Everything seemed to be prepared on the same cutting board. Even the sesame buns and fried banana tasted fishy. Ordered To go the hot items were placed on top of the sushi in the same bag. Nothing tasted as intended. All the hot items seemed to be cooked from frozen.Edit: gave me and wife food poisoning.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Jim Holland
This experience was more unfortunate than my grandmother's funeral. I used to love this place. The new ownership could not be more awkward and the entire service was some sort of cringe humor wet dream. The person cooking, serving, cashier and well, everything was completely outside her depth of knowledge. She also could not communicate with any patron that did not speak mandarin. She would point at the menu and say sorry and then call someone who would then yell at me about the menu items and then communicate with her, only to begin a heated conversation in their native language,which made her storm off. There were several moments where my wife and child began to plan an exit strategy only to be told to sit rather enthusiastically with pantomime motions. After 45 mins 1 item of 4 came to the table and that was that. There wasn't any thing else brought. But they were on the bill that was given with the plate. I tried to point the items out only to have her call the person again. I felt terrible for her she didn't know the menu the language the food she was supposed to make. I don't see this place lasting at all. But if you love meet the fockers you will love this cringe worthy dining destination.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Sean Nitarius
Went Tengu Sushi in Newport a small Japanese restaurant rihhg on the 101 hwy.Ordered the Jalapeno Tempura, a Godzilla roll (pictured below), and some eel and octopus sushi.The food was really great the atmosphere was quiet, the restaurant was empty except for us, the service was slow (though they have signage explaining that), and our server did not seem knowledgeable or even able to understand some of the menu item questions we had.All in all, if and whenever I return to Newport, I will make it a point to eat here again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Nigiris
Susan Rumbaugh
Wonderful tasty, fresh food. The shumai, gyoza, tempura shrimp were great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chris Johnson
Food: Ordered several different items. None of the raw fish was very fresh, by any great standard. Off-color and very off-putting in flavor. Did not finish much of the order. Spicy tuna was oddly watery. We weren't sure if frozen tuna had been chopped up and mixed in. Flavors were kind of all over the place. Spider roll had thick glops of batter on the inside that were not cooked fully through, or were wet and mushy. Roll not sealed completely. Not nice.Service: Quite poor, server became rude and snippy after we sent back a drink that wasn't quite right. Food for two people [three rolls, four orders sushi], took about 35 minutes.Atmosphere: Generally dirty, dishes, glassware, tables. Everything seemed to have a bit of grunge crusted onto it. At least the dining room is small and has a bit of light.Overall, I would not recommend this location, or will we ever be returning. It genuinely was a disappointing waste of both time and money. I know that food on the coast is considered a little hit or miss, but this place has fallen a VERY long way in the last two years. It's such an unfortunate disappointment, considering what it used to be.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Michael Figueroa
Bad fish rotten avocado an horrible smell
Brian C.
Best Sushi in Newport! Period! However not the nicest place to eat it. I would suggest doing take out and enjoying the food elsewhere.
Dri D.
We had a wonderful lunch yesterday. Food was wonderful, tasty, fresh and hot. Great service. Nice small restaurant you can relax and enjoy the food. We will see you soon!
Miranda Andrade
We ordered albacore and it was not fresh. The people there were very nice, but the food was meh after seeing the brown tuna we didnt want to eat anything else so we paid for what we did eat. To owner albacore not ahi apologies for mistake still wasnt fresh it was turning brown which isnt normal and it was drying and stinky! I wouldn’t lie.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
kyle rigby
Short-staffed, but the sushi was good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Rainbow Roll Raw, Four Seasons Roll
Some of the freshest sushi fish you’ll find. Top notch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Susan Page
The worst experience we've ever had here, which is very sad, as this was our go-to sushi place!! It appears the ownership has changed since they reopened 12/28/23. The 2 employees have no idea what they're doing, can't speak English, and don't even know what they have on their own menu. It took an hour and a half to complete AND it was all wrong! They literally had the menu with the pictures of each item, trying to prepare the food by its picture, as I'm pretty sure they couldn't read English either. Save yourself a lot of grief by not going there. You will regret everything about it, from service to the food.VERY DISAPPOINTED! ?
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Chris H
We ordered out thru door dash....(Doordash 5star)Tengo Shushi- 5 Top Stars.!Your rice was spot on!Flavors are ON POINT!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Golden California Roll Tobiko, Black Dragon Roll, Chicken Katsu, Sesame Balls, Sexy Roll
Lilia Haberlach
Fastest service I've ever had!!! Most authentic and kindest people!!! We even got everything we ordered ??? I also was so happy that we had water on the table. Would recommend ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Michael Franklin
One Star is being nice!Went here for dinner and had to walk by the server who was on his phone and smoking a cig right at door. Like less than a foot from the door. He didn’t see me until I was passed him and apologized. The service and quality has been going down at this business for a while. Seems like different employees are shuffled through from out of town as faces are never the same. Sushi fish was old and did not taste good. Asked for a water refill and was given warm water. I asked for my eel sashimi to be warmed up instead of just cold. What they brought me was just unbelievable. They not only lightly warmed my eel. They warmed my hamachi sashimi. These people have no clue how to make sushi and should just close the doors for good. Bill was 25 dollars. I left 40 in cash and said that I needed change. I waited for about 5 minutes and noticed the server was at the register playing on his phone. I approached him and asked him if he was going to bring me my change. Apparently he thought he deserved the 40% tip for horrible food, worse service and a restaurant with a smell of cigarettes smoke from his jacket. I left a lesser tip of 10% which I never do. It really deserved a zero tip and a full refund. I left with him again apologizing as I walk out the door.What a joke this place is. I will never go back.
