My family’s favorite branch to go to, HOWEVER, quality these days seem to be dropping (sizing is smaller, cuts and rolls are inconsistently shape and sized, different flavor/toppings added). Just like the other branches, service is great and their staffs are friendly. Unlike the newer branches, the restaurant is just on the ground floor and they do not have a VIP room. They do have individual stalls but it’s not private. It gets really busy most days in this branch and a reservation is highly recommended. (Disclosure: menu and taste is catered towards local taste buds and not necessarily authentic). My recommendations for those who haven't tried excapade (* all time favorites): *SALMON FIRE CHEESE - a must order. A torched cheese layer on top of aburi salmon. *MINI SALMON MAYO WITH IKURA - salmon wrapped around sushi rice topped with mayonnaise and ikura (theres a cheaper version with ebiko but tastes is not the same). *UNA IKURA MAKI - fried unagi maki topped with mayonnaise and ikura. *MINI CALIFORNIA SPECIAL - a fried twist to the all time loved California maki. *SALMON UNAGI IKURA TEMAKI - best temaki combination for salmon and unagi lovers. TEMPURA MORIAWASE/EBI - lightly battered vegetables, prawns and fish if you choose the assorted tempura. Crunchy and delicious. CHIRASHI DON - a variety of sashimi (tuna, salmon, ika, tako, saba) and tamago on top of a bed of rice. A value for money if you’re craving for a variety of seafood. KARAGE - crunchy, moist and perfectly seasoned fried chicken. GRILLED SALMON HEAD - teriyaki sauce is amazing and the salmon head is fresh and fatty. There are many more of my favourite dishes but these are interesting and unique to excapade.

This Japanese restaurant warrants the lowest possible rating due to multiple serious issues with both hygiene and service standards. The most alarming incident involved food being served on dirty plates. While a replacement was eventually provided, such a basic hygiene oversight is unacceptable in any dining establishment and raises concerns about general kitchen standards. Service problems compound the negative experience. The staff appears overwhelmed and demonstrates an unfriendly attitude toward customers. This combination of poor attitude and inefficiency significantly impacts the dining experience. Order accuracy is another major issue, with multiple instances of incorrect dishes being delivered to the table. Even more concerning, staff failed to verify orders through repetition, a basic service standard that helps prevent such mistakes. These combined failures in cleanliness, service attitude, and order accuracy suggest fundamental problems in restaurant management and operations. The multiple serious issues indicate a need for significant improvements in both staff training and operational procedures. For diners seeking Japanese cuisine, this establishment demonstrates insufficient attention to basic restaurant standards, making it difficult to recommend. The combination of hygiene concerns and service issues creates an unsatisfactory dining experience that falls well below acceptable standards.

Food was average some sushi were sweet. Not really authentic Japanese flavours. Service is not really attentive. Food is being served quickly prices are reasonable

Ikura Chirashi Don. 😍😍😍

First time in excapade branch, has visited other chain before these. The chain has great selection of sushi, sashimi and other. Their promotion is great, order is via online, sadly i would prefer menu and persobal touch in ordering rather online. The food has great taste, we has selection os susshi, it was nice. Cleanliness 5 star Price 4 star Variety 5 star Arrangement 5 star Amount 4 star Overall 5 star

Always excellent quality food made with the best ingredients. Looks and tastes great! Staff are friendly. Recommended

Quick service. They do always offer chef's choice or today's special at the end of your meal. The seafood and food is always fresh. Price range is affordable. However certain branch is not clean. If you want to eat in this restaurant, I suggest Kuilap, Rimba point and Serusop branch. They follow your request if you want the food to be spicier or sweeter and more.

Update: 2024 Review Used to be mediocre, but they have improved their services in many aspects. Bringing the best combination of value, price, service & atmosphere. Amongst my favourite things to eat here are their Kushiyaki (Yakitori), which are special Japanese skewered food and Bara Chirashi Don, cubed raw fish & pickle with rice. They have many more great options which you might really like.

Waiting more than an hour for my food to come (I did write down my order, and gave it to the new waiter) . Unfortunately, after more than an hour of waiting, we called another waiter that passed by our seat, he said they didn't receive any of my orders... Very disappointed... I hope Excapade can train their new waiters (some, not all are bad) on how to be respectful and improve their customer service... In the end, I just went out without eating any food...maybe this is the last I'm going there... This is what we called "alum rezqi", my rezqi d tmpt lain...

Fantastic Japanese restaurant! I've tryed escapade for business dinner and I remained very satisfying for large choose of menu, delicious taste of food. Everything I've tryed were fresh, well cooked and presented. Despite Restaurant were full and we were a numerous table, the time of service was reasonable and pretty fast. Informal location, too high air condition but on request they reduce it. Kind staff Ratio quality-Price is optimal! Very suggested.

My first time in Brunei, and dining at Escapade Sushi was an absolute delight! The sushi was fresh, flavorful, and beautifully presented—every bite was a treat. The staff were incredibly attentive and friendly, making sure we were well taken care of throughout the meal. The ambiance was cozy and welcoming, perfect for