45-480 Kaneohe Bay Drive
Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744
808-247-9595
Several locations on Oahu; Also located on Maui and Kauai.
A good Revolving fresh sushi place. Check out the site: genkisushiusa.com
The menu offers several different types of sushi, sashimi, fried items, and other small Japanese orders served on color-coded plates to distinguish price:
You can wait for the pieces to come around, or order it right away! Although it’s mostly self-serve, the service is also great.
Unlimited ginger right in front of you!! The wasabi goes around the conveyor belt with the sushi, and it’s also unlimited.
Conveyor belt action. Just pick it up and eat! Impulse-item sushi.
Nigiri. So fresh and tasty for simple fried tofu. Just the right amount of sweetness and the sushi rice was fresh, too. Tidbit about the rice from genkisushiusa.com: Known as the sushi robot, [a] machine can produce 1,000 rice balls (Gunkan) in one hour. Today, the latest model can produce double the quantity within the same period. Traditionally, these rice balls were made by hand and were time consuming. With the introduction of the sushi robots in 1980, Saito’s little army of mechanical arms once again set the way to bring sushi within the reach of everyone. $1.40 2/pc
Nigiri Ikageso: So fresh; So good. The squid legs were just the right texture. Only $1.40 2/pc
Set your own Natto roll. Natto, fermented soybeans, usually has quite a bitter after-taste, but this roll was really good. Practically not bitter at all, but we could still distinguish the distinct natto taste.
Vegetable croquette: This was very, very good, fresh, and warm. It was similar to a hash brown, but so much better. Potato, Corn, Carrots, Peas, Panko, Egg fried with light, flaky Japanese batter.
Once done with each color-coded plate, we simply stack them up and put them to the side where the server counts them up later.
Unfortunately, Genki’s only USA locations are in Hawaii for now. If you are in Hawaii, I definitely recommend stopping by when you are looking for good, cheap eats. It’s something different.