Everything seemed to be prepared on the same cutting board. Even the sesame buns and fried banana tasted fishy. Ordered To go the hot items were placed on top of the sushi in the same bag. Nothing tasted as intended. All the hot items seemed to be cooked from frozen.Edit: gave me and wife food poisoning.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
This experience was more unfortunate than my grandmother's funeral. I used to love this place. The new ownership could not be more awkward and the entire service was some sort of cringe humor wet dream. The person cooking, serving, cashier and well, everything was completely outside her depth of knowledge. She also could not communicate with any patron that did not speak mandarin. She would point at the menu and say sorry and then call someone who would then yell at me about the menu items and then communicate with her, only to begin a heated conversation in their native language,which made her storm off. There were several moments where my wife and child began to plan an exit strategy only to be told to sit rather enthusiastically with pantomime motions. After 45 mins 1 item of 4 came to the table and that was that. There wasn't any thing else brought. But they were on the bill that was given with the plate. I tried to point the items out only to have her call the person again. I felt terrible for her she didn't know the menu the language the food she was supposed to make. I don't see this place lasting at all. But if you love meet the fockers you will love this cringe worthy dining destination.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Went Tengu Sushi in Newport a small Japanese restaurant rihhg on the 101 hwy.Ordered the Jalapeno Tempura, a Godzilla roll (pictured below), and some eel and octopus sushi.The food was really great the atmosphere was quiet, the restaurant was empty except for us, the service was slow (though they have signage explaining that), and our server did not seem knowledgeable or even able to understand some of the menu item questions we had.All in all, if and whenever I return to Newport, I will make it a point to eat here again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Nigiris
Wonderful tasty, fresh food. The shumai, gyoza, tempura shrimp were great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food: Ordered several different items. None of the raw fish was very fresh, by any great standard. Off-color and very off-putting in flavor. Did not finish much of the order. Spicy tuna was oddly watery. We weren't sure if frozen tuna had been chopped up and mixed in. Flavors were kind of all over the place. Spider roll had thick glops of batter on the inside that were not cooked fully through, or were wet and mushy. Roll not sealed completely. Not nice.Service: Quite poor, server became rude and snippy after we sent back a drink that wasn't quite right. Food for two people [three rolls, four orders sushi], took about 35 minutes.Atmosphere: Generally dirty, dishes, glassware, tables. Everything seemed to have a bit of grunge crusted onto it. At least the dining room is small and has a bit of light.Overall, I would not recommend this location, or will we ever be returning. It genuinely was a disappointing waste of both time and money. I know that food on the coast is considered a little hit or miss, but this place has fallen a VERY long way in the last two years. It's such an unfortunate disappointment, considering what it used to be.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Bad fish rotten avocado an horrible smell
Best Sushi in Newport! Period! However not the nicest place to eat it. I would suggest doing take out and enjoying the food elsewhere.
We had a wonderful lunch yesterday. Food was wonderful, tasty, fresh and hot. Great service. Nice small restaurant you can relax and enjoy the food. We will see you soon!
We ordered albacore and it was not fresh. The people there were very nice, but the food was meh after seeing the brown tuna we didnt want to eat anything else so we paid for what we did eat. To owner albacore not ahi apologies for mistake still wasnt fresh it was turning brown which isnt normal and it was drying and stinky! I wouldn’t lie.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Short-staffed, but the sushi was good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Rainbow Roll Raw, Four Seasons Roll
Restaurantji Recommends
Some of the freshest sushi fish you’ll find. Top notch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The worst experience we've ever had here, which is very sad, as this was our go-to sushi place!! It appears the ownership has changed since they reopened 12/28/23. The 2 employees have no idea what they're doing, can't speak English, and don't even know what they have on their own menu. It took an hour and a half to complete AND it was all wrong! They literally had the menu with the pictures of each item, trying to prepare the food by its picture, as I'm pretty sure they couldn't read English either. Save yourself a lot of grief by not going there. You will regret everything about it, from service to the food.VERY DISAPPOINTED! ?
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
We ordered out thru door dash....(Doordash 5star)Tengo Shushi- 5 Top Stars.!Your rice was spot on!Flavors are ON POINT!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Golden California Roll Tobiko, Black Dragon Roll, Chicken Katsu, Sesame Balls, Sexy Roll
Fastest service I've ever had!!! Most authentic and kindest people!!! We even got everything we ordered ??? I also was so happy that we had water on the table. Would recommend ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
One Star is being nice!Went here for dinner and had to walk by the server who was on his phone and smoking a cig right at door. Like less than a foot from the door. He didn’t see me until I was passed him and apologized. The service and quality has been going down at this business for a while. Seems like different employees are shuffled through from out of town as faces are never the same. Sushi fish was old and did not taste good. Asked for a water refill and was given warm water. I asked for my eel sashimi to be warmed up instead of just cold. What they brought me was just unbelievable. They not only lightly warmed my eel. They warmed my hamachi sashimi. These people have no clue how to make sushi and should just close the doors for good. Bill was 25 dollars. I left 40 in cash and said that I needed change. I waited for about 5 minutes and noticed the server was at the register playing on his phone. I approached him and asked him if he was going to bring me my change. Apparently he thought he deserved the 40% tip for horrible food, worse service and a restaurant with a smell of cigarettes smoke from his jacket. I left a lesser tip of 10% which I never do. It really deserved a zero tip and a full refund. I left with him again apologizing as I walk out the door.What a joke this place is. I will never go back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1