Sakura Chaya Clovis

The atmosphere is really nice and clean. However the food was one of the worst I’ve ever had for sushi. The sushi was tasteless. We ordered 3 different ones and they were all extremely bland. Even the wasabi and ginger were bad. I will not be going back. The other Sakura Chaya on Nees was a better experience for us.

This place has both sit down dining and teppenyaki, obviously the latter having massive demand with waits over an hour long. Even sitting and waiting for a booth was also lengthy as well, around 45 mins when promised 15 mins. Mainly due to clean up or tables being opened, the hostess was vague on that... It all changed once we sat down...I cant stress how well this server was tonight! She was very chatty and also loved and made recommendations! The craziest part was when I was deciding between vanilla or rainbow servant and she brought out both!!We ordered a special bento box filled with tempura and beef and siu mai and potato salad! Basically a sample of the entire menu as a little bento box!!!I ordered a sukiyaki hot plate with beef on it, it had a very tangy mushroom sauce in it topped with sesame seeds and cilantro. Beef tasted very very flat though even with all of that.The roasted salmon and the California rolls were also nothing home to write about and at $14+ they better have meant something and failed... The salad was also questionable too with the sauce choice but the veggies were fresh. At least the miso soup was good!But with the price paid there was a lot of food that we couldn't finish and we didnt mind taking them out! I don't remember ordering having that many boxes in a while! And we were pretty hungry when we came in!I would like to come back here. Maybe one day to try out the teppanyaki, since i here that is the main attraction here! But the server is on the restaurant side is still really really good! I'm not sure it's the server's in the teppanyaki side is the same...

Absolutely amazing sushi while visiting Fresno Clovis. Guys at sushi bar were so nice and gave little personal bites on the house. I went to a different (supposedly high end) sushi restaurant the second night I was visiting … the other was way more expensive and it didn’t even compare to Zakura quality and friendly service.

Everything was great but the food was not worth the high prices. Sushi has same quality as buffet sushi. They don’t serve teppanyaki food when you dine in but they will give you a menu for it for some reason. Can’t substitute the steamed rice for bacon fried rice. They force you to purchase a $13 plate of bacon fried rice.

Great place for laughs ans entertainment . But sucks if you have a chef that's quiet ?.. over all good spot .