Masa Sushi

Masa Sushi was typical when it came to their sashimi platter. I wanted them to Wow me, but they succumbed to the usual boring fish! We won’t be back.

Went here for the first time and it was absolutely delicious. We had not one bad thing to say and they have great prices.

Absolutely love Masa. Been to the Gilbert and chandler locations many times and they never disappoint. Sushi rolls have a great combination of flavors. Many rolls have fish/​veggies inside and outside the actual roll. You can’t beat the quality, taste, and price. The staff is very attentive and you even get to enjoy a complimentary dessert that is light and a very pretty actually :)

LOVE this place!
Super close to my house and they are very accommodating with recommendations and they try to be with requests as well.
They start you with a salad and miso soup — free. Then after the meal they will bring you a very simple but delish complimentary dessert as well.
Masa has wonderful service, they should be very proud of their staff. I have been here several times and they are very consistent.
The only thing i dislike is the vast array of selections… I get confused by them easily. lol AND they do not offer an Alaskan Roll. poke… poke… Ya’ll should totally add that to your plethora of offerings! ;)

Great little sushi joint with a fun staff. I love that at dinner they give you a little desert included and it’s presentation is stunning!

I really like this place. For some odd reason I like pictures of sushi, it takes out a lot of the guessing what Im ordering half the time. I love all the combo’s as well. I ordered one of their boxes last time, and the beef was outstanding!
The dessert they serve at the end is AWESOME!!!

First off the sushi was good and recommended but, only one server mid day on a Saturday. Maybe 6 tables with people and it was pretty slow service. Maybe dinner service is better. The temperature in the restaurant was too warm. Even my hamachi was sweating! This made it an experience I would not seek again even if the food was good.

I love this place! Their sushi is good with great prices. Staff is very nice. Definitely order the money balls while you are there. They do not disappoint.

This place has great sushi for really low prices. The staff is very friendly & on top of service. And the super yummy oranges & apple slices for dessert is heavenly! I highly recommend.

Masa sushi never disappoints. My favorite is the monkey balls and the stuffed jalapeños. Great food, good prices keep me coming back.

This place seemed promising with 4 stars. They have happy hour all day and decently priced. However, spicy tuna was very sweet (didnt taste normal) and their raw fish was warm. It was completely empty with only my husband and I. Staff was friendly but I’m sorry I can’t do warm sashimi.

For the first time in my life I left a sushi restaurant without eating all my food.
We don’t go out to eat sushi too often because of the cost and when we do it’s a special treat. We wasted our money tonight.
We sat at a table and were provided with menus, the menu is full of pictures. I read the menu many times and couldn’t find nigiri sushi in it. Figured I could just order it and we did.
Note, this restaurant does not or at least did not give us, the slip of paper where you write down what you are ordering, by the time the server came I had forgotten some of the things we wanted to order.
We ordered Gyoza to start, when it came out I was surprised to see some of the wrappers were green. The menu just said they were Japanese Dumplings. Having ordered and made Gyoza many times I was surprised when I realized we got 3 vegetable and 3 pork Gyoza. I would be nice if the menu clarified this, didn’t care for the flavor of the vegetable ones and the pork ones were bland, the accompanying ponzu sauce was watered down and did not taste anything like ponzu. Fail.

We also ordered nigiri salmon and that was really good. Great!
The rolls we ordered were blah, spicy tuna was sweet and then spicy and was just not good.
The lobster roll was a big mistake, not sure why I would even order something like this. Fail on me.
Now, I’d like to take a minute to comment on the service. When our gyoza came out, she asked us in a very condescending tone «oh you are splitting?»
Well, it’s an appetizer, yes we are splitting.
Once the rolls and nigiri were brought out, we didn’t see our server again. I had ordered hot tea and was pretty much out and needed a refill. I put my cup at the end of the table and waited until we could see someone to get their attention. Once the server came to our table, she looked at my daughter’s half empty coke and told her she would be bringing a refill. I didn’t have an opportunity to even ask her for another tea. Now I know servers don’t read minds, but if you see someone’s cup at the edge of the table it has to mean something. Does this cup need to be cleared, does this persone need more tea? Something!
When she brought the coke I was done eating and just needed for my daughter to finish her food. I was over my need for tea.
We sat and waited, and waited, and waited. Finally we stood up and went to the front desk and our server finally came. She asked us if the food was ok, we wanted to get out and said yeah. Liars, I know.
She gave me a total, not an itemized bill. Just a total. I could very well have asked for one, but I was tired and had given up on this restaurant. There are things that you shouldn’t have to ask for. An itemized bill is one of them. I gave the server my credit card and she gave me the receipts to sign and one to keep, nowhere was the tally of the items i ordered. While I was signing it, it came to me that this would be the first time I was not going to leave a tip. I just couldn’t do it. Service and food was crappy.
I should have known when we got there at 6:30 pm on a Saturday night and at the most, they had 5 tables.

So I’m a true born and raised Californian so my caliber for sushi is pretty high. Finding an awesome sushi place in a city that isn’t close to water is a little sketch, but hey. Cravings are meant to be satisfied somehow.
Masa is my family’s favorite spot because:
1) miso soup and salad with sesame ginger dressing is served to all
2) the pieces of sashimi are generously cut
3) there is always a «happy hour»
4) they serve a cute dessert of thinly sliced apples, pocky, oranges and whipped cream
When it comes to real sashimi and sushi options, it is a little limited (no ikura or uni) but that’s understanding based on location. This is more of a spot for satisfying sushi roll and bento box cravings! And of course sake bombs :)
Before you leave, ask if you and your table can take a Polaroid and post it! Make the trip memorable!
P. s. Try the monkey balls and sashimi salad!

