Matsuri Japanese Restaurant - Nguyễn Huệ

We recently went to Matsuri Nguyễn Huệ for dinner. The staff were friendly, attentive, and courteous. They took good care of us during dinner, even though the restaurant was not busy. The food was fine, nothing special. Sometimes the dishes took a long time to arrive, even when the restaurant was not full. For the main course, we ordered grilled beef served with yuzu sauce. Although the yuzu sauce was very pleasant, it was too thin and kept running off the beef. Overall, it was not a very impressive dish. Overall, the food and service were generally nice, but the wait times and issues with some dishes mean we will not be returning to Matsuri Nguyễn Huệ.

Very good food. Nice ambience. Loved the wagyu sandwich, the grilled wagyu and grilled fish.

Nice service. Good portion. Sushi n sashimi were fresh. Egg-wrapped Fried rice and salmon roll with roe (UR06) are recommended.

All great food. Fresh seafood salad, beef is perfectly soft. All good

I visited Matsuri on the strength of the reviews and I couldn’t be more disappointed in every possible way. Here is an honest account, you can thank me later :) The menu is promising with lots of coloured pictures of fun options. The reality is more sober. This is not a sushi restaurant with a sushi chef, it is sushi assembly. They obviously buy things processed in a factory and assemble them and reheat them upon order. Most food came in under 20 seconds if that says anything. Fish freshness is poor. It won’t make you sick but it’s borderline. Nigiri has way too much yucky rice. Sashimi is limp and aged. Salads were flavourless and yet over salted. Chawanmushi was nasty. See the faulty machine separation in my pic? See the indecipherable factory thing on the chawanmushi? The ginger was dyed pink. Wasabi had no semblance of spice. To add to the terrible food, the ambiance was awful. The attached video is a symphony of cutlery sorting that they did for 20 minutes. Obnoxious! The staff also disappeared and needed to be fetched every time. The place is an echo chamber for sound with big groups of office people cackling. You’d be best to steer clear of this place when there are countless excellent options nearby in Japantown just a few minutes east. You’re welcome!