Samurai Sam’s
Woodfield Shopping Center,Space 138, Schaumburg, IL, 60173
Samurai Sam’s Menu
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Famous Bowls
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Tasty Wraps
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Marinated Salads
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Special Sides
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Famous Bowls
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Tasty Wraps
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Marinated Salads
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Special Sides
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Address :
Woodfield Shopping Center,Space 138
Schaumburg, IL, 60173 - Phone (847) 517-8911
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Specialities
- Takes Reservations : No
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Bike Parking : No
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Alcohol : No
Outdoor Seating : No
Has TV : No
Waiter Service : No
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Christ W.
I went to the Woodfield mall with my friends. They have a guy sampling the chicken and we test it, it was good! So we went. I ordered a teriyaki chicken bowl and my friend order yakisoba which is noodle with chicken. The food is fresh cooked and good, especially their teriyaki sauce. They char grill the meat which makes it healthier than most Chinese food.
(4)Yane Y.
Soo, we needed to grab a quick bite to eat. We were checking out the various restaurants in the mall. I hadn't heard of Samurai Sam's (even though it's a chain)! so we braved in. What was hilarious: When we were looking at the menu, one of the workers rushed out with a coupon for free egg rolls!! Yes, please! Sooo, we went in. The woman at the register said they're known for their teriyaki chicken -- so teriyaki chicken (and beef) we did! The teriyaki sauce was pretty good. Flavorful, sweet, ... I don't think the beef was the best quality. The chicken, however, was much better.... The egg roll: not worth it. It had way too much crust. Not enough vegetables. They tasted horrible. Definitely not a fan of this. I will come back here if I have to, but I think I will go next door and try Stir Crazy next time. Meh....
(1)Samantha L.
I have just noticed that Samurai Sam's has two postings on Yelp... so, here is my story from the other listing: So being foodies has its drawbacks. Namely -- the funds to back our escapades. Solution: The 2011 Entertainment Book. There was a coupon for a free Egg Roll. Pretty Sweet. Especially since it says "No Purchase Necessary" in caps on the reverse side. Liars. They demand a purchase. If that's the case then they should probably pull their contribution to the EB. This is the second year in a row that they've turned us away. They're super super rude, and the food is overpriced. Samurai Sam's? You Fail.
(1)Julie S.
Can't say anything good about this place unfortunately. I was there with 5 people and everyone's dish was just terrible. Either over cooked, tasteless, or greasy. Restaurant and bathrooms were not clean. Don't bother with this place when there are so many other options at Woodfield.
(1)Sharon H.
I love places that look like a total dump but surprise you with their awesome food. This is not one of those places. This is just a dump. On the outside there are bright colorful pictures of freshly cooked food. Step through the doors and you'll find a dark, dingy, depressing take out joint. But the kids wanted noodles, and really, how hard can it be to make some noodles? Panda Express does it all the time. As we walked through the entrance, there was a guy right outside handing out samples. Since we had decided that we'd go here, I told him to save his sample for someone else. We didn't need it. We were already sold by the awesome pictures. Now I regret having not taken the sample because it would have saved me from what turned out to be an extremely lackluster meal. We ordered the yakisoba and I had a taste for soup noodles, so I ordered the chicken soup noodles. Afterward we sat down to wait for the food. The lady who took our order at the cash register, who I'm guessing is also the owner/manager, started to argue with her cook about how she only carries Pepsi products because they are cheaper, and the cook told her with the money she was saving with the Pepsi products that she could put a few extra dollars into the cookware that they used. He pointed to the wok (and by the way, the ONLY wok that they owned), and said it didn't work. She said she had bought it in Chinatown and had gotten it for $5 and that all Chinese woks were created th same. I watched them prepare the food and noticed that the meat was pre-cooked and that they put it in the microwave before throwing it in the only wok they owned to finish it off. I also noticed that the guy that was handing out samples would come back in and reheat the samples that he hadn't handed out in the microwave and then head back out. Guess that gives the samples that freshly cooked taste. The food was done and it was placed in flimsy Styrofoam plates and bowls (seriously, probably the cheapest you could possibly find). I had a hard time picking my bowl of soup noodles off of the tray because the bowl was so wobbly. The food tasted like reheated leftovers. That's the only way I can describe it. It tasted of a former greatness was that perhaps three to five days old and had been re-heated several times by a college student as a midnight snack while studying for finals. And the crowning moment was when I looked at my cup and saw that it was a Philly Cheesesteak cup. What the... In all fairness, I found out later that Samurai Sam is affiliated with Cheese Steak Factory, hence the explanation for the cups, but c'mon. A little ghetto, don't you think? I'm sure other Samurai Sams around the country live up to the hype that their posters advertise, but this particular Samurai Sam is doing some major cost-cutting and quality is suffering immensely. Someone needs to call up Samurai Sam and tell him that the owners/managers of his Schaumburg/Woodfield establishment have turned it into Samurai Scam (c'mon, I've been saving that one this whole review).
