Restaurant Review: Maroo Creative Japanese and Korean Cuisine

(I apologize for the terrible quality of the sushi pictures- they were taken with a phone as opposed to my normal photography camera.)

I love Japanese food. Specifically, I love sushi. I am always looking for local restaurants that serve great sushi, so when I heard of Maroo in Fresno, I got very excited. Maroo is a Japanese and Korean Cuisine Restaurant, with a full lunch and dinner menu, as well as three different specialty sushi menus. 

First off, the service at this restaurant is great. My family arrived there before the dinner rush, so it was not crowded at all. We asked a waitress if we could sit at a booth, and she said yes, but we’d have to wait for someone to clean it off. Three minutes later we were seated. The waitress gave us our menus and apologized for the wait. She went out of her way to apologize for that few minutes wait, which really was not at all a problem for us. For the rest of our meal we continued to get great service from that waitress, as she passed by frequently. Our table was close to the kitchen, so we did get all of the wait staff traffic by us anyway, but we were constantly checked on.

Then we got our food. The whole family ordered sushi rolls to share. All of our rolls were quite delicious, although I didn’t bother trying my dad’s roll: a spicy “Sumo” roll, topped with Sriracha hot sauce; I’m not overly fond of very spicy foods.

The roll I ordered was especially delectable: the baked lobster roll,

a simple but elegant roll filled with avocado and baked lobster, and then topped with even more lobster. It’s rich, unctuous flavor showed how less ingredients is more. Another roll of note that we ordered was what I believe to be the Maroo Roll, which was covered in creamy coconut sauce and silvered almonds, making it stand out in comparison to the flavor of our other rolls.

Overall, Maroo is a great restaurant. Prices for sushi rolls are average roll prices, which ranges from about $8-$12. Not expensive, but I can’t say it’s cheaper than any other sushi restaurant in town. What sets this restaurant apart is not just the quality of the food they serve, but of their waitstaff and servers as well. Service is top. Food is wonderful. Try this place out for yourself; I was highly satisfied with my dining experience at Maroo.

- Megan Hilliard

(Credit for the picture of Maroo goes to City-Data.com)