Big Eye Sushi Bar

Hidden Gem… Stopped here after years of driving by and wow so happy we did! The spicy salmon sushi as well as the summer crab roll were amazing! At first it was two of us but within 30 mins the place was filled with people so come early to get your favorite seat. Matt recommended the BBQ beef skillet and let me tell that will be a regular dish with every visit. The service was top notch already planning our next visit!

We live right around the corner loved this place for a long time. But the owner is to good to be in front and work the business. Has so way to many turn over of staff never had the same sushi chef. He just doesn’t know how to run a Resturant. Be in front of your customer give them service, don’t hind out in the back of the restaurant. It builds business!

Great little gem! If you lie sushi you have to try this place. Red Dragon and the Chimichanga are awesome. Set was great too.

Bought a groupon for this place because of the high stars. I was super disappointed. The service itself was lacking, it took around 10 minutes just to get the soup. Then everything we ordered came out one at a time. My 5 year olds being last which was just noodles. It took longer for the food to be brought out than it did for us to eat. We ordered calamari and it was so over cooked it was inedible. The soup, veggies, and edamame were average. We got the King Kong roll and it not great, one piece of the fish was cooked through and on the other end was raw. The avocado was brown and mushy as well. My sons noodles were over done as well, he wouldn’t touch them. Wouldn’t recommend and wouldn’t return.

Horrible service. This place treated my party with complete disrespect and refused to serve us even after showing ID. I’ve never been treated so rudely at a restaurant like this.

All I have to say if beef ramen is the BOMB! everything is great here. We had a guy server and he was very nice. Will go back!

The Jalapeño poppers are amazing here.
The caterpillar rolls also are great.
Austin was our waiter and he was super friendly.
Would never have found this place if not for groupon.
It’s behind chase bank.

Do I have to give it a star? Waited 40 minutes and we still hadn’t gotten our drinks and the place wasn’t packed. People after us had their drinks before us! We had to ask the waiter to stop and take our order. Half the tables had no food! The service was so bad it hurt! Classic understaffing!! Do not waste your time!

Had a very nice experience at Big Eye the other evening. We used the Groupon and had absolutely no trouble. We had the salad and miso soup, tempura vegetables, edamame, and the tiger roll. Everything was very tasty and the service was good. If I had a complaint, I would say the tuna in the roll was a little warm and the salmon on top was maybe not the best quality sashimi. But it still tasted good. I would return.

First of all, the food here is very marginal. Second of all, the service is very marginal. Third of all, the atmosphere is very marginal. Moreover, the prices are high. And last but not least, the company’s groupon is deceitful. Make sure you show it before the waitress takes your order or else you are in for a rude awakening. I would highly recommend avoiding this place.

Great atmosphere fantastically delicious tuna and salmon and happy hour all day long what could be better than that

Our go to sushi place since moving to the valley. Love it! Everything we’ve tried has been fantastic! Happy hour all day long…

All day, every day happy hour!
Was very impressed by Big Eye Sushi Bar. At first glance, you would think this is a Japanese restaurant, but it is actually Korean that serves sushi (not mad about it!). We were greeted immediately and sat at the bar. The waiter was very friendly, providing helpful recommendations.
Starting off with Edamame, Miso Soup, and Gyoza (pan fried), all were delicious.
Entrée’s were the black tiger roll (must have) and the Dolsot Bibimbap. My only critism would be the Dolsot was slightly over cooked, being that it is served in a hot pot.
Other than that, the experience was great and we plan to be back!

I’m beyond happy with this place. Jason our server was on it! Always had refills and even allowed us to make modifications to our rolls. The food was delicious I got the Dragon roll, the Rainbow, and the Yummy. The yummy came with a spicy chipotle sauce and they allowed me to order it with out. The seaweed salad was yummy as well. The atmosphere was nice a great place to hang out with friends or go on date! I’m definitely going back. Loved this place

Came in because it’s close to our house, and the sign outside says happy hour all day, well to good to be true. I did not approve of the freshness or quality, I hate to write bad reviews but I won’t be back.

This place is great. Top to bottom awesome and friendly staff. Sushi is freakin outstanding and even if you bring a groupon you still won’t get skimped on the sushi like some places. Red Dragon Roll is DELICIOUS!

