Awesome ***** I have had sushi from all over and Atami has my vote! Great Service and the food has always been great! I love the decor. Great place to eat !

I love shushi so when i tried this place I was so dissappointed. I ordered the fresh salmon sushi and it smelled fishy and tasted fishy. Anyone who has had this experience knows that it is not good. Sushi is not supposed to taste or smell fishy. I wont go back again. The noodle dish ordered was pasty. Not a good experience. Drinks were good.

This restaurant offers the very best sushi in all of Houston hands down. The sushi is always fresh, the service is wonderful and the menu choices are exceptional with a wide range of signature rolls as well. Everyone I bring here always comments on how awesome the sushi is.

Unfortunately, we had a very bad experience. Our ATM card was charged twice by them. When we called them, they said that the same thing happened to five other customers also! OK, they admitted the mistake but suggested we wait untill our bank statement arrived to see if we were actually charged twice! Two weeks.... later we went to our bank to file a complaint and three days later our $113.00 was returned to our acct.They never apologized, or offered an explaination. It is a shame as we really enjoyed the food!

PROS: Good food
CONS: Horrible response to problem or service

Ok, so sometimes you have to wait. Sometimes they don't want to see you go and keep feeding you little tastes of the off the menu foods they can make. The manager of old mixed with the owners of new is a perfect combination. If you feel you are waiting too long, just ask the staff for what you need. They are very friendly here, and are not trying to ignore anyone. The old management description of a past review was close, but they were wonderful people. I went so far as to prepare an after hours feast for their staff.

As for food, it is mouth-watering, fresh and nothing fishy. Might be raw fish, but some might never know it with eyes closed. There are many cooked seafood and freshwater fish sushis available. If you have a problem with the seaweed, ask for the rice paper. This allows many with mild seafood allergies due to iodine to eat so many of the sushis available with vegetable or freshwater fish.
Splurge sometime and try the scorpion roll. Excellent mix of flavors. Amazing presentation.

Simple favorites:
YAKI UDON- Rice noodles, without the soup, served with chicken and beef (shrimp? bad memory) in a light sauce. Remember, the proper way to eat it is not a single noodle at a time. Try the fun, easy and traditional way of lifting a group of noodles to your mouth. Let the rest fall back. Slurp one of these, and you are in for a nose slapping.
TEN, KATSU, and YAKITORI DON- Rice bowls with pork and egg, grilled chicken or shrimp tempura and vegetables.
ANY TEMPURA- shrimp, chicken or vegetables. You always get some vegetables like green bell pepper or sweet potato, but if a group of people orders one of all three, there is more of the wonderful tempura sweet potato to go around.
SALMON TERIAKI- never had this before them, but I am in love with it too.
Beef Tataki appetizer - so fresh, so good.
AGEDASHI TOFU appetizer - quickly deep fried tofu with traditional corn starch as breading. Trust me, it is great. HARD TO HOLD WITH CHOPSTICKS! Fun though.