So, Masa Sushi was really good!
Started with a pleasant miso soup and a salad. Tasty soup, basic salad.
Had the Tuna Tataki served with shredded Daikon, the tuna was soooo fresh and clean. Was great with a little wasabi and soy.
The tempura platter — scallops, Cali roll, shredded veggie thing.
All really tasty. Warning, they dot everything with a bit of Sriracha so if spicy isn’t your thing…
Spouse enjoyed her Philadelphia roll and a bowl of Udon.
Very pleasant staff, good food, reasonable prices, all around enjoyable meal!

Finally I found a place for sushi!!! It was really sweet of them to serve salads and miso soups for free and dessert as well:)
The restaurant was not too busy, so we could get good services!
I had a salmon love roll and my friend had a beef udon. Both were delicious! Salmon was really fresh and my friend said the soup was super good too! I will see you guys soon masa! And thanks for the Polaroid photo:)

My husband and I went to Masa one Friday night to have dinner. The place was completely dead. Which was surprising for a Friday evening at dinner time.
We ordered a few rolls and some beer and sake. The rolls were subpar at best, and looked mediocre. I think we were pretty lucky that most of the rolls we picked were cooked as the fish was NOT fresh at all. Later that evening my husband had excruciating stomach pains. Long story short, we both got e-​coil from this place, he worse than I (I’m assuming because he ate the spicy tuna roll and I didn’t). He had to be put on antibiotics it was so bad.
Needless to say, we will not be returning ever again. I’m not risking our health again.

I’ve neglected my duties as a true Masa Sushi fan. I should’ve written this review sooner to share my love of this sushi destination. My roommates and I have long made special outings to the Gilbert location, because we enjoy the sushi so much. But imagine our anticipation, finding out that a new location was opening up in our neck of the woods… literally a hop, skip, and a jump away!
The things we love about Masa Sushi is how hot Miso soup and a chilled salad are served immediately and are included with any meal. Ditto for the fresh fruit and pocky dessert! The service is warm and inviting, and we are recognized during repeat visits by the hostess and waitress here (although we have yet to make it onto their «wall» of Polaroids). We will have to shamelessly ask to be photographed, I suppose, on our next jaunt, but maybe before we stuff our faces with fresh fish goodness. It’s a wonder they don’t employ Oompah-​Loompahs to roll us out after our bouts of fishy gluttony!
Let me save you time on the menu, which is endless and dazzling. You must try the Monkey Balls! More of an appetizer, the Monkey Ball includes warm mushrooms, spicy tuna, and cream cheese on the inside and is deep-​fried and drizzled with a special sauce on the outside. In fact, on all of their menu descriptions of their special rolls, a description is always given for what’s «IN» and what’s «OUT». This two-​layered approach not only makes for great and interesting sushi, but is a novel way to find that perfect combination to satisfy your sushi cravings. My favorite is the Boston Roll (IN — shrimp, crab stick, salmon and avocado; OUT — baby lobster, baked cheese). It may sound funky, but it is delicious! This is a sushi roll that eats like a casserole! I’ve found that it is best complemented with sriracha (which you must ask for on the side) and soy sauce.
There’s plenty more to explore on the menu, but now that I’ve found my favorites, I’m sticking with them. Newcomers to Masa Sushi are encouraged to find their own favorite «INs» and «OUTs», because IN-​and-​OUT is what it’s all about!

We got a flyer at our door step and we’ve decided to give this restaurant a try. This restaurant is very well decorated and the service is great. Their ice green tea is awesome and will definitely order it again. However, the sushi doesn’t taste as fresh as I expected. Nevertheless, the prices are very reasonable and I don’t mine going back to try something else.

Strobe lights and music outside upon arrival of the restaurant. That’s a first! Happy and greeting staff when we first walked in the restaurant. Menus are colorful and loaded with pictures for each dish! Great job!
Miso soup and salad was provided prior to ordering! Awesome!
Shared special combo 2 plate: #6 Palm Springs which included salmon rock 2 pieces (salmon with thinly sliced cooked onions and a yogurt sauce of some sort) spicy tuna roll 5 pieces and Fuji roll and eel roll. The eel pieces were a bit burnt as of there were no eel.
Grand opening special: thinly sliced apples with caramel drizzled on too with half orange cut up into chunks with whipped cream and 2 choc pretzel sticks. Yum!
Full at the end of dinner. Not bad!
They all said goodbye with happy faces! That’s how it’s done! ;)

I’ve been wanting to try Masa Sushi for the longest time. I’ve had their Gilbert location bookmarked forever but I never seem to remember about the existence of the place whenever I crave that delicious raw fish. So when I went to Fry’s one day and saw that they were opening one in my neck of the woods, I was ecstatic.
[Fast forward a few months of long agonizing wait time] One day while getting the mail, I noticed there was a menu flyer on my car for Masa Sushi. Yes! So I stopped in that night with my dinner date during opening week last week and was pleasantly surprised by how busy this place was! Korean was being spoken by the workers, patrons were merrily eating and drinking, and we were seated by the nicest lady ever. We ended up getting The Superman Combo, Bomb Combo D, and the Yellowtail & Hawaiian half & half rolls. Everything was fresh and delicious! I was especially impressed by how thick the slices of sashimi were. I always hate it when a sushi joint goes stingy with their sashimi. Buzz kill.
After doing some sake bombs and enjoying our free opening week dessert, we were asked to doodle on a Polaroid the took of us [Asian Glow like whoa], and we were done. By far the funnest opening week celebration ever. Plus the bill was 10% off!
Masa Sushi is a tiny cozy restaurant with lots to offer: Their menu is jam packed with a million different combinations and half & half rolls options, the sake comes hot, and the service is great. Will definitely come back! :D