Sushi Revolution

Not impressed.
Service: extremely slow and staff don’t seem to follow up well. I felt as though I was bothering the staff with each request. They respond as though it’s an inconvenience to stop the roll they were making yo get someone else to bring water. Also, they overcharged us by $ 20!
The water came 20 minutes after my request.
Food: sushi was ok. The cats roll was way too sweet (salmon on top, tuna inside).
The teriyaki chicken was mediocre as well.
They have packaged ginger and packaged wasabi on the conveyer belt train.
The staff seem nice but I would not eat here again. the only pleasant part was a cute man sat beside me:).

I adore sushi trains. All the deliciousness of Japanese food combined with a food conveyer belt. I’ve been really lucky — all the trains I’ve tried in Sydney have been great.
And then Newcastle got a sushi train. I forgot my one cardinal rule of eating in Newcastle — Don’t Get Excited.
We nipped in for a late lunch — around 2pm. We were told to take a seat politely. But that was it from the staff — no drinks were offered, I had to help myself from the drinks fridge, and we never got to order the two hot entrees we wanted because no one came near us.
The hot dishes were tepid at best, and the cold dishes were room temperature, which made me cautious. Most of the sushi rolls were drowning in day-​glo coloured sauces to the point that you couldn’t determine what filling the rolls had.
And this place has a love affair with cream cheese. More than half the rolls on the belt had cream cheese, which I initially assumed was tofu. Have you ever had a tempura prawn and cream cheese roll? It is the definition of disgusting and a crime against nature.
The prawn wontons tasted odd — they didn’t appear to have any pork in them, but had a slightly porky taste, which might have been the wrappers themselves or contamination. Again, served tepid.
Nothing new was added to the train, despite two staff members assembling dishes in front of us, possibly stockpiling for dinner.
However, the crab balls were delicious and reminiscent of those served at Thai mainstay Sticky Rice, if not hot enough. The mini spring rolls were pleasant, but again stone cold.
In the end we left, laughing in shock, leaving behind at least half of our meal uneaten and went home for sandwiches.
We won’t be going back to Sushi Revolution again — the food is below subpar and the staff avoid you until the bill has to be paid, when they start cooing about how everything was.
And, quite frankly, I may need counseling after the tempura prawn and cream cheese (honestly, how the heck did they manage to make the tempura prawn colder than the cream cheese?!) because that is a taste sensation that never needed to be invented.