Derek W.
Yelp
I was originally planning to try Miyabi Sushi at Parkway Square Shopping Center, but when I went, I was told that takeout orders had to be done online. I was aware of a Trapper's Sushi because I had visited a couple other restaurants at Westfield Southcenter, and so I chose to order from this sushi restaurant on the south side of Southcenter instead of Miyabi.
I arrived after 7:30 PM on a Wednesday, and there was a girl manning the front desk. I asked for a takeout menu, and she said it was just the normal menu as she handed it to me. I headed over to the corner of the waiting area, which could seat plenty of people if the restaurant were full.
I wasn't exactly sure what to get, but there was one that immediately caught my eye: Samantha. I'm friends with a handful of Samanthas on Yelp, but $2 from every Samantha roll purchased benefits an organization called Valley Girls & Guys. This organization's mission is to provide "personalized blankets of comfort & hope to any and all that are fighting ANY type of cancer" (from their website at https://valleygirlsandguys.org/). Sushi AND a donation to help in the fight against cancer? Why not?!
I wanted to try a few other rolls besides the Samantha, but it took me a while to decide which ones to get! After a couple of minutes, I went back up to the hostess to ask her how to tell if the sushi comes with raw or cooked fish. She mentioned that I could request to have all the sushi with cooked fish, which I'd prefer over raw because in the event that I couldn't finish my meal in one sitting, I could save the rest for the next day. A quick Google search told me that cooked sushi can last 2-3 times longer than raw sushi, so I was glad to hear cooked fish could be done for all the rolls.
After several minutes, I decided to go for the Andromeda Roll, Tis the Salmon roll, and, of course, the California Roll! I also wanted to go for the Smoked Salmon Nigiri, but when I placed my order with the cashier, she told me that cooked fish would have been $1 extra per roll. What?! Why didn't she tell me this the first time?? Not only that, but I also found out there was a 2% restaurant service charge as well as a Washington State bag fee of 32 cents. As a result, I chose to forgo the nigiri and settled for the four rolls I originally picked.
Before I placed my order, the cashier asked me for my phone number, which I presumed at the time was so she could text me when my order was ready, but when I asked her after paying, she said that she could give me a call when my order was ready. I was told about 25 minutes, so I decided to take a walk around Westfield Southcenter during the wait.
After about 20 minutes of walking around the Tukwila mall, I returned to Trapper's Sushi, and she told me they were still cooking the fish for my sushi. She estimated another 10 minutes of waiting. Since it was raining kind of hard outside, I was good with waiting inside. It was really only 5 minutes more before she came to me with a takeout bag. So the 25 minute wait was actually spot on! I asked if she included chopsticks in my order, and she said they were included alongside sashimi, wasabi, and soy sauce.
When I returned to my hotel room, I was surprised to see that all four sushi rolls were in one large takeout box! I was expecting each roll to be in its own box so I'd know which roll was which. Since I picked four rolls, it was kind of hard to tell which roll was assigned to which corner of my takeout box. I didn't even bother to associate each roll with the names; I just wanted to enjoy the sushi after a long day of work.
All of the rolls tasted fresh and delicious, especially with the 12 packets of soy sauce they gave me. They also gave me two small cups of wasabi and sashimi. I also saw four pairs of chopsticks in my takeout bag! If you were going to give me that many chopsticks, why not give me that many boxes too? Personally, I would have preferred four small boxes because I was hoping to eat some and take the rest to work the next day. However, since they only gave me one large bulky box that would have been much harder to carry around, I simply finished all 4 rolls in one sitting. Not something I would recommend doing, but at least I didn't feel bloated and de-energized that evening.
In spite of the various grievances I spelled out from the additional upcharges/fees to the use of one larger takeout box vs. four smaller takeout boxes and even asking for my phone number when I didn't feel it was absolutely necessary, I'm still giving four stars because I would recommend trying their sushi if you have a craving for it. They have such a wide variety of rolls, and they even offer Teriyaki and Sushi entrees! Surely, there will be something for you! It's not the best sushi you'll ever have, but it's a good choice if you're famished after a long shopping trip at Southcenter!