(1)Laura C.
I might be a little picky when it comes to meat (I only eat white meat), but this food was just... weird. The rice was good, I'll give it that. The sample I tried outside the place was decent. The teriyaki sauce was good. However, the actual chicken was... sort of gross. Had weird... things in it. My friends didn't really enjoy their meals either. Can't explain what it was, but I recommend skipping this place .
(2)Luke J.
Well, there I go again, not listening to the other reviewers and 'giving it a shot anyway!" All I have to say is that everything that you read in the other reviews is indeed correct. i just came back from the place, and I have now experienced it for myself. I cannot actually believe that a restaurant of this low quality is in Woodfield Mall at all. I would expect this from a run down strip mall in the ghetto, but not something next to the Rainforest Cafe... The food was bland as all get-out. The crab rangoons were extremely oily and had no flavor. I've seen from sweet, through sour, through salty rangoons, and they're all fine -- these had no actual taste to speak of, besides overused frying oil taste. I got the Teriyaki wrap (the Teriyaki is supposedly their signature item). The chicken was of low quality (I'm not sure how else to describe it), it just had this strong 'animal' flavor to it, like as if they used all dark meat and the worst cuts of it at that. The sauce was flavorful, but nothing to write home about. As expected, the wrap was stuffed with 80% rice, and the chicken and vegetables constituted a small portion (Rice is a cheap filler). The strangest thing of all, perhaps, is that YES, the cooks seem to LEAVE the restaurant WITH YOUR FOOD, go someplace, and then come back. I read about this in the previous reviews and couldn't believe it, so I looked to see. Yes, sure enough, it happened with the crab rangoons. The guy put (what looked like pale, frozen rangoons) in a metal serving tray, and left the restaurant, and went to the restaurant next door to the left. I followed him to see where he was going, and saw him chatting with the staff at that restaurant. After 5 minutes, he came back with the rangoons, which now looked brown and chrispy -- he fried them in the other restaurant's kitchen, basically. Ok... what the heck?! Sooo... overall, really really mediocre food (and I'm being as nice as I can here), good service with a smile, but the whole 'cooking my food at another restaurant' thing was a bit too strange even for me -- I grew up in a communist eastern European country, I thought I'd seen it all. Again, I can't believe this place is in Woodfield...
(1)Maddy K.
I think this place is hit or miss with people. It's a hit for me. I really like Samurai Sam's,I find the employees to be very nice and friendly. The cook knows my order now because I go in fairly often (I work at the mall) and I always eat the same thing (vegetable wrap). I know a lot of people find their sauce disgusting, but I really like it! The portions are huge!! Maybe I'm crazy, but this is the only place in the mall I will eat besides Jimmy John's. And honestly, if you're looking for authentic Japanese food, a fast food place in a mall in suburban Chicago is OBVIOUSLY not the right place to look. Let's be realistic. I love Sam's just the way it is.
