Hong Phuc N.
Yelp
I MANAGED TO GRAB 34 PICTURES EAT YOUR EYES OUT LADIES!!!
So despite the rating, eating at Sushi Kura was actually an experience that I quite enjoyed and believe anyone should have at least once. However, food-wise, I'm not sure if I'd be up to visiting it again. It's definitely something that you remember more fondly of way after the fact.
Since there are way too many things on offer in a kaitenzushi such as Sushi Kura, I'll do something a little bit different. Instead of going through each of the dishes that we tasted, I'll just give some highlights and talk a little bit about the *gasp* overall experience.
Starting with the food, a lot of their fishes are honestly below par even for kaitenzushi standards (like, I'm talking buffet sushi taste and freshness). The crab is also bland as hell, but that doesn't mean there aren't gems in the menu. I find that much of the "truly Japanese" stuff taste really good: Things like the seared scallop, kinmedai, tamago (egg cake), dashi olive sweet shrimp (YOU GET 2 FOR $3.25 BOIS!!!), and especially their uni. I've seen uni of worse quality selling for $7+ a piece. Here it's the same $3.25 price for a solid Grade A. Hence, if you are feeling adventurous and want to go really authentic, then Sushi Kura is the place for you. Everything else though, not so much. It's not a bad value, but there are only so many "truly Japanese" items and how they do so badly on the more basic and WAY more popular stuff is beyond me.
Now for the overall experience. Kaitenzushi is always fun, but what I'm more impressed about is their automatic plates-disposal system. You can put in any $3.25 plate (they use green for sushi and red for desserts, both work) to increase a counter, which will play a fun little clip every 5 plates you put in that advertises their condiments (the first clip starts at 10, though). Every 15 such plate, you'll also get a small souvenir from a lil' gacha ball. When we went, it was My Hero Academia can badges. There were 3 of us, and after some strategic planning and Japanese Zen, we did manage to reach 45 plates in total, so each of us went away with one. My friends got Bakugo and Shoto. I grabbed the last one which was a Deku because I'm an MC like that.
You also don't HAVE to engage in the kaiten either, which is great when you are seated in that one unfortunate table which never gets any food because everyone else could grab some fish before you. All of the dishes you see on the kaiten and more are also available à la carte, via the tablet menu. They come in the same gacha-able plate as well and should you press order, they'll automatically dash into your area via their own à la carte lane at breakneck speed. Just in case you needed a hint of that feeling of exclusivity that you never got in your life.
Speaking of seating, our seating process was a bit messy and we also had to change tables once because the machinery at ours didn't work.
TL;DR Go once. Grab some uni. See if you like it. Reach 15 plates. Leave.