Sushi Little is a small sushi restaurant that recently opened in the Arrowhead area of Glendale Arizona. They are in the spot where Ginger Bistro used to be.

Ordering is difficult. They do not have wait service so you have the menu, a menu of sushi to read, a specials menu, and around twenty-five rolls to read about at the counter. Then you pay and seat yourself. They do offer soft and some hard beverages. We asked about soju but they only have peach flavored soju. I went with iced tea and my husband asked for a cup of water. We were charged $3.00 for my iced tea…That’s fine…but we weren’t expecting to be charged $3.25 for the cup of water that we served ourselves.

We ordered a variety of things.

One of the better things of the visit was the gyoza.

They were a little on the plain basic side but really seemed ok.

Then came the mackerel.

Slightly off…..but often the mackerel is slightly off. Some people decide on sushi restaurants by the mackerel. Personally I think that it is more fair to judge sushi restaurants on their tuna. You know right away if tuna is good or not.

Next we got smoked salmon nigiri, ahi tuna nigiri, and a Red Sea roll (spicy tuna, cucumber, ahi tuna, Japanese style chimichurri).

The BEST of what we tried here was the smoked salmon sushi in the left upper corner of the dish. It did taste good but was cut very strange…..You can’t see in the photo but the fish was almost triangle shaped. Still the smoked salmon made me crave a bagel and cream cheese…..After that we go down hill.

The rest isn’t spoiled and is passable but not good so I didn’t enjoy.

We end by sharing the salmon kama (fish collar). Before it came by husband could see it going in the microwave with the open kitchen.

I could hear the microwave door shut. Then he pulls it out and microwaves it again. (This restaurant shouldn’t have an open kitchen when they cook like that!)

Soon someone runs it out but doesn’t even think about clearing our dirty plates on the left side of photo below.

The collar was over cooked from the microwave. The fatty ends of the fish are actually boiling. The fish also isn’t the freshest and is over cooked and dry. This is the WORST collar that I have tried anywhere…..I used to think that fish collars were good everywhere. They are the most flavorful fattiest parts of the fish…..I usually only had very good ones.

The girl who ran it out did ask how it was……I said that it was over cooked and she had no response.

Based on only one visit I can’t recommend Sushi Little in Glendale AZ.

Sushi Little was only a Little Good.

I haven’t found a website for them but they are on Facebook.

5940 W Union Hills Drive Glendale AZ

602-698-1016

Everything is subject to change.