Sushi Dokku - Chicago

Excellent service, good food! Here's what I ordered: 2 Sapporo beers Miso soup Edamame Tuna take Miso salmon Tuna Truffle Hamachi Green tea ice cream w/ cookie My favs were Tuna Truffle, green tea ice cream w/ cookie

My daughter and her friends were dying to go to the Olivia Rodrigo concert, which wasn't an easy ticket to score..let alone expensive. My friend and I had a genius idea to send the girls on their own. We would walk them in and then go nearby to enjoy a dinner of our own. The day of the concert I got a little FOMO and thought maybe we should buy last minute tickets instead. We all put on our purple sequins just in case we ended up staying. Once we arrived it was such a teen scene (my teen was in heaven) that we decided dinner would be fun. We took a short uber ride to Sushi Dokku and were a bit early for our reservation, but since it was a Tues evening they had plenty of tables available for our party of (sparkly purple) 4. We started with some drinks (tequila/soda/lime for me) and apps: The deviled eggs were delicious edaname always a good call when waiting for sushi And then dinner... I ordered the seared salmon roll, which looked like it had the least amount of fried/crunch ingredients. I paired it with a house salad (love ginger dressing) and unagi sashimi. It was all great and I was super full, but the roll was too good not to finish. It had been awhile since I was at Sushi Dokku, but a good reminder about how great the sushi is in the city. Also fun to be out in the city on a Tuesday evening. We all agreed it was the best concert we didn't go to!

The Doctor, The Queen and my two BFFs came here for Restaurant Week 2024. First let me say that you need to make a reservation to come here as it is not a large venue, mostly 2- and 4-top tables with seating at a bar in front of the kitchen. There is a booth seating in the window, which is where we sat. I am guessing you could get six people in there, but it would be tight. The reason I chose this place was based on the recommendation of The Queen as she is all things Asian cuisine. She had mentioned that this was one of the places she liked to go to for sushi, ramen and mochi in one place. She also mentioned that it was more expensive than some of the places she frequents, but that the sushi was excellent. So let me start off by saying that I messed up badly on the ordering of items. I assumed that half a maki roll from the Restaurant Week menu wouldn't be enough food, so I ordered two additional rolls and gyoza. Way too much food, but we ate good! The 1st Course was a Seared Scallop with Apple Plum Puree Shredded Radish. Normally this is a $7 bite on the regular menu, so this was good value for me. This was a lovely bite and I wanted to order another one but so glad I did not due to all the food that came out. I would order this again as a bite. 2nd Course was Nigiri Bites. Ladies and Gents, this was my first time ever doing Nigiri and boy was I surprised at how good it was! Again due to this being Restaurant Week, this was another good value for price as you got to chose three pieces. Normally they are two to an order...maybe they are bigger when off the main menu, will have to ask The Queen. I got the following: Hamachi (Yellowtail, Grapefruit, Black Lava Salt, Green Onion), Sake (Salmon, Ginger Soy, Fried Ginger Strings, Chives) and Tuna Truffle (Truffle Sauce, Parmigiano Reggiano. Avocado). All three of these were amazing but baby that Tuna Truffle was lifegiving! Again I would go back just to get this! Talk about something so small being so powerful in its blend of flavors; I highly recommend this. 3rd Course was the half maki and I got the Godzilla (Shrimp Tempura, Avocado, Cream Cheese, Tempura Crumbs, Smelt Roe, Wasabi Mayo, Eel Sauce Sriracha) In addition we also got the Seared Salmon Albacore and the Spicy Maki. All three of these were excellent and fresh in taste. 4th Course was Kohitsuji or Lamb Chops, but it was really a Lamb Chop with Kizami Wasabi Butter, Green Onion, and Togarashi. Because it was Restaurant Week, I was not surp. My BFFs did not order off of the Restaurant Week menu and were going to order Gyu Negima (strip steak and green onions) but our server recommended the petit filet mignon because it would be more meat. It came with mashed potatoes and both were tasty. At $30 I guess that the size of meat was on par with the cost of what you would get if you ordered a 6 oz or 8 oz filet from a steakhouse. 5th course was Mochi (Japanese Rice Cakes Filled With Ice Cream). The Queen I got strawberry ice cream ones, but I gave her mine. I am not a fan of mochi, the texture just doesn't work for me. But what did was that Fuji Fu (apple cake, peanuts caramel sauce) off of the regular menu with green tea ice cream. That was really good. The Queen and the BFFs were big fans of the cocktails and I was happy to see that they had bubbles on the wine list, so everyone was good to go as far as drinks go. Our server was very nice...she brought out these cute compressed towels that you drop in a wooden vessel with water to allow them to expand, so we could wash our hands. For the most part, she was very good but as it got crowded, it did take a some time to bring over the check for us. But that is not a deal breaker for me. I definitely could see myself coming back here to try some of the other rolls, but to definitely get the tuna truffle one....that was divine. Yeah it is pricey but filling, so you won't leave hungry.

I haven't had sushi for awhile so this place hit the spot. We came to catch up and after our previous location didn't pan out, this was next door. We started out with the Pear Up OMG! Perfect blend and the pear hits your palate. We ordered some two bites and two rolls. Pictures don't do justice especially the drink! We were one of two other people so it was almost like we had the place to ourselves which was fine. Our waitress was great and gave us her recommendation for sushi. It's on the corner off of the hustle and bustle on Randolph in Fulton area with booths and seats at the bar.

Great spot. Dimly lit with nice ambience. Service was excellent. We sat at the bar and had the perfect view of the staff working in the kitchen. It was quite entertaining. Sushi and appetizers were delicious!