Ah-So Sushi & Steak

I went there tonight for my birthday dinner. My Friends wanted sushi and I wanted a steak. I ordered a fillet mignon medium rare. I got a chopped up fried medium well steak. Over cooked and tasted fried. This restaurant has no business advertising themselves as a steakhouse. The desert they provided was absolutely outstanding. My friends really enjoyed their sushi.

Stopped in tonight for a quick snack. The place was jammed and it wasn’t Happy Hour. At any rate we were seated at the sushi bar and had 2 rolls and left. I ordered the Vegas and Rainbow Rolls, my 2 favorites. I will be back. This restaurant is consistent, clean and most importantly we have never been served any sketchy sushi. The staff were very attentive as always. Not sure why anyone gives this place less than 3 stars. I come here frequently. I eat sushi at other restaurants on a regular basis as well so I am able to compare and I know the standard. This is definitely a safe bet and then some.

Really friendly service so that’s a perk but the food was alright nothing spectacular. I ordered the chicken and shrimp. It came with miso soup and a side salad. The shrimp had some flavor the chicken and rice had none until I drenched them in the sauces they give you. I probably wouldn’t want to come back here when I visit AZ again.

We came here for teppanyaki and we definitely got it, but it was definitely difficult. We had a party of 11, but unfortunately they do not accept reservations on the weekend, so we had to wait. On top of that, they will not even place you on the waiting list until all of your party is present. Hey, I understand it, but it is so inconvenient.
Our cook was great. He had a personality and made it fun for all of us. They do provide a salad and a soup for everybody, but our soup was cold when it was brought to the table. Our server, however, was nice about it and brought us more. Overall, I feel like I’ve had a better experience at the one in Peoria.

We got to the restaurant at 1130am and were greeted and seated at the tepenyaki table for lunch. Mind you, this was our holiday lunch with my admins and we have been to this location previous times and have always had an excellent experience.
First thing, our table chef lacked enthusiasm… We joked, asking if we woke him and he laughed, but still no energy… We hoped for a show, but were told they don’t do shows at that location. He obliged our request with a small show, but it seemed like he broke some rules or something.
Secondly, the chicken was tough, not moist or soft, very chewy and hard… Told our waitress about it and she spoke to a gentleman, we assumed was the manager, but he didn’t come over to ask us about the food… as the final bill was delivered to us, the manager came over… We did notice that he seemed to avoid us until the bill was due… He discounted is 15% off our bill which was nice.
Experience was not good, food was sub par and the Vegas Roll tasted fishy… We will most likely not go back to this location… It used to be a great location and convenient as it was only a few mins from the office… Hope this might help them to work out some things with their location.

Eh… it’s OK. Sushi is slow to arrive and sometimes doesn’t come out until after the main meal has arrived. We went last night, the place was packed so we sat in the regular dining room and not at the teppanyaki table. Service was spotty, the food was cold, California roll took more than 30 minutes to arrive and it looked like a 5-​year-​old made it; it barely stayed together. This place used to be great, but it’s slowly going downhill.

Found a bug in my water. Yuk! Also, the employees take their break in the main dining hall at the back of the restaurant. Strange and distracting. Sushi was okay. Other members of our party did teppanyaki and the chef seemed bored. We won’t be back again. I wish I checked the reviews on Unilocal before coming here!

My wife and I visited this restaurant with our two daughters. This was their first teppanyaki experience. Needless to say, it left much to be desired. The whole experience was lacking. The food was average. The chef was non-​engaging. It was obvious that he had one or two life ambitions… a) stand up comedian or B) sportscaster. His only interaction with our table was with the only person to respond to his sports related questions. The usual teppanyaki experience didn’t happen. Cook a little, talk sports.
He did take the time to play catch… Whether his guests wanted to or not. When children shied away, he threw food anyway. Several folks at our table said no to his game, to no avail. My daughter who did not want to play got hit in the head with a large piece of broccoli.
For the price, and lack of a quality experience… Go somewhere else. You won’t be disappointed.

This is a birthday tradition every year, and being in a new state I thought I would give this place a try with friends who visited from out of state. Our waiter was awful, seemed absolutely annoyed that we would bother him for things like taking our order and drink refills!!! but luckily the rest of the experience and food completely over powered his sh*tty job that his service or lack there of became more of a joke, which I’m sure he knew about. The guy we had to cook our food was social, courteous, and had everyone laughing hysterically practically the whole time. The food was wonderful and even better than my old birthday place. I wish I could remember our guy’s name, because he alone deserves 5+ stars. Unfortunately I gave 4 due to the a-​hole server.

The teppanyaki tables are good entertainment if you are taking the kids. The food is good but not great although I do dream about those sauces that accompany the food. So good. You will definitely feel like you are being pushed out so they can turnover your seat for the next group. I understand but they could take a bit of a softer approach. No kids menu but my daughter will eat the chicken katsu.

My family and I always have a good experience when we go here, and we go about once a week. It’s a little pricey, but that’s no secret with this place.
UPDATE: This place sucks now. They changed their menus recently, the people that bring the crappy salads and soup totally disappear when the teppanyaki starts so you never get drink refills or anything else you might need, and they cook the food differently now so the rice taste bland and everything else is very greasy. Very disappointed since this use to be our Friday night hangout. Now we go elsewhere.