Moving from the west to North Scottsdale, I knew I had to find a sushi restaurant close to my apartment, since I eat sushi AT LEAST twice a week. The closest one to me was Big Eye and I couldn’t have hoped for anything better! Literally 3 minutes away from my house, great service and fantastic fresh fish.
Now having been a regular for 2 years, I love every time I go in there, everyone makes me feel like family. The servers, including the sushi chefs are always very attentive and talkative. The servers always remember my drink order (order a shot of Party Girl!), which having been in the restaurant business this is something I very much appreciate.
As far as the sushi, I am so glad I found a place that not only has good rolls, but fresh fish. I have ordered tuna, salmon and yellowtail sashimi and it has all been delicious. For the rolls, the sunshine and the King Kong roll are definitely my favorite! (I always put cream cheese in in the sunshine roll, because lets face it, cream cheese makes everything better.) They are always very accommodating if you ask to omit or add stuff to the roll, which I love, because I can get a little snobby about sauces.
The other AMAZING thing about Big Eye, is happy hour all day every day! Getting off work at happy hour time, I am always looking for good happy hour places to get good price drinks and appetizers. So no matter what time I go into Big Eye, I know I can get happy hour prices! They have sake, red and white wine, potstickers, jalapeño poppers, and to make it even better, a TON of rolls as well! A lot of places that have happy hour rolls, are a smaller version; at Big Eye, its the full size roll :)
So if you are looking for a good happy hour place, fresh fish, friendly staff and a great date place, give Big Eye a try! Me and all my girlfriends love it!

The food here was delicious. The service and wait staff are awful, and the waitresses and cook seemed to be more interested in flirting and sneaking a bottle of Tito’s in and out of the kitchen. However, there was a shining light in the experience. Joshua, the sushi preparer was excellent conversation, and even though the waitress wrote my order down incorrectly, he let me keep the wrong sushi for free.
If I were to ever return here, it would be because of the excellent service and sushi from Joshua. The rest of the fraternizing, inept staff the were working on a Friday night should be replaced by people that pay attention to their customers.

First off, I love sushi. Mostly all sushi, and I used to love this place but after my visit today– there is no way I would be back.
I came in at about 1:20, they close briefly from 2 – 4 everyday. There was one other couple, a server and no sushi chef anywhere. The first thing I noticed was this huge tub sitting out behind the sushi bar that had some kind of fish/​meat in it. No refrigeration, nothing. Also, the refrigerated area with fish in it was a disaster, and the fish just looked nasty.
I figured it was just me so I ordered a beer and some gyoza. The gyoza came out burnt and slimy with some odd consistency I couldn’t place. At that point the other couple left and it was just me sitting in there alone looking at this fish sitting out.
I had already ordered my sushi, a Las Vegas and spicy tuna roll so I waited. Finally a chef emerged and I asked what the fish was sitting out. He responded it was Salmon and then promptly put it out of sight. My sushi was disgusting. I mean WOAH gross. The spicy tuna had a weird gray color to it and tasted off. So I ate one, and decided to try the Vegas. The vegas was awful. It tasted like I was eating old hot tuna, hopefully not something that had been sitting out.
Regardless, I could only stomach the few bites I took, finished my beer and bailed.
I’ve been there in the past and this wasn’t the case, but judging by my stomachs reaction to that food, I really won’t be back.
Bleh. Super dirty and disappointing.

My husband and I have been wanting to try this place for a while and recently went on a weekday. When we arrived around 1:15pm, there were only two customers sitting at the sushi bar and a sushi chef creating rolls. He indicated we could sit wherever we wanted and we choose a booth near the back. We sat around for a while and no one came to take our orders. Looking around, I noticed the hostess stand up front had some menus, so I grabbed two and went back to sit down. After viewing the menu and deciding on what we wanted, a waiter finally came over and took our orders. I ordered the udon bowl and my husband order the ramen bowl. We also ordered an appetizer of pork dumplings (goyza).
The appetizer arrived first and was really tasty. The pork was tender and juicy. The dipping sauce was tart and lemony. Overall, it was really good and we’d definitely order the goyza again. (Plus it was a steal at $ 3 an order.) Next, our California sushi rolls arrived. (Rolls were included with both our meals.) The rolls weren’t anything special but they were tasty and filling. Finally, our bowls arrived. My husband really enjoyed his ramen. It had beef and mushrooms and was pretty spicy. My udon bowl came with tempura sides (onion rings, sweet potato, and shrimp). The udon itself was tender and the broth was tasty. I only wish there had been more items in the actual bowl itself (other than just noodles and broth) but it was tasty nonetheless.
The only downside to this experience was that in the beginning the service was lacking when we first arrived, but once our waiter introduced himself, he was extremely attentive and refilled my water numerous times without prompting. Overall, the food was really tasty and we will definitely be back. Happy Hour runs all day and this includes special appetizers, sushi, and drinks. They had numerous rolls that sounded delicious and I can’t wait to try them all.