Sabrura sticks & sushi
The Sabrura sticks & sushi franchise store opened on May 27th in Stavanger (in Herbarium) and we were there on the opening day! Due to the corona virus situation, there is limited seating in the restaurant, and they do not have a full menu (their main concept is usually a buffet and that is not a great idea these days). Sabrura is located by the main entrance of the Herbarium mall so I would not say that it is very cozy, and I think it also close early as the mall itself close at 8 PM if I’m not mistaken.
At the tables there were menus, but you must order your food at the counter which seemed a bit strange as there were quite a lot of staff on duty. We ordered a “Liten kosekombo” and a “Medium combo”. Maybe it was because it was starting problems on opening day or maybe because it seemed to be very popular for takeaway, but it took about 50 minutes before the food was brought to our table. The Liten kosekombo is quite a lot of food as it contained three chicken sticks, three fish sticks, two small spring rolls, an Asian style salad and nigiri and maki. The chicken was served lukewarm which is always a letdown, but the fish sticks were hot. The spring rolls were a bit bland, but the Asian style salad was a bit like a Thai som tam salad which was a bit of a surprise. I’m not a sushi expert but the salmon nigiri was good and the Lindesnes maki was actually a California roll and I also enjoyed that.
All in all, this was not bad at all. Sushi in Stavanger restaurant has been quite pricy, and it is good to see that there is a “budget option” available now. The “Liten kosemombo” was 199 kroner (21 USD) to give you an idea of the price level. I don’t think this will be our new favorite restaurant but I would not mind going there again.
Facts:
Homepage: https://www.sabrurasushi.no/
Location: Herbarium in Lars Hertervigs gate 6 – see this Google map
Price: Liten kosekombo 199 kroner (21 USD)
Such a let down, inexperienced restaurant manager, gave us the menu but never explained that we needed to order at the counter, and when I saw thr long line to the counter i thought it was for take away (like at Yips dumplings), so I thought restaurant guests didn't need to order at the counter. Ordering process became their biggest bottle neck, no flow, bad sign. many floor staff didn't do anything as they didn't take any orders nor did they pay attention to the guests at the table after seeing we were there for 15min, only when I waived and mentioned that we would like to order, the waiter would exlain the concept of ordering at the counter. we wasted 20 min and by the time the line was double w take away guests, so we left. if i would return it would be to order take away. let's see if the sales volume can cover the overhead costs, bcs there were many staff and half of the staff inoccupied. w experience from rest biz, startup is always a mess, so will let things calm down n see if the staff gets more up to speed and routinized.
ReplyDeleteLuckily we were told as we sat down that we had to order at the counter. I hope that they get this sorted out as I agree it was a bit confusing. Hopefully it is just startup issues that will be tweaked once they get some more experience.
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