Bagu Sushi & Thai

There is a 3.5% surcharge per card transaction! Came here yesterday with my partner for dinner and it was pretty good. Initial impression is that the restaurant is EXTREMELY small. It can sit about 10-15 people total. The waitress was extremely friendly and helpful. It did kind of suck that half the drinks on the menu they did not have available. The food came out pretty promptly. We ordered the fried dumplings, the California roll, the number 9 and another set of sushi. It’s weird how different types have a set amount. There’s a list of ones that come with 5,6,8 sushi rolls, it would be nice to be able to decided which type of sushi roll you want and how many from the options listed. Food was delicious and well prepared. Pricing was pretty affordable as well. As stated in other reviews there is a 3.5% surcharge for using a card which is not disclosed anywhere on the menu or by the staff. If you come, I would suggest using cash. Overall the food was good. I would definitely return!

The Thai food is pretty good and apps were tasty. The sushi could be better. The crispy pork belly pad Thai had good flavor and had a good mix of sauce. It was a good ratio of salty, sweet and sour. Cream cheese wontons were average, not bad but not amazing. Papaya salad tasted good and has a good lime zest flavor. Tom yum soup tasted clean and right amount of sour. The baked muscles are pretty good and worth trying. I would avoid the 3 wise man roll that has a thick brown layer of sauce on top. It was very salty and ruined the fresh taste that sushi usually has.

This place is quite small, but definitely a spot you will want to try. Not only does the food look delightful to the eyes, it is as delicious as it looks! The service is wonderful. We were fortunate to have a dish provided by the chef, on the house.

Teeny tiny sushi and Thai place in minneapolis. According to my dad they have a really cute patio in the back during the summer. Despite only having about 8-10 tables in the entire restaurant, service was slow. They only had 1 beer available out of like 5-6 that were on the menu. Looked like there was only 1 sushi chef for the entire time we were there. Food was OUTSTANDING. So delicious, with a huge variety of sushi rolls to choose from. Bathrooms are a little dingy. Overall it was good but for the high prices and the 3.5 surcharge for card we probably won’t come back.

What an incredible place. The food was very well made and high quality. We ordered karaage, spicy salmon roll, dragon roll, and some eel nigiri. We also drink some hot sake. Everything was made very well and was delicious. The dragon roll was the best dragon roll I've ever had. And the taste of the eel was what I had hoped, and the presentation was awesome. Spicy salmon roll was spicy! The placement of the sushi was well done. I'm very pleased with the customer service as well. They were very fast and very friendly. I'll definitely be coming back in the near future.

3.5/5 I've got mixed feelings about BaGu, I was worried that the fusion of what seems like southeast asian and more japanese cuisine would provide a mediocre representation, and, I was sorta right. I thought the food appetizers and entrees tasted better than the sushi. The Sunset and Crunchy Spicy Tuna CST rolls tasted generic, like if I went to a sushi buffet, this is what I would expect. Know what I mean? The Sunset one was very mellow and sweet, but didn't have a "wow" factor. The CST one was more interesting because of the play on textures, crunchy, sweet, fresh, creamy, salty but I was left unimpressed as both were nearly $20 a roll. Karage - this seemed to have SE Asian flare on it as the the most dominant flavors were ginger and salt. I would use a tad bit less salt, but the choice to use dark meat was smart and kept the chicken moist and add richness. One thing to note is that the dish came out in a large clump and needed to be manually separated into sharable pieces. Gyoza - nice hard pan sear and meat had sweet notes. Would use more green onions + white and black pepper. Accompanying soy sauce had some variation of vinegar mixed in and it contrasted well against the saltiness. *Public Service Announcement* Spice levels are on the Asian Richter scale, so if spice isn't your forte, order one level, or two, down from what you usually do. Drunken Noodles - order with wide noodles, it makes a difference. The dish was SPICY learn from me, I didn't ask which heat scale it was but very, very flavorful. Savory all around with notes of holy basil and sweet seared crab. Chewy and crunchy textures. Pad Thai - okay, this is like a stereotypical dish, but nonetheless, always a viable option. The dish was nutty and sweet, almost caramel like, and balanced the spice. Overall, BaGu is pretty expensive and I'd go back for the food, but not sushi. I still think the sushi buffets are a better bang-for-your-buck type of place.

One of my FAVORITE places Hands down one of the best Crsipy Porkbelly Pad Thai joints in town, Lao Style Papaya, and baked mussels Def a hidden gemFood: 5/5

I love the food here! It just gets so busy and crowded so expect a long wait to get seated and to get food. Total came out to be roughly $170Food: 5/5

Good food and pleasant atmosphere. I’m rating 4 stars because nowhere on their menu nor website do they mention that they charge a hefty 3.5% additional surcharge to pay with a debit card or credit card. Their staff also didn’t mention this surcharge to me as I handed my card to them for payment, which would have been a decent courtesy.

Delicious food! Can’t go wrong with anything on their menu!