties despite not being able to sanitize anything.

Kevin D.

Very impressed with this place. They don't joke around when putting fish in their rolls. Lots of places fill their rolls with rice to make them look big but this place was awesome. Sushi is our guilty pleasure and we try a lot of different places and we were very lucky to have tried this.

Eleni

Pretty standard-quality of Chinese/Japanese food. I like the interior, more spacious than a lot of Asian restaurants. Their ginger dressing on the salad is pretty good.I know they got trashed on social media a while ago due to dispute with a former employee. Yet from what I saw today, everything is pretty normal and decent. The restaurant's health score is A. The service is really good--staff super friendly.

Rodney Jackson7

It took over an hour for us to be seated after making reservations, then we had to move because they didn't have enough seats for our party of 8 plus 3 small children. Once they took our order the cook really took his time preparing our meal as if he was confused? Any other time my wife and I or family and I have patronized this establishment service and food were exceptional. Today it was just okay. Maybe it was the rush of hungry patrons that caused the service to take a hit. Hopefully our next visit will be pleasant?

Clyde Price

Just what I was looking for, hibachi steak. Tasted great. Great ginger dressing on the salad.They did not serve ginger sauce which I am used to in a hibachi place. I hope they add this in the future.

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