Bonsai Bistro - Coeur d'Alene

Used to be able to eat Sushi in the restaurant but now you can only eat sushi at the loud sushi bar. The waitress apologized and said you can only order meals in the restaurant. We asked if we could order sushi at the bar and eat it at our table and she said no. So if one person wants sushi and the rest want to order stir fry your group has to break up, or all of you have to try to find seats at the sushi bar. Ridiculous. Manager get a clue. We all left and you lost our money. UPDATE: Not surprised that the business closed down. Horrible management!

My husband and I have eaten here for our anniversary the last 4 yrs and loved it but will not be returning. While the waitstaff was extremely accommodating the new menu was not. The food was lacking in presentation, taste and texture. I 'm sorry to say we 'll be looking elsewhere next year.

We went for the all you can eat sushi, and while we weren 't expecting miracles, we definitely weren 't expecting that all we could eat were a few pieces. The sushi looked, smelled, and tasted worse than the stuff you find at the grocery store deli at the end of the day. Worse yet, the manager was completely unwilling to do anything at all to make it right. Will not return, and will recommend everyone I know to avoid!

Extremely disappointed with the visit we took to bonsai for an early dinner. Hosts were rude and had no personality, server was rude and only checked in once and we had to ask multiple people, multiple times, for a fork. I used to love coming here and the food was great, but I was also disappointed in the sushi. Overall a terrible visit and we ended up asking for the check and didnt even finish our meal. I would never let my employees act so hollow and rude to my customers.

I was put off by the reviews, but this place is actually very food. It's pretty good food, good portions, and for a reasonable price. Entres were about $8 a plate, rolls were $12-16 but obscenely huge and packed full of good stuff. The nigiri wasn't awful, I was able to get some tuna and mackerel for about $4 an order. All the food was pretty food. Better than I think I would expect for the price. Again, I would highly recommend the rolls (not from the beginner menu, but the specials rolls). They are pricey but good and huge. The service was good. Not particularly amazing but I have no complaints. The waitress was prompt, checked up regularly, and was happy to give her input on how much food we should eat.