(4)Lily C.
I dont even wanna give one star.. my husband and i ordered stir fried broccoli and veggei yaki soba.. we found out later that they charged us for "extra vegetables" which we never asked for... and they forced us to buy a drink to get a free eggroll. That eggroll taste so bad that we couldnt finish it and it was so soggy... i like crispy eggrolls but this eggroll was just too soggy. Please avoid this place.. i am an asian. I eat asian food almost 1-2times a week. When i tell you to avoid, please avoid!!!!
(1)G E.
Decent fast food, don't eat the soup or egg rolls, just order steak or chicken teriyaki and you will like it.
(3)Mary K.
Horrible experience, I am not one of those people that searches out places to say nasty things about them, this is my first time giving a bad review. First of all the trick was the guy handing out free samples that were delicious which got me in the door. Once I walked in the door though I was very confused, the guy ringing up the order that handed me the menu needed us to explain every item we were ordering like he had never seen the menu (he just handed me) in his life. Then they only made my meal, not my fiance's and when the cook ( if you can call him that, I pretty much saw my food get put on a plate and be put in the microwave) found out he had to actually make food....he was pissed. He left the restaurant and came back with chicken in a tupperware container, which made me wonder where he had gone to get it?? He was finally done "cooking" the food, it was cold, gross, very small amount of food for the price. Needless to say I will never go back. In fact the whole ride home from the mall we thought we were going to get food poisoning....that's how much of a scary experience this was.
(1)E A.
I will eat non-authentic Japanese food if it tastes good. Then name "Samurai" implies that food is Japanese, but not only is the food not authentic, it is also super horrible. Fried rice was precooked, cold, and CRUNCHY. The teriyaki chicken was cold and icky. The table was smelly (that old water smell).
(1)Kevin G.
Granted, I've only been here once, but nothing made me want to go back ever. The food was food, and didn't make me sick, but that's about the best thing I can say about it. It was fast, but most of the chicken in our dish was the parts you would normally throw away when cleaning the bird-- like chunks of cartilage, etc. We walked across the way to the Sbarro pizza after throwing our Samurai Sam meal in the garbage and started over. It could be an isolated incident, since the place was pretty packed, but based on our meal there, I wouldn't even give it a second try.
(1)a w.
Cool place to get some quick and tasty Japenese food. I think the best thing to try here is one of the teriyaki bowls -- they come in a bunch of different sauces and meat choices. I had a salad here once...the ginger chicken...it wasn't too great -- I would stick to the teriyake bowls! The food here is fresh and tasty and the service is really quick. Its a great, quick stop with a very casual setting. And make sure to try the crab rolls as an appetizer...they're pretty tasty!
(3)Justin W.
Punch me in the face, but I LIKE Sam's for fast food. In no way is this authentic and it probably serves a slap in the face to every Japanese person, just as crappy Chinese slaps me in the face, but I like it. I have a hard time finding places that will just serve chicken, rice, and vegetables, for a cheap price and fast.
(4)Stevie V.
Samurai Sam must have been off duty. This place is in Woodfield Mall. They lured me in with pictures of delicious meals placed in the front. Let me tell you that it's lies, all lies. My soup was disgusting. There was only 4 small pieces of chicken, one tiny little vegetable and gross noodles. I could have done better with.10 Ramen noodles. The other dish had one tiny vegetable too but steak was decent. Not worth it, gross. If in mood for Mexican, try Taco Fresco on second floor.
(1)Jerrold A.
Pricy and quality isn't quite there. Free egg roll that they always push for that taste awful.
(1)Eli L.
Bad service,bad food,and dirty washrooms sums up this place. I gave it a try based on a sample the worker game me which was good. But when I order my food which cost me 20bux for 2 plates which is steep, it came out horrible. Meat not done well n rice was klumpy. I won't go again.
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