Mizuki AYCE Sushi & Hibachi

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Cuisine

Asian, Japanese, Sushi

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Meal Periods

Dinner, Lunch

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Dining Format

Tableside AYCE

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Phone

(281) 837-3197

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Address

4710 East Fwy
Baytown, TX 77521

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Website

mizukisushi.com

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Cuisine

Asian, Japanese, Sushi

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Meal Periods

Dinner, Lunch

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Dining Format

Tableside AYCE

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Phone

(281) 837-3197

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Address

4710 East Fwy
Baytown, TX 77521

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Website

mizukisushi.com

EXPERIENCE

Mizuki AYCE Sushi & Hibachi serves an ordered all-you-can-eat Japanese meal in Baytown, with rolls that give the table plenty to consider. The Brittany wraps shrimp tempura and crab mix in soy paper; the Mango Hawaiian adds mango and coconut to shrimp tempura and cream cheese. Both sit alongside nigiri and cooked kitchen dishes, so the meal can be as much about udon and hibachi as sushi.

Prepared portions come to the table, with further orders available during the meal. That makes choosing part of the occasion: a familiar salmon nigiri order can share the discussion with something more elaborate from the roll list. Friends don’t have to settle on one kind of dinner, though a little agreement about the next round is useful.

The room gives those choices a distinctive setting. An illuminated sushi counter sits beneath dark framing and pale panels, with a blue, star-like ceiling above. It’s a cheerful bit of spectacle for a meal whose main activity is ordering, talking and deciding what deserves another round. Outside, Mizuki’s dark entrance block, red canopy and blue awning identify the low building on East Freeway. The lantern-lit, night-sky dining room really does set quite a vibe for an endless dinner experience.

Lunch has a substantial selection of its own; the broader main menu adds sashimi and more cooked seafood choices. Those differences are worth checking before deciding when to come, especially if sashimi is the attraction. Dining is limited to 90 minutes, so modest rounds make more sense than ordering every intriguing roll at once. Curiosity is welcome. An unfinished mountain of rice is less helpful.

FOOD

The Brittany and Mango Hawaiian rolls make a useful introduction to Mizuki’s more elaborate sushi. Brittany puts shrimp tempura and crab mix inside soy paper, with avocado, spicy mayo and eel sauce above. Mango Hawaiian starts with shrimp tempura and cream cheese, then adds mango, coconut flakes and mango sauce. Both appear on the lunch and main AYCE menus, giving each meal some distinctive roll choices.

For a spicier cooked-roll option, Mountain Fuji combines deep-fried spicy salmon, cream cheese and jalapeño, finished with eel and sweet chili sauces. Shaggy Dog takes shrimp tempura and avocado and adds kani, spicy mayo and eel sauce. These are substantial combinations with several toppings; ordering one alongside a simpler sushi choice lets each have a little attention without making every order equally elaborate.

The raw-roll choices include Texas, with spicy tuna, avocado and crunch inside and salmon, tuna and yellowtail above, finished with spicy chili sauce. VIP combines kani, spicy crawfish and avocado with smoked salmon and the house’s special sauce. Both are on the lunch list as well as the broader main menu.

The nigiri list provides that simpler route. Tuna, salmon, yellowtail, eel, shrimp and surf clam are among the lunch choices, with tamago, inari and avocado available too. The main menu adds squid, octopus and mackerel and explicitly includes sashimi. Both menus set a 20-piece limit per round for this section. That’s a limit on an order, with further rounds available within the meal’s time allowance.

Dinner’s wider roll list also includes a Spider roll with soft-shell crab, cucumber and avocado, and a Naruto roll that wraps salmon and cream cheese in cucumber. They offer quite different alternatives to the sauce-topped tempura rolls. Someone keen on cucumber-wrapped sushi has a reason to look beyond the familiar names, while the soft-shell crab option gives the cooked seafood side of the menu more variety.

The kitchen deserves a proper share of the order. Chicken, steak, shrimp and vegetable hibachi are on the lunch menu, alongside yaki udon and fried rice with the same broad choice of additions. Gyoza, shumai and shrimp or vegetable tempura can accompany them.

On the broader main menu, scallop and salmon join the hibachi choices. Baked mussels, takoyaki and coconut shrimp add other cooked seafood preparations, while the yakitori selection includes baby octopus as well as chicken, steak and shrimp. These are useful distinctions between the two menus. A particular craving for scallops or octopus may settle the lunch-or-dinner question more quickly than a long discussion about rolls.

Clear or miso soup and seaweed or kani salad can accompany the fuller dishes. Then there’s dessert: banana tempura, Oreo tempura and ice cream are included choices, with cheesecake and tempura cheesecake on the main menu. An Oreo ending is a rather cheerful possibility after sushi. Leave a little space for it when deciding whether another whole roll is really the next order.

FOOD HIGHLIGHTS

♛ Brittany Roll — shrimp tempura and crab mix wrapped in soy paper.

♛ Mango Hawaiian Roll — mango and coconut over shrimp tempura and cream cheese.

♛ Mountain Fuji Roll — spicy salmon, cream cheese and jalapeño, deep-fried.

♛ Nigiri — tuna, salmon, eel and surf clam among the lunch choices.

♛ Main-Menu Sashimi — fish without sushi rice on the broader AYCE menu.

♛ Spider Roll — soft-shell crab on the broader main-menu roll list.

♛ Hibachi — chicken, steak, shrimp or vegetables, with dinner seafood additions.

♛ Baby-Octopus Yakitori — a cooked seafood choice on the main menu.

♛ Oreo Tempura — a playful dessert option after the sushi orders.

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