Sushi with a smile at restaurant Sukiyaki in Fuengirola

by | Dec 6, 2017 | Food, Spain

Fuengirola Sushi Restaurant Sukiyaki

Sushi with a smile

When a restaurant serves delicious Asian food with a smile, the place has a winning formula. That’s precisely what happens at Sukiyaki restaurant on the Paseo Marítimo Rey in Fuengirola.

Sukiyaki restaurant

Although the restaurant works with an ‘all you can eat’ concept, you won’t find an ‘all you can grab buffet’ as all food is served at your table. Instead, the restaurant has a sleek Japanese-style décor with lots of dark wood, glass, and Asian paintings.

The state of the toilet – always one of the first things I check, since I think it is a good indicator of the cleanliness elsewhere in a restaurant – is encouraging. It’s clean, it looks neat, spacious and the door can actually be locked, which always feels like a minor miracle in southern European countries.

Kuchisabishii

Japanese for when you are not hungry but you eat because your mouth is lonely.

The menu

Apart from gorging yourself at a fixed price, the menu is comprehensive and digitized. Each guest orders five snacks at a time on a user-friendly friendly tablet, which has pictures and information about the different dishes. You may reorder the various dishes unlimited times, and the menu also includes two small desserts per person.

Moreover, it warns you of potential allergens – provided you have indicated this beforehand. Very useful in my case since I am allergic to crustaceans. That is basically everything that swims in the sea and has legs; thus, crab, lobster, and shrimp are the forbidden fruits. But that is okay as there is plenty of other food to choose from, including dishes with chicken, salmon, tuna, rice, cod, beef and vegetables.

After you have sent the order, the beautifully presented food takes about ten minutes to arrive. Then you can electronically place the following order. In our case, two rounds were more than sufficient.

Price level

A weekday lunch costs €13.95, weekends, holidays and at night you pay €16.95 per person. Drink, and some specials such as the ‘spider roll’ are extra. Wine goes from €9.95 a bottle, a Coke costs two euros and a Japanese beer €3.20.

Price level

A weekday lunch costs €13.95, weekends, holidays and at night you pay €16.95 per person. Drink, and some specials such as the ‘spider roll’ are extra. Wine goes from €9.95 a bottle, a Coke costs two euros and a Japanese beer €3.20.

Restaurant Sukiyaki Fuengirola

Location Fuengirola

The restaurant is located on the promenade in Fuengirola. Hence, the beach makes a pleasant place to digest your food or vice versa. Furthermore, the restaurant could serve as a retreat from the sun after a couple of hours of enjoying the sun. From the train station, it is a ten-minute walk, so from Malaga or Torremolinos, you can eat and have a drink without having to worry about the return trip. If you prefer your car, 150 meters away is a guarded car park, and in winter, one can park anywhere on the boulevard.

Sushi with a smile

The restaurant only opened recently, but it made a flying start for me. The food is delicious and nicely presented with friendly staff and amicable owners.

If I want to be petty, I would say that the placemat is a bit loud for my taste. Also, it does not fit with the rest of the sleek interior. Therefore, I suggest replacing it with a white paper placemat with a limited amount of text, preferably in black or red.

Secondly, the desserts in both the Spanish and Asian kitchen tend to take a back seat. But, again, there was nothing wrong with them. However, I recommend you save on the calories and enjoy more of the savoury Asian dishes instead.

 

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