Cheap Sushi Series -- Sushi Mac

Want to satisfy that sushi craving without paying more than $20 dollars? At Sushi Mac the prices are $2.75 per plate, all day, everyday. The menu is limited to two types of roll fillings, spicy tuna or crab meat, which may seem dismal but the spicy tuna is so good it makes up for the lack of variety.

The menu is organized into the number of pieces per dish, but the prices are the same throughout. The only appetizer served are hot soy beans but are perfect for munching on while watching the sushi chefs fill orders.

Two piece sushi plates include your choice of salmon, tuna, albacore, freshwater eel, octopus, and egg, among other things. The bed of rice is gently molded so the rice is not a clumped up mess and overly worked. It’s best to get there at 11 a.m. or about 3 p.m. which is when they make fresh batches of rice.

Albacore Sushi

The warm, lightly vinegary rice tastes amazing with the fresh slice of salmon on top. The eel sushi is equally amazing with the crispy skin against the soft cooked meat all lightly drizzled with eel sauce.

Eel Sushi

Sushi Mac also makes 4 piece plates that are usually four pieces of a roll with different toppings. One plate they offer is a spicy tuna roll with crunchy shrimp tempura pieces on top with their own spicy mayo (mayonnaise and hot sauce like Sirracha.)

Spicy Tuna with Shrimp Tempura

The 6 piece plates are rolls with the seaweed on the outside; while 8 piece plates are rolls with the seaweed on the inside. They also offer a variety of four piece plates, the best among them the spicy tuna with salmon on top, deep fried. The tuna is almost all the way cooked, but the crunch the tempura batter gives the rice gives a different kind of texture that is found from traditional sushi. Adding the cooked salmon on top with a drizzling of eel sauce is an added bonus.

The only cons about Sushi Mac are parking and seating. The plaza has a valet but the parking is still very tight because of the Starbucks and postal office store that all share the same lot. The seating inside can also be just as bad, especially on weekends or at night.