Sakura Japanese Restaurant, Burlington

I am from Burlington and one place I had many fond memories in is Sakura. The food and the atmosphere kept me going back and I got to be very friendly with the staff who are experts at making sushi.

very reasonable given that this place is one of a small handful of sushi options in Vermont. the sushi is good, the rest of the food is good, they have plum wine and Kirin, and they have dessert

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I was a vegitarian for a long time, but had to start eating meat and fish for health reasons. There is meat that I eat for health, and meat I eat for flavor. The beef nage is both. It consists of New York strip steak that is wrapped around Vermont Cabot chedar cheese and scallions. For preperation it is sauted in veg. oil, then sauted a second time in Sakura's special Teriyaki sauce. Absolutely, delicious. Recently I had a special beef nage, where the roll was tied off with smoked bacon. This takes the health factor down a notch, but for bacon fans, ohhhhhh. Need I say more.

Sakura is a perfect 3 stars... average. I think they rate so high because for years they were the only sushi restaurant available downtown. Koto is a little better because they offer habachi as well. The truth however, is that you're not going to find anything bad OR special at either of these places. If you want truely excellent sushi, go to Asiana House! They offer everything the other two places do and some incredable rolls you might not find anywhere else!

The sushi at Sakura makes it our favorite restaurant and keeps us coming back. The only problem is the service, the crabby hostess or a forgetful waitress can put a damper on the experience at Sakura but it is still worth it for their excellent sushi.

Good sushi and service. Really, nothing to complain about. A solid second-best to Koto in the Burlington area for sushi and other Japanese food.

Excellent sushi and sashimi! The rolls were great.