Blue Wazabi

Another visit to a random sushi restaurant for lunch. Picked this cozy place in Madison based on location and reviews. Let’s start with parking - it is in the middle of Madison and while during the day - you may get lucky and find a spot near it - i recommend side streets if this is a friday night. Overall - your typical sushi restaurant with table or bar? Sitting… very clean and cozy. During the day not too busy. Menu is typical and it would take me a year or daily visits to try everything so i opted for the usual - sashimi appetizer and a specialty roll called salmonia? Sashimi appetizer - fresh and big portions as compared to last place i checked out. Hit the spot. No complaints. Roll was ok as well - bit crunchy which i like, not spicy - which i also like!!! Now - let me say this-

I made a takeout order and was told 35 minutes, which was reasonable. When I arrived and paid, my food was not ready. I waited in an increasingly irate group of people who milled around trying to find their food…or at least a place to stand! While the workers were pleasant, they gave no information about when the food would be ready. I waited another 36 minutes to receive my food. Good sushi, but not a good experience!

My favorite local sushi restaurant. We only order from here and also love going there to eat! You don’t get better sushi, a better chef, and better servers anywhere else in the area! They are always kind, courteous and joyful! The chef is the best and makes beautiful sushi - he creates incredible flavor combinations. Thank you, Blue Wazabi, for being our favorite place!

Honestly really good service and the food was so good! The salmon for the sushi is always so good literally in love with it. Definitely would recommend and will need to bring my friends with me 10/10. The workers are really nice and make you feel very welcomed

I haven't actively looked for a lot of new sushi spots over the past few years after I discovered Kenko Sushi in Lincoln Park (which has gotten a little tedious with its ordering process/app that hasn't adjusted to the post-COVID world, though that's a story for another day), but this is a reminder not to rest on your laurels. This was a very pleasant surprise and has the potential to be a regular spot going forward. I came here with my chum last Saturday night for dinner. I'm not that familiar with the downtown Madison area but it was very easy to locate street parking within a block of the entrance. Interestingly, this building obviously housed a ye olde bank back in the day, but once inside, there was nothing left in the interior to suggest that past - a little disappointing they weren