Sapporo Sushi

It’s a good place to drop in to grab a roll and some udon after Hmart grocery run. If you’re especially master craft sushi this isn’t the place but it’s good for a quick bite!

I didn’t plan on writing a review but after the friendly customer service and seeing other reviewers complain I was compelled to say something. I ordered the Sashimi Don bowl (hwaedupbap) $ 10 comes with a full bowl of rice, two sides, more than enough sashimi and salad to make me full, and free cold barley tea (better than the water from the neighboring food stand).
I’m not grading this Japanese style food against the Japanese restaurants in Torrance and Little Tokyo in LA. C’mon people, it’s a food court inside of H-​Mart. If you want the experience you are looking for stop watching the food network and working up an appetite and then going to a food court inside of a grocery store to get your fix.
Rating this based on the level which they compete and price point and convenience factor when you are grocery shopping I give this a 5 star rating. Quantity of food, more than enough to fill me up, and I can eat a lot. Quality, it’s a Korean restaurant. Order the more korean related dishes. I don’t go to Japanese restaurants and order galbi or bulgogi even if they offer «korean bbq».
As far as the cleabliness, you only get to complain because you see them making your food. This isn’t nearly as bad as what goes on in a lot of restaurants. And the best korean food in korea on the streets for food stands just like this are ten times worse as far as our standards hold but no one is getting sick or dying over there, and no one is gonna get sick or die from eating at H-​Mart.
I’ve ordered food at some of the other food stands in H-​Mart and because of them skimping on ingredients and taking shortcuts but charging the same price I can complain. But this place gives good food, friendly service, good quantity, and low prices. If you go to a food court or cafeteria style establishment make sure you set the proper expectations. Gordon Ramsey wouldn’t even complain about this place because he wouldn’t go here anyways. These places cater to the common folk not the posh snobs that have to eat at all the hyped places all the time.
If you are truly hungry and in a rush grocery shopping here and on a budget and aren’t a «5 star» up scale restaurant food critic you will like the food here if you order the right thing.

I have been here several times and I am never disappointed! They are so warm and welcoming it makes you feel at home. If I were to recommend a food item it would definitely have to be the cold Soba Noodles!

Located at the food court inside of Hmart. Order at the counter and the lady will bring you your food.
What we got:
Crunch Roll & Udon Combo ($ 8.50): the crunch roll was super huge and comes with 4 pieces. Roll kept falling apart and it was too big for me to pick up. The udon was your typical udon with green onions, shredded tofu slices, and a piece of tempura cake. The lady recommended this to me, but it’s not something I would get again.
Pork Cutlet Bento Box ($ 9): comes with a mountain of pork cutlet, 2 gyozas, 4 piece California roll, 4 pieces of sushi, and salad. I’d say this is better than getting the udon combo. Pork cutlet comes with a side of tonkatsu sauce too. Gyozas were too hard on the outside. California roll was okay and so was the sushi. It will surely full you up though.
Service:
Lady was nice, but not as nice as she was to the other customers there. Food took quite some time to come out. If you want water, grab a cup and walk over to the water dispenser on the other end of the shop.

Filthy! The dirty dish washing station is barely 3 feet away from the sushi rolling station. And I watched the Korean lady making someone’s sushi combo order… she didn’t make it in one standing. She rolled some, walked away to micro manage the other workers, and finally came back to drain noodles at the sink with the same sushi-​making gloves! Then finished the last roll. So disgusted, I had to walk away.

I’ve been going here for years now and it hasn’t disappointed me yet– except the price has slightly increased over the years. I always order the same combo: udon and an eel roll. The owner is very welcoming and will always try to make suggestions on what to order, but I like to stick with the usual.

Really good place. Excellent service.
The food is excellent. I got the Terriyaki Beef Bento Box. A lot of food for little money.
My family had: Udon and Gyoza, Seafood Soup.
The udon was OK; not worth trying again. The seafood soup was amazing!

After living in K-​town in LA for over 2 years, I miss good korean food. The closest thing for me nowadays in the OC is to go to Garden Grove.
Sapporo is a little stall located in the food court area of the H-​Mart. It’s run by these 2 nice korean ladies (ahjumas) and the whole menu is in Korean with pictures and numbers.
I usually come here when I want a bento box late at night. For $ 10, I got a pork cutlet with rice, cabbage salad with thousand island sauce, tofu soup, 4 piece CA roll, side of kimchi and 4 pieces of sashimi. Basically, they give you a lot of food and I pretty much never finish it all in one sitting.
However, even though the ladies are really nice, the food quality isn’t that great compared to other places I’ve been to that serve bento boxes for the same price. The pork is dry and I’ve had the teriyaki beef before and it’s dry as well. The cabbage salad isn’t the most fresh and the sushi isn’t fresh and the sashimi is chewy. I wasn’t expecting much for the sushi but the salad and meat dishes were slightly disappointing. I use to come here a few years back and I remember the quality being much better, I guess the economy is affecting the restaurant. :/​
Overall, it’s relatively good price and they give you a lot of food. However, the quality of the food isn’t that great.

Sapporo Sushi & Udon is a stall located on the side of H-​Mart along with 3 other food places and Rodeo Cosmetics. They have limited seating in the marketplace area, but it’s never been a problem to find a place to eat for me.
I used to get sashimi salads almost every day from H-​Mart until over the course of 6 months they until raised their 5.99 prices to 6.99 and replaced their napa cabbage with regular cabbage (SO CHEAP AND GROSS). For a dollar more, I can get the sashimi salad with rice, danmuji, and miso soup at Sapporo. The sushi isn’t the best of course, but it’s super fast and decently cheap for sushi. The korean ladies are soooo sweet though and I always call in to place my order cause sometimes when it’s busy they take a while. I took a takeout menu so I can order in numbers when I call in :)
She always knows my order and waves «bai-​bai» when I leave.