I came to AH-​SO on Father’s day with my family. The environment was pretty clean except around the Tepenyaki tables, there was excess furniture around which made it look unappealing.
My family ate at the sushi bar while we waiting for the rest of our party to arrive. The sushi makers were very nice. Our server was okay. What turned me off about her was that my dad asked if she had lemons and she replied with, «Yeah there’s one on your cup… Is that okay or do you want more?» Obviously he saw there was a lemon on his cup. Maybe he wanted that for his water and wanted the lemons for something else. She shouldn’t of asked that and should of just brought the lemons like he asked especially on FATHER’S DAY :)
The rest of our family arrived and we got sat at a Tepenyaki table. Service was bad. Everything took forever. Nothing stood out to me about the servers/​server assistants. The cook was HILARIOUS though. He did a great job with cooking our food and connecting with us.
Overall, the food was excellent, the service lacked enthusiasm, and the atmosphere was clean but could of used more organization.

Good food, but their service is apathetic and neglectful at best when they’re really busy. Hostesses are so disorganized, and ended up sitting at a table and forgotten, and watched the same happen to a nearby group of people.

I have been here several times now. 90% of the time I am disappointed, but I tend to give several chances to businesses before making a negative review.
1. Upon entering, I find the hostess always seems to be the nicest.
2. If you sit in a regular table, some of them are not as clean. Check the dishes too! Heck even sometimes the tenpayaki table is dirty.
3. Sushis are cold. Contrary to popular believe, sushi is supposed to be served with warm fresh rice. Not cold. The Sushis are meh at best. Flavorless. Like I could buy the same thing at Fry’s market for much less –_​–
4. Hit or miss customer sevice. Several times different servers keep either serving us wrong drinks or totally forget our orders. Sometimes though, they rock.
5. The Bento lunch special is alright. The box is large but the amount is wtf to a nation that likes everything bigger. Rah Sushi has a better bento lunch box.
6. Drinks are overpriced and tastes god awful.
7. Clean bathroom at least.
8. The tenpayaki chefs are actually great and funny. I do like their menu for that section. It’s no Japanese, but it’s good. Though overpriced.
This place is no Japanese. Please stop thinking these joints are authentic. They are there to accommodate the majority of Westerners taste buds.

We walked in and this place definitely deserves to have $$$ instead of $$ because for one person it’s 25 to 30 dollars so 2 people is around 60 – 70 dollars, they need to change their evaluation. It’s the same price range as Benihana

This place is terrible. Seriously $ 20 for teriyaki chicken that was dry and over cooked no sauce. Service is slow and friend still waiting for sushi after 20 minutes. I will not recommend my friends or anyone else to this place ever! Stay clear and save your money!

Stopped in for dinner on a slow Thursday night on my own. I wasn’t greeted right away, and all of the kids running the place showed no sign that they knew I was there.
Eventually a server came up and took my order in an unfriendly way. Meaning he talked really fast, and as he asked me what I was having, he looked away from me and out the window. It was nice outside, so I guess that’s where he wanted to be. Makes sense.
The cool part was the flames from the two Teppanyaki tables across the restaurant, and the «oohs and ahhhs.»
The sashimi appetizer had 5 – 7 pieces of fresh fish which weren’t fishy or anything. My meal was their steak with veggies and fried rice. It was cooked right, and was flavorful.
Not to be age-​ist, but when the service isn’t the best, and no one looks the part of actually being in charge, it’s not the greatest.
My server did a lot of standing around talking. Also the hostess and him must have a little somethin’-somethin’ going on! Every time she’d come up to him, she’d get very close to him, and he’d slide his hand onto her waist and pull her hips toward him, and rub her lower back. Good times at work.

Good service at the bar. Efficient, polite, and nice environment. The beer was a little pricey, but not surprisingly so. I ordered sushi: Las Vegas, lobster rolls, and sweet tofu. I must be a little spoiled by Mr. Sushi’s happy hour prices, because Ahso’s seemed pretty steep, but not abnormally so.
He food itself was absolutely delicious. I would recommend this restaurant.

In PHX on business and had been here before with some colleagues and had a good experience. Food was pretty average but service was good. Well, in a nutshell, same experience this time. I had calamari which was way over breaded and chewy. The shrimp shumai was good. The 2 rolls I ordered seemed fresh enough but just didn’t wow me and while I high expectations for sushi, these were not complex rolls and again just ok.
Service gets high marks, food does not. Hope others have a better experience.

The reason I did not give it a 5 is because the hostess was not attentive, she took 5 minutes to greet us, had us wait 10 minutes but then sat us down AFTER another couple walked in, which they were seated immediately.
It got better, our server was very attentive and the cook was funny and entertaining. The food was delicious. It was served in a weird way, usually they give you veggies then rice then your main course. This guys gave us rice, half of the main course (depending on what was still cooking) then veggies at the end so they were kind of soggy.
I really suggest they get new hostesses since they were not willing to greet us and had us sit for 10 minutes then seat someone who walked in after us.