Shiro Chinese Japanese Restaurant- Riyadh Unclaimed

As soon as I walked in I felt invisible. A guy in a suit who seemed to be the restaurant manager, saw me struggle with the door but ignored me and didn't even say hello. I sat at the bar and was the only customer but this went on for about ten minutes before I had to say hello to one of the 8 staff members behind the counter. There was an African guy that was helpful and an African girl that was cheerful and smiled. Generally the staff were indifferent. The guy in the suit didn't know how much a small bottle of Perrier was (8 SAR) so I don't know what his job was. The music was good but then it went off for an extended time for no apparent reason. Apart from all that, the food was ok. The crab salad was a good sized serving but with only mild flavours of crab and the crunchy stuff (?) added an extra texture. The miso soup had an authenticity but the portion could not have been smaller. After that I ordered the Beef Shumai which again was authentic but over priced for 4 pieces. Finally I ordered a shrimp stir-fry (they call it a wok, which I thought was a type of frypan they use *shrug*). The stir-fry had about a dozen shrimps that you would get from the freezer section at Panda nearby and a few well cooked vegetables and I opted for the thin Japanese noodles. Again overpriced and something anyone could easily cook at home. Overall a very suburban joint and pedestrian cuisine. TripAdvisor recommended it in their top ten go-to places for value in Riyadh so if that's the case it's a dire situation here. Glad I went there first before taking my girl because she too would have been disappointed.

I ordered Beef Sio mai, Chicken Katsu, Shiro Special California Maki and Sunshine Roll. Everything is great. I love all the foods. Too little space for diners tho.

The best branch - at Uruba square. If we wanna sushi 🍣- only this place

Shiro quality of sushi is dropping day by day. We are customers since almost 2 years on once a week frequency. For 2 years we ask for extra ginger and they have never cared but we did not make a big deal out of it as we were enjoying the sushi. Yesterday we came to our end with Shiro, we recieved the sushi almost mixed like tabbouleh, the crisp on the salad is not crispy at all. Good by shiro, you do not deserve anymore the weekly 350SR order, other sushi bars are worth trying.

I’m a regular customer of Shiro Sushi. I used to dine in the other two branches and I just love beef teriyaki salad! It’s the best. The woks are amazing too. However, when I order through apps, they bring me my order from this branch because it’s only a few kilometers closer to me than Northern Ring branch; it’s awful! The salad is a disaster! And who adds purple lettuce to noodles!! The flavors are disappointing! It has nothing to do with the other two branches except the packaging. I’m not sure whether the dine-in dishes are as horrible as the home-delivery dishes, but l’m positive I’ll never order again from this branch.