Satori Lounge in Tauranga

Nice place to have a drink and a mid day bite to eat. HELPFULL STAFF

I am a Fan, I didnt eat sushi before but now I love it

Great fresh food. Did a takeaway and it was well presented. Staff friendly

Delish fresh sushi, nice atmosphere

Our group had booked in elsewhere, got to arranged venue, discovered the liquors had moved in nowhere to hold our meeting.satori opened early for us and made us very welcome.

Really good sushi, i unsually always get the citrus rolls, but i got the sour rolls for a change and they were amazing

We used Satori for catering for our work do and it was perfect! They can do vegan, gluten free, dairy free - whatever you need, which is a must when catering for a group. Lisa and the team are really helpful and easy to deal with. Delicious sushi and dipping sauces, beautifully presented and great value as a catering option.

Family dinner last night at Satori Lounge was an awesome experience. We have dined there many times and always enjoyed the experience.Will be back again soon.

Were glad this was recommended to us. The sushi and other dishes were really good. Next time we might prefer to take out and eat on mount Maunganui instead.

Great service and our lunch was so good as always!

Lovely ,friendly great sushi 👍💕

Absolutely amazing meal - fast getting food to the table and so many choices. Staff really helpful and friendly. See you again soon.

Amazing food, delicious cocktails and great service. Love this place, always super fresh seafood and very unique flavours. I love that it’s a fusion sushi restaurant and is one of a kind. We will be back.

Food very average, particularly the sushi. Drinks menu below par. Service very good though

What a great menu! Went with my friends and we shared a couple of plates and all the food was fantastic. Cocktails too! Recommended to anyone who loves Japanese food. 👌

Glorified sushi. Everyone else had finished their starter dish, then our mains came and my starter came after my main dish.. Not very authentic, go to the Mall grab some sushi and go home.

The best spot for bday lunch with friends! We shared 3 platter meals for 2 between 6 of is which was a great way to try a selection of dishes. Citrus Roll is still my fave 🤩

Very average this time.Mains came out before the entrees, some items missing, excuses about short staffed due to COVID, not sure what this has to do with the order of food as it still came out quickly.Service was good apart from one exception.The food tasted good, but the presentation was terrible.Its a shame because weve had some very good experiences here.

This is my favourite sushi restaurant. The hot rolls are the best!

Average staff....... Your staff werent very helpful either. Hence the review.An all around improvement is what we recommend.

Definitely not Japanese, it’s more fusion. It’s pretty pricey, but it does the job. I think the atmosphere is the winner here. The food can be a bit too much rice for me, and the cream cheese doesn’t really do it for me. Also not a huge fan or deep fried sushi 🤷🏼‍♀️. Would love to see an actual Japanese experience, like local fish, a selection of seafoods, and even a cool sushi boat! But maybe the customers are too concerned. It’s a nice place very central and well decorated.

Their chicken keto sushi is amazing and their cheese cakes are lovely as well. Everything is well presented and it feels like they care about presentation. Recommend

Overpriced, undersized, inauthentic, unwelcoming, not tasty.First red flags come at the menu. $23 for two chicken skewers? $9 for two pieces of salmon nigiri? If there is enough salmon to sell two pieces of nigiri for $9, the nigiri is too big. Satoris nigiri is not too big.Had the satori platter for two which includes edamame, 2pc nigiri, 9pc futomaki and tempura of your choice. Edamame somehow came last. Service was cold - dishes placed on the far side of our table without a word. They told us they cant do umeshu hot, which makes no sense as they can do sake hot. Just put the umeshu in the sake bottle! So it comes served diluted with soda and with ice. Flavorless and baffling.Fish quality was mixed - decent for the nigiri, very poor for the futomaki. Unfortunately the rice doesnt hold together in the nigiri so there is no way to dip the fish in soy sauce without it falling apart. Futomaki quality is abysmal. Maki mono takeaway at Bayfair does a better job. Terrible fish, flavorless prawn, cloying cheese and a huge amount of tasteless rice.Satori is unashamedly inauthentic and while I think there is nothing inherently wrong with that, there is certainly a lot wrong with the execution of this restaurant. Somehow Satori manages to be the worst of all worlds and doesnt even meet the mark set by cheap lunchtime sushi takeaway spots around town. In Tauranga, the standard is low, Satori still falls short.Pros here are a better range of menu options than other Japanese places in Tauranga, Asahi on tap (wish I wasnt driving!), and a lovely outdoor garden area. If you come, reserve a table outside. Indoors is pretty stuffy.

We had a wonderful dinner, food was amazing and staff so friendly. Beautiful setting and was a great vibe. Thank you very much we are looking forward to our next visit.

I went a month ago and was amazing food. But, this time I felt very disappointed.The rolls doesnt look good, very small and rainbow rolls its not like before.

We were a group of eight people visiting for dinner. The service and welcome was friendly. Unfortunately we were missing a few items for starters and kept having to ask, items arrived at different intervals which left some people not having starters at the same time. The menu is not authentically Japanese as 90% of the sushi options involved cream cheese, which is really not a thing at all. The best dishes that stood out for us was the beef yakatori - well cooked and very flavoursome and the citrus roll (without cream cheese). All in all a pleasant experience, but not something outstanding and make me want to return ASAP.

Amazing food, the Ceviche Roll is a must, with a cold Asahi on tap, and for desert the Fried Ice Cream, yumm!! Thanks for a great service, chefs and staff.

Excellent meal, we had our 2 year old daughter with us and they had simple easy kids options with special chop sticks she could use, she loved it.Food was yummy, fresh and service great and attentive. We will definitely be back on our next visit to the mount

Beautiful service, delicious food, always a treat to go to Satori!

We have been here before and it was fantastic, however since then it has gone down hill. To start the evening off, they had “miss placed” our booking, however as there were only three of us, they were able to accommodate us. Some of the staff were very helpful and make the evening enjoyable, however, it was disappointing to see staff members quite openly having a private conversation in-front of guests, this gave off a very unprofessional vibe. The food had taken a large dip from the last time we visited. The miso was very watery and they tried to fix this by adding in extra bits and pieces like tofu and prawn. The gyoza were heavily deep fried and possibly store brought. The sashimi were very thick and were hard to eat. This is very disappointing considering Satori used to be the best place to eat in the mount.

Last Friday I took our staff to Satori Lounge for our annual Christmas lunch. What a fantastic choice of venue that was, fabulous staff who were so understanding and gave us fabulous service. The food was AMAZING and that was 100% agreed upon by all of us. Cannot wait to go again

So gooood! Couldnt fault any of the dishes we received

Best sushi I ever had in New Zealand! Great birthday night celebration

My husband and I are regular diners at Satori Lounge. The food is always amazing. It is hands down our favourite sushi ever. We take our adult kids, extended family, and friends there whenever they are visiting. Everybody loves it. The service is pretty good, the ambience is lovely especially outside (weather allowingand the food never fails to please. The citrus sushi roll is our favourite. Other favourites include the Satori Gohan bowl, and the tempura prawn entree. The Satroi Sauce is also a must with every dish.

Satori lounge has great atmosphere. Mainly does sushi but does it very well. Unfortunately doesnt have any okonomiyaki on the menu which would take it to the next level. Still highly recommend it for great food, atmosphere and service.

First time dining here. Partner brought me here for lunch on my birthday and what a fantastic choice. Great service, high quality tasty food and an amazing atmosphere. Will def be back and highly recommend to others.

Great sushis, best weve ever been in Tauranga/Mount.

I have a few allergies so I rung to discuss with Josephine, the duty manager. She was brilliant and looked after me well.The food was amazing and the service was fantastic and professional.They took my allergies seriously and did. It make me feel akward or a nuisance like so many restaurants do...if you need a beautiful place to eat.amd want to feel safe doing so I thoroughly recommend.Thanks again team Satori, I will be back 😍🌟

Food was outstandingly delicious as always and plenty on the plate. Service was very slow to start with, a wait on water then drinks. Food does come out very quickly , almost too quickly between different plates so you feel very rushed to eat.

Every time we go to Satori Lounge the experience is perfect! The staff are so friendly and knowledgeable about the menu. They greet you at the door with a genuine smile and make sure that you are seated comfortably. The cuisine is consistently beautiful, with well designed meals that are absolutely delicious. I can still taste on my tongue as I write this, the sushi wrapped in salmon that I had for lunch yesterday. Thank you to all the staff.

Amazing food! The tuna sashimi was the best I’ve ever had, all food came out quickly and everything was simply delicious. Would definitely recommend

We enjoyed the simple decor and clever use of bamboo dividers between the tables.Slow initial start getting us drinks but after that the service was informative and good. Food was filling and yummy all for a reasonable price.

We love the food at Satori lounge. Tonight wasn’t a good experience as after 15 mins we hadn’t been asked for our drinks order, another 30 minutes until they arrived. Our starters arrived and the Edemame beans were cold and unseasoned so had to be sent back. Of course when the rolls came they were as delicious as usual. Tonight it seemed that they were understaffed and that lead to a less than excellent experience. Disappointed in our favourite special family restaurant.

A bit fancy sushi place! Sharing plates and reasonable price for great food. Will definitely come back.

We had just wandered out to find somewhere for dinner and so glad we came across this place. The food was delicious and especially happy there was some great vegan options.Lovely staff and surprised after being told there was a bit of a wait for food it came out pretty quickly.

It was amazing!!! Food was delicious!Service was Fab! Not 1 complaint! If I could I would rate it 10 stars!!! This Citrus roll was Devine!!!

Went for a Birthday dinner and the service was amazing, even with how busy it was. Food was delicious and our server Josephine treated us like VIPs. Would definitely recommend.

Really nice. Had the Keto chicken sushi, wow so good.

Amazing food! And very accommodating to us asking heaps of questions and making some dietary modifications! We shared 3 mains plus a side between two of us and easily ate it all so definitely would recommend ordering a few dishes to share as their menu states.Rating it only 4 stars at the service was rather slow but they were super busy.We had to sit outside but that actually turned out to be a really good thing as it was nice and quiet and wasnt cold at all as they had lovely heaters.Definitely will be returning as soon as we visit the Mt again!

Food is always fresh .. and the service freindly ... one of my favorite places to eat. And the do take away food as well