Little Tree Sushi Bar

09/17/09

Best sushi place in the areaaa

by Denice421

The only place i feel comfortable eating sushi... Def. try the Samuri roll!

• Pros: lots of selection/location

07/29/09

Ecellent Food Service

by marshalsandler

I had the Flying Fish Eggs with Wasabi this is only found in

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• Pros: Sushi Fresh Excellent Rice

05/10/09

Awful food, ok sushi

by mamanik

I used to love this place back when it was the only game in town of RO for sushi. Went back recently and had a truly horrible experience. The food was bad and inimaginative, was served almost cold. Thai food, which is so easily obtained at other places was truly awful. There are much better places around for Asian food. We'll never go back!

• Pros: sushi is decent and location is good
• Cons: horrible food, served luke warm and bad service

04/02/09

Good, just not great

by daleres4

Little Tree has good cocktails and decent sushi, but for the price, it should be better. You usually have to wait for a table, which is fine, but the last time we were there the hostess was really young and not the best at her job, which made it a little frustrating. The servers don't always do a good job explaining the special sushi rolls and don't seem very knowledgable about the rest of the menu. I've had a hot fish dish there, which was very good, and many types of sushi. The sushi is okay but they use too much rice in the roll so the ratio of rice to filling is way off. It's pretty expensive, and I would have expected it to be better for the price. Still a pretty fun place though.

• Pros: Decent sushi, nice decor
• Cons: Expensive, can get loud, sushi not as good as it could be

03/27/09

One of Our favorite places!!

by royaloaklady

We have only been here twice, both times we have had a blast!!! My boyfriend has discovered Sushi and loves it! Me- not so much! I usually order Blackend Fish and it has been delicious both times. We sit at the bar and the bartenders are great! Can't wait to go back!!

02/23/09

NOT authentic sushi.

by malbox705

The sushi falls apart once you pick it up, they don't use the correct type of rice for it. I know it is also a Thai, Filipino and maybe chinese restaurant? Well not all rice is made equal so you can't use Thai or Filipino rice for making a Japanese dish, especially not sushi. Just like you could not use Japanese rice to make a Thai or Filipino dish. Also, the wait was very long. I've never tried any of their Thai dishes, but I know from my boyfriend and roommate that their Filipino dishes aren't too authentic either...

• Pros: Very cute set-up, Good desserts (green tea icecream).
• Cons: Sushi, Authenticity, Service, Very loud, Very crowded seating.

05/21/08

My favorite sushi joint!

by cheryltattoo

I love Little Tree. Try the Ono or Escolar if you like straight fish, or the King Kong roll and theLittle Tree Roll are my other favorites. Excellent food, reasonably priced for what you are getting, and a fun atmosphere. It gets very busy on the weekend, but worth the wait!

• Pros: awesome sushi
• Cons: busy. don't love the thai selections.

01/06/08

THE BEST!

by gmr428

This is the best Sushi in the United States. I have eaten at all of them from the West Coast to the East Coast. Little Tree rocks them all!

• Pros: GREAT FRESH SUSHI
• Cons: NONE

09/16/07

Good sushi, nice atmosphere

by cranberriesfan

We eat at Little Tree regularly. It's our answer to "what's for dinner" when we don't feel like cooking. It's not fancy, but not dumpy either. Rather a comfortable location with consistently good food. We usually eat sushi here, though their other selections of Asian food are good, too.

Though it does get busy on weekends, and you may have to wait a bit, it's worth it if you want to stay in the downtown Royal Oak area.

• Pros: good food, decent price
• Cons: occasional wait to be seated

07/14/07

This place is perhaps the "Chili's" of asian-esque food - I do not eat here if you are expecting good food...

by epicureous

7/13/07 We went to Little Tree on a Friday night - and as we expected the restaurant was quite busy. The location seems to be what drives the crowds as it certainly wasn't the food. Little Tree's menu is split into 3 cuisines: Japanese, Thai and Philippino (we did not try any of the Philippino foods). My party ordered some sushi: Saba nigiri, Spicy California roll, Pickle-Radish roll, Spicy Scallop nigiri. We also ordered Tom-Yum soup and these appetizers: Tofu Pad Thai, Gyoza, Thai Spring Rolls, Agedashi-Tofu, and Beef Satay.

In a nutshell:

The nigiri was tiny: the smallest I've seen at a sushi restaurant in lower Michigan. The fish wasn't bad tasting but rather flabby/mushy in texture (improperly frozen in transit perhaps?)

They brought a regular California roll instead of spicy - it was bland and tasteless with tough sugary rice.

The Spicy Scallop nigiri was tasty.

The Tom-Yum soup was a travesty: It was Miso soup in which they stirred some thai red curry paste.

The appetizers were all bad: The Gyoza had a thick doughy/crunchy outter shell with italian-sausage flavored fatty pork on the inside. The satay was expensive and consisted of 2 thin, tough slivers of mummified beef - the peanut sauce was tasty but didn't save the sad dish. The Agedashi Tofu was the worst: tasted of used fry-oil - the batter was thick and oily, the broth tasted like tap water - very disappointing. The Thai Springrolls seems to be covered in deep-fried flour tortilla (was a bizarre wrap - not sure what it was). They were seasoned with what tasted to be southwest seasoning - the filling was mushy and bland.

Pad Thai was ok - asked for it spicy, it wasn't. Also extremely sugary/cloyingly sweet. Overall OK but not worth the $$.

Our waiter was very nice/capable, we felt bad that he was serving such awful food. The atmosphere was very "chain restaurant" - the clients loud and boisterous. Not a pleasant dining experience despite the nice service.

• Pros: Nice Servers
• Cons: Terrible food, vulgar patrons with spots-bar feel, long waits on weekends.