(661) 290-2595

24250 Town Center Dr Ste 180 (Carousel Lane)
Valencia, CA 91355 34.417 -118.5598

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Hours:

Tue-Sun 5:30pm-10pm

Price:

$$$

Last updated 1.24.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Fine Dining

Cuisine:

Japanese, Sushi

What People Are Saying About Maru

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Popular Japanese restaurant serves teriyaki dishes, sushi, sashimi and specialty items at the Valencia Town Center.

ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. “Excellent food, service and atmosphere.”
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. “My favorite dishes were the desserts.”
  2. “My favorite is the cheesecake.”
  3. “The desserts are great and not overpowering.”
  4. “The filet mignon was one of best I ever had, the sushi was very fresh, the deserts are to die for and the service was great.”
  5. “Maru is a small nice sushi place by Valencia Town Center, the sushi I had tried is very good, also the hot entrees, and the desserts are als.”
drinks
50.0% positive
  1. “Maru is a bit pricey ($75 for dinner & drinks for two), but worth it for special occasions.”
food quality
78.79000186920166% positive
  1. “Most people here in Santa Clarita haven't had authentic Japanese sushi.”
  2. “Bento boxes are excellent for lunch (chicken teriyaki, beef or sushi).”
  3. “Everything in this restaruant was delicious.”
  4. “me and my friends just order two dishes.”
  5. “the dishes are thoughtfully composed and impeccably executed amounting to a warm and delicious meal for diners.”
  6. “The best of the best sushi”
  7. “1,sushi rice wasn't good(almost no taste,and too sweet )”
  8. “The service was adequate and the Hamachi Sashimi was very fresh and tasty.”
  9. “Excellent food, service and atmosphere.”
  10. “Everything was fresh.”
  11. “Both the taste and quality of the dishes are excellent.”
  12. “The sauce is incredible.”
  13. “The sushi is extremely fresh and the filet minon is excellent.”
  14. “highly recommend this sushi if you are in the Valencia area.”
  15. “Maru is a small nice sushi place by Valencia Town Center, the sushi I had tried is very good, also the hot entrees, and the desserts are als.”
  16. “maru sushi was very disappointing and i will never come back again!”
  17. “The food at Maru is incredible.”
  18. “It's the best food North of L.A.”
  19. “In addition the food is great, and marrying Filet Mignon and cooked chilean seabass with sushi in one menu is quite eclectic.”
  20. “If you want snobby management and mediocre food this place works since there are not many sushi places in the scv.”
  21. “The best dish we had was the seared sea scallops with English pea ravioli.”
  22. “There are some good sushi spots in the valley, however your not going to find the perfect combo of sushi and French/Japanese food anywhere.”
  23. “Berries on the tarts are always fresh.”
  24. “Otherwise, I'd rather take the time to drive to little tokyo or southbay for real sushi with good prices and great fish selection.”
  25. “Service and sushi are excellent.”
  26. “The food is excellent, the quality is top-notch, and the sushi is absolutely delicious.”
  27. “The service was a bit slow and distracted, but the food and saki were so fabulous that we barely noticed.”
  28. “don't even like sushi or filet mignon.”
  29. “Excellent sushi & filet mignon.”
  30. “this is fresh beautifully prepared fish.”
  31. “The filet mignon was one of best I ever had, the sushi was very fresh, the deserts are to die for and the service was great.”
  32. “This is not a place let your kids scream and run amuck while you relax and dine on excellent food while disturbing other fellow diners.”
  33. “This is truly the best sushi restaurant in the Santa Clarita Valley.”
  34. “The $12 crab salad was not fresh and uninteresting.”
  35. “Excellent fresh fish in high energy environment”
  36. “The fish itself is only decent at best.”
  37. “go there more often than my wallet would like to admit, but it's the best sushi and fine dining establishment in all of Santa Clarita.”
  38. “My favorite dishes were the desserts.”
  39. “The corn soup was also delicious.”
  40. “She thought the sushi and sushimi were excellent and the flavorful tempura combination was the best I've ever had.”
  41. “Terrible attitude all throughout our meal.”
  42. “mediocre food, poor ownership, slow service”
  43. “The house salad is amazing and the filet never disappoints.”
  44. “but, sushi wasn't good as review.”
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. “In addition the food is great, and marrying Filet Mignon and cooked chilean seabass with sushi in one menu is quite eclectic.”
  2. “tempting selections that are made in-house!”
  3. “Otherwise, I'd rather take the time to drive to little tokyo or southbay for real sushi with good prices and great fish selection.”
overall
90.0% positive
  1. “Maru is probably the best restaurant in the SCV.”
  2. “Maru is a small nice sushi place by Valencia Town Center, the sushi I had tried is very good, also the hot entrees, and the desserts are als.”
  3. “This is truly the best sushi restaurant in the Santa Clarita Valley.”
  4. “This was a formerly great restaurant”
  5. “me and my wife wanted to have a nice dinner but this is what happened: waiting for the table for 20 minutes when no body was in the restaurant, listening to slow quiet music that should be taken out if you cant even hear it, and horrible service.”
return potential
0.0% positive
  1. “maru sushi was very disappointing and i will never come back again!”
service
56.85999870300293% positive
  1. “Very poor service.”
  2. “server was polite but slow”
  3. “Most people here in Santa Clarita haven't had authentic Japanese sushi.”
  4. “The service was adequate and the Hamachi Sashimi was very fresh and tasty.”
  5. “We always told people that this was the only good restaurant in the Santa Clarita Va.”
  6. “The service has always been wonderful.”
  7. “terrible service”
  8. “The service was a bit slow and distracted, but the food and saki were so fabulous that we barely noticed.”
  9. “mediocre food, poor ownership, slow service”
  10. “terriblefood, bad service, and annoying owner”
  11. “me and my wife wanted to have a nice dinner but this is what happened: waiting for the table for 20 minutes when no body was in the restaurant, listening to slow quiet music that should be taken out if you cant even hear it, and horrible service.”
  12. “Excellent food, service and atmosphere.”
  13. “The service has been wonderful and is great for special occasions.”
  14. “The service by a personable young woman who studies at CSUN was very good.”
  15. “The service was very polite.”
  16. “The filet mignon was one of best I ever had, the sushi was very fresh, the deserts are to die for and the service was great.”
  17. “this really was the worst service i have ever had in my life.”
value
75.0% positive
  1. “Otherwise, I'd rather take the time to drive to little tokyo or southbay for real sushi with good prices and great fish selection.”
  2. “Maru is a bit pricey ($75 for dinner & drinks for two), but worth it for special occasions.”
wait time
41.66999816894531% positive
  1. “mediocre food, poor ownership, slow service”
  2. “server was polite but slow”
  3. “The service was a bit slow and distracted, but the food and saki were so fabulous that we barely noticed.”
  4. “me and my wife wanted to have a nice dinner but this is what happened: waiting for the table for 20 minutes when no body was in the restaurant, listening to slow quiet music that should be taken out if you cant even hear it, and horrible service.”
1 Star Rating: Poor

02/17/11

Terrible, terrible service!

by Reed24 at Citysearch

Terrible service

Just like other reviews we waiting 15mins for drinks, 35 mins for soup. The waitress didn't come to the table and we were 'forgotten' 3 times. When the main course arrived mine was 'forgotten' and my family ate without me. This was after waiting over 1 hour. The staff are awful and even though the food was good, I'm never going back there again. It's not like they were busy, the place was empty with only 4 tables booked. Horrible night.

I've never heard of a sushi place run out of Edamame!

1 Star Rating: Poor

08/18/09

terrible service

by johnboy67 at Citysearch

waiting for 15minutes for drinks, 45 for meal and the check could not be any longer. this place was tidy but the service droped this place down to a one star. ordering was a pain because the waitresses didnt care if plates were left on and if drinks were half empty. maru sushi was very disappointing and i will never come back again!!!!!!!

  • Pros: food was good and it was tidy
  • Cons: service was as bad as kabuki
4 Star Rating: Recommended

07/11/09

Excellent fresh fish in high energy environment

by rmotoo at Citysearch

The sushi and sashimi is fresh and attractively prepared. The server kept up with our ordering pattern, but seemed a little distracted (overworked?) and it took a few reminders to keep the drinks coming in concert with the food. In general, I would give the thumbs up for taking a date or a small number of guests

1 Star Rating: Poor

06/21/09

WORST RESTAURANT EVER!!!!!!!

by edgar123 at Citysearch

me and my wife wanted to have a nice dinner but this is what happened: waiting for the table for 20 minutes when no body was in the restaurant, listening to slow quiet music that should be taken out if you cant even hear it, and horrible service. i felt like a ghost in the restaurant. the servers and managers simply walked past us without saying hello or what would you like to drink. the drinks took 15 minutes to get to our table, the food that we ordered took 45 minutes to get done, and the all the glasses, dishes, and silverware were left right on our table. when we got the food it was also cold and disgusting. when we got the check we did not want to pay tip just the check itself. i would advise for everybody not to come to this restaurant!

  • Pros: it was clean
  • Cons: everything else
1 Star Rating: Poor

06/21/09

terriblefood, bad service, and annoying owner

by jennyblake at Citysearch

me and my friends just order two dishes. a roast duck and a scallop cone that was about an hour wait. the servers did not apologize or say anything about what was going on in the kitchen. i had about 3 iced teas before i asked," where's my food!?" the owner also didn't make things any bit better. constantly coming to our table and asking us stupid questions and thought her restaurant was the best. and when we got our food the food was horrifically salty and cooked too much. thank god i was with my friends to pass time but not all of the time. and when we paid the check and left the owner came out with us and said goodbye. she opened the door and followed us out and waved goodbye while we turned around a corner. this really was the worst service i have ever had in my life.

  • Pros: its tidy
  • Cons: the same as the headline

The Details on Maru

Place Categories:

  • excellent bento boxes
  • excellent filet
  • favorite cheesecake
  • disappointing very
  • not authentic japanese sushi
  • nice sushi place
  • excellent taste
  • excellent sushi
  • excellent food
  • slow service
  • great service
  • best sushi restaurant
  • favorite dishes
  • only decent fresh fish
  • delicious everything
  • polite server
  • not fresh crab salad
  • flavorful tempura combination
  • very disappointing maru sushi
  • very fresh hamachi sashimi
  • warm meal
  • amazing house salad
  • always fresh berries
  • pricey maru
  • great desserts
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