Restaurant Reviews on a Stick

Restaurant: Sabsei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar

Location:
Kihei Town Center 1881 South Kihei Road #KT-116 Kihei, Hawaii 96753

Web: sanseihawaii.com
Phone: (808) 879-0004

Price Range: Dinner $22-45
Sabsei logo

Number of visits: 1
Last visit before review: October, 2009

Steven and Randy split:

Poke Duo (Sansei-Style Ahi Poke with sweet Maui onions, wakame and kaiware sprouts in a spicy poke sauce) and Japanese Hamachi Nori Aioli Poke (Diced Yellow-tail and cucumbers tossed in an aioli made from Tsukudani yuzu and mayonnaise)
Miso Soup
Sashimi Trio (Hawaiian ahi, yellowtail tuna and fresh salmon sashimi)
Rainbow Roll (California roll (Crab, avocado and cucumber) wrapped with slices of ahi, salmon and avocado)
Hawaiian Sweet Potato Tempura with tentsuyu dipping sauce
New York style cheesecake

Rating
11 chunks
11
(of 12)
Excellent

Randy says: We noticed this place when we went into the grocery store in the same center on our first day. It looked interesting, so we tried to go for lunch the next day, but they don't open until 5:30 (which they make up for by staying open until 1 A.M. on weekends).

The food is amazingly good. Most dishes were very well executed. The quality of the basic ingredients was generally quite high. The poke duo had just the right spice level, with good balance of flavors. The miso soup was nice, but not outstanding. The sweet potato tempura was interesting, and had wonderful sweet potato flavor (although not an exciting dish). The New York cheesecake was the only disappointment of the evening, being rather bland and generic.

Steven says: This place was terrific! I'd never had poke before -- it's delicious. The miso soup was nicer than most, more flavorful, less salty, with better bits in it. I liked everything we had.