Liki Asian Bistro & Bar

This place was pretty chill and a had a nice environment. The only thing holding it back is that it’s so expensive. The 22 dollar sushi triple roll I got was a decent amount and tasted great but it had quite an amount of filler in the fish. I bought a sushi pizza appetizer which was 16 bucks and it was soooooo tiny. Tasted good but not worth the price. My friend also got some shrimp with veggies and rice for 22 bucks and it was 95% veggies and 4 pieces shrimp. If you get anything here get the sushi.

12/09/24 - A shumai and yellowtail sashimi app, Sunset Boulevard signature roll (spicy tuna, salmon, yellowtail, avocado w/plum sauce), and the Happy Four Season - beef, chicken, scallops & shrimp w/mixed vegetables perfect, as always. # 10/08/24 - Special occasion. Two roll lunches with spicy tuna, spicy yellowtail and shrimp tempura. # 5/24 - Still remarkable service and food. # 8/31/23: We love lunch here. Two of us ordered the 2 roll option with spicy tuna, spicy yellowtail and eel/avocado and one the salmon box. All came with a choice of soup & salad. # 1/23: Tasty rock shrimp, gyoza, sushi, sashimi, hand roll and cooked shellfish main. # 8/22: Always scrumptious. # Liki lunches are always delicious & nutritious. Hot green tea, sake, wonton soup with salad and ginger dressing, a teriyaki salmon box and 3 sushi rolls. I like the slivers of ginger. Their wasabi has a good burn. # For kicks, we tried the Scorpion drink for two. Nice presentation. Moderate alcohol despite the list. The Rock Shrimp App was so good order it for dinner. # Fine meal Feb '22. Arigatou! Sake and wonton soup nice & hot; fried pork gyoza, scallion pancakes & yellowtail sashimi all perfect; Seafood combo main, Avon Roll, Liki King Roll and Unagi were fine. # Sat at the bar this visit. Ordered 3 apps & 2 special cocktails from their blackboard. Drinks were great. Shrimp tempura was very good. Steamed gyoza. Curious if Japanese cuisine made a different version of calamari than Italian, we tried it. Very crunchy with a deep fried panko crust. It's good, but we prefer the traditional version. # Late Nov. lunch brought two teriyaki lunch boxes with salmon and shrimp. Salads and wonton soup still very good. The tea was hot this time, but the sake can use more heat. White rice was dry, cool and flavorless, so my partner mixed it into his brown rice upgrade which was warm and moist. Service is polite & efficient. # Exceptional lunch late Oct. I mean to have sit down lunches more often in Asian restaurants, instead of only dinner or picking up take-out. Liki gave us a noteworthy meal that included our choice of soup & a crisp salad with dressing that reminded me of Benihana's. The Wonton soup has delicate wrappings on the pork and a warm broth. I had 3 signature rolls: shrimp tempura, spicy tuna & eel avocado. All delicious. My partner chose a Lunch Box Special that comes with 3 shumai, a California roll, salad & rice. The Salmon Teriyaki Box had a lovely portion of fish with some cooked broccoli & carrots, shumai and a CA roll. The only flaw: the hot tea needs to be served hot. # As someone who used to eat sushi for many years in CA, and since Murasaki/Sakimura closed in Simsbury, I'm happy to find another good sushi restaurant in the area. Our table of three had two diners who ate raw fish and one who did not, but since Liki like most sushi places offers both cooked and raw fish, and other cuisine, we ordered a variety of items. Our meal included one yellowtail sushi, two spicy tuna hand rolls, a spider roll, shrimp tempura roll, pan fried pork dumplings, Thai veg mini rolls, one miso and wonton soup, a salad and two entrées. Two of us shared the triple sashimi 15 pc platter of the Chef's daily selection with salmon, yellowtail & tuna. One had the seafood combo of lobster, scallop, crab, shrimp & vegetables with brown rice. We ordered 2 pcs of Unagi for a traditional finish, but our waitress brought only one saying the Chef only makes one at a time. We split the one served. Everything was well prepared, fresh and a pleasure to eat. Miso soup is different on the west coast, so I'm getting used to the gold broth here. Liki has a well stocked bar. We tried the "Cucumber Smash," and "Liki Lemonade" with strawberries, lemonade & simple syrup but substituted Brockmans gin for vodka. Both were pretty and flavorful but my partner couldn't taste any gin. Ordering a 2nd, they were out of strawberries. I said see if it's the strawberries masking the gin or a light pour. It was the latter. I'll stick with sake. A small hot carafe completed the meal.

They were slammed packed. Valentine’s Day 7pm. And I waited a little bit for my sushi takeout- that’s fine. I could tell they had a LOT of orders so I’m not one to be a Karen. They consistently make great sushi for takeout and you might have to wait, but guess what you have to wait everywhere else too! This place is worth the while. 10/10.

We have been looking for an authentic sushi place over the Avon mountain, and boy are we glad to find Liki! We went to Liki on a whim, on a Wednesday night, and the place was busy. Our server, Tony, was great. My spouse has Celiacs Disease and Tony was knowledgeable and so was the sushi chef. We felt safe. The sushi was fantastic, well made, fresh, and delicious. The fat content of the salmon was perfect. I had Chirashi, and the sushi rice was made perfectly to accompany the fish. Towards the end of our dinner, Andy, the owner came by and talked to us. He was personable and friendly. It is really nice to know we've found a sushi place we would like to become regulars to. Thank you.

If I could give negative stars, I would. I know it's valentines day. I recognize it's busy. My wife and I decided to order in and put the kids to bed and have some sushi after. Called order in at 7:20. They said 40 minutes. I arrived at 8. I waited and decided to leave at 9:15 after they still had no estimated time it would be ready. There were other customers who had been waiting over 2 hours. We regularly went here for lunch and dinner. The 4 rolls were going to be $57. I called mizu21 down the road, ordered the same thing, $37 and ready in 20 minutes. No noticable difference in quality.