Sea40 Japanese Cuisine

Explanation of my mixed rating: Food 5 stars: I love their food, and they are accommodating of making sauces with gluten free ingredients. I give this a five despite them ending the deluxe veggie roll they had which was my favorite thing of theirs and most unique roll they had compared to other restaurants with sushi, including the ones I've been to in Portland. It's really too bad they stopped carrying it, and the amount of times a takeout order has had a mistake. ---- Service 3 stars: they are extremely friendly inside, but I'm giving this a three because of how "tell me you don't want people to order takeout without telling me you don't want people to order takeout" it is. They don't have an online user interface for ordering. Neither does Lotus, but both Pure Thai and Thai Dish do, and it makes it a lot easier to order from there. Lotus doesn't have online order form either, but they do allow you to pay with a card for carry out. Sea 40 only accepts cash for takeout orders, so this can create an accessibility barrier. The environment inside is frequently so loud that people have a hard time hearing you over the phone and it leads them to coming across as irritable (when they are actually very nice people) and have a hard time understanding what you're saying. I love the food from here and the staff is great, but the big picture experience of ordering takeout from here has been so unpleasant as a whole and over time that we have just stopped doing that entirely ever since they stopped carrying their deluxe veggie roll because it's avoidable stress, as much as I like them otherwise. ---- Atmosphere: this is four stars because the staff can be very friendly, but the environment especially in the hibachi area can be extremely loud. If you or whoever you're going with - adults or children - is easily overstimulated and stressed out by too much sound, I highly suggest taking ear protection that reduces sound while still allowing you to hear clearly. I do love going here, but we will absolutely bring ear protection.

Delicious meal! Very accommodating for gluten allergies as well!