Beluga Japanese Restaurant

12/30/08

Recommended, great food, great service each time.

by Tessa2008 at Citysearch

Have had dinner at Beluga three times and each time it has been equally wonderful and the service great. The Ahi Tower is an artistic dish with the final preparation/served and divided among guests at the table. The Yellowtail rolls, and fresh salmon sushi & sashimi are fantastic. Other favs of our group are the Firecracker, Black Widow and Volcano (scallops). The ginger dressing on the house salad is so tasty. They make a nice dirty martini. Glad to have a favorite spot on the north side.

11/03/09

Awesome sushi

by ncgirl73 at Citysearch

This place didn't look too great based on its location, so it took us a while to go try it. But boy was it awesome. We started off with with Ahi Bowl (or Ahi Tower, I forget the exact name), and it was unbelievably good. The sushi was the right temperature, fresh, and beautifully presented. Atmosphere inside was also very nice. We like sushi and have tried a few places in Austin since moving here, and this has been by far the best.

• Pros: Great food, great happy hour prices
• Cons: Location

10/13/09

Owner not honest enough

by mwwjcw at Citysearch

Wait person took our AmEx card then came back with a small register paper said invalid amount or something like that. What we thought is they don't like to take AmEx then just simple take the sign out. We just gave her another card to use.

Service is also poor

• Pros: food is good
• Cons: servicer not good

06/25/09

Delicious!!

by bb718 at Citysearch

I don't eat Sushi but my fiance loves it so we decided to go here. He loved all the sushi he had. We also ordered the calamari as a starter and it was by far the best calamari I've ever had! I had the spicy chicken and it was excellent. I would definitely recommend it and don't be fooled by the location. The inside of the restaurant is very nice looking and it has a great ambience.

• Pros: Best calamari!!!

09/18/08

Great Service and AHI TOWER

by b789 at Citysearch

My family and I visited Beluga last Friday night before catching a movie and it was great. Our waitress Summer was fantastic and suggested several things that she thought we would enjoy. They were great and probably things we would have never ordered on our own. We felt like our service was very personal and another thing is the ahi tower was fantastic! We had never tried it before and so glad we did! We will keep coming back, and love this "jewel" of a restraurant is in our own neghborhood!

• Pros: Service, Food
• Cons: None

09/11/08

great sushi and staff

by camry at Citysearch

I really do not understand the two reviews before mine. However me and some friends was told about Belugas through some others friends, so we thought we would give it a shot. Which was a true shot concidering we all live in south austin and its in Round Rock. We were greeted, and seated promptly. We had a party of 5, but instead of sitting at a table we sat at the sushi bar. Our server was Lisa. Awesome waitress. Not only did she recommend things but she keep our party in good spirits and laughs the whole time. Highly recommend the Ahi Tower. Great starter. Then the rolls a must would be Mr. Smith and the Jen-Jen. Sushi is great as well as the chefs preparing them. The guys were laughing with us as well as giving us other things to taste. So if you want somewhere north to eat sushi this is the place. Not sure but maybe these people before me had a bad day. But this place, food, and staff was great. Me and my boyfriend will be back and bring more friends.. And to whom ever wrote the thing about the manager, get a grip.

• Pros: Waitress and jen-jen
• Cons: um did or do not have any

09/06/08

Nothing to complain, but nothing to rave about

by Ming83 at Citysearch

I came here a few weeks ago with a friend and I'd have to say the food was really good. The waitstaff was unprofessional and didn't seem to know anything though, and that was kind of interesting. My friend mentioned they had a great staff at one point but now she said they all seemed to not be there anymore and that the food isn't as great as she remembered.

The Ahi tower was to DIE for! I'm craving it right now! Another thing that I enjoyed was the Salmon Carpaccio. Very simple but light and delicious. I'd definitely go back for those items.

The review about the manager is just plain rude. I've worked as a waitress before and malicious comments like that is unnecessary.. they're trying to do their job.

• Pros: Ahi tower and the Mr. Smith
• Cons: Staff

08/27/08

sushi in round rock

by aprilny at Citysearch

a sushi spot in round rock that is neither great nor bad. go and see for yourself or not. many places to try this is just one of them or not.

• Pros: there are pros
• Cons: there are cons

08/13/08

goto origami when in round rock

by foodlife at Citysearch

i was recently told to check out a couple of sushi bars in round rock. dined at beluga and origami. the food at beluga was o.k. nice ambiance if you enjoy dining in a club like atmosphere. the service was good but not entirely friendly. the tuna tower came highly recommended(dont get it!). expensive for what it was. felt like i was pay for the presentation of sauces, not the food. the fish quality seemed just o.k.

i ordered a cocktail and had to give them my license for some "county" thing(whats with that?)

• Pros: pretty place
• Cons: average food

07/29/08

WOW!

by pi168 at Citysearch

We had the best time here with the best sushi we have ever tasted! We have "done " sushi in many places. Most three times the price of this...but this was so amazingly yummy...Blue Goose happiness in my mouth...volcano...oh yes oh yesssss perfect spice... Black Widow.....little caviar bursts..crunchies ...smoothness..amusment park of taste and texture...Food is top notch....

BUT....the service!!! Last time we went we had five kids with us ( 10-16) who are not the most sophisticated children or manerly..but they were given a list of specific allowed behaviours...Our server...I wish I could remember her name! Was fabulous..she made food sugestions for the won't eat aything kids...and served us as if we were royality.. not a glass went dry...not a dish was forgotten...she had a great wine recomendation...and was very knowledgeable about the food and ingriedents. We came out of there disapointed to see we were in Round Rock Texas because for almost two hours we felt like we were in the finest of NY or LA places. Fabulous!

• Pros: Too many to list
• Cons: ....I am trying....nope can't think of any...