Sushi Maki

Neighborhood: Capitol Hill
Address: 1633 Bellevue Ave Seattle (map)
Phone: 206-264-0725
Web: N/A
Parking: Street

Overall Rating: 6.8 / 10pts

ATMOSPHERE:
This place is tiny. It's like two phone booths put together. From the outside, unless you were looking carefully you wouldn't know that it's a restaurant. It's that tiny. With that said, this is mostly a take out place. Sometimes, I'm surprised to see some people eating in here. At one moment, you could probably only have 4 to 5 people inside.

SUSHI:
They have a few nigiri on the menu that you can order (for mostly $1.50 each) but their thing is rolls. As this place is Korean owned, they have some special rolls that include kimchee or bulgogi inside. The biggest thing about Sushi Maki is their large padding of rice on their rolls. They are huge! Each order of rolls comes with 8 pieces, and I was pretty full after 6 pieces. They also have some special cooked sushi that looks like okonomiyaki (similar to Dynamite Rolls from Rolls n Sushi in downtown) but surprisingly tasty. If you are hungry and want some rolls, it's a good place, but their nigiri is nothing superb.

OTHER DISHES:
They don't have very many non sushi or roll dishes, but carry cold tofu (hiyayakko), cucumber sunomono and edamame.

SERVICE:
This is a popular take out place, so whenever I go there, there are always at least three people ahead of me waiting (though you have to wait outside since there is no space for all of us). I recommend calling ahead. One thing to note is that they only accept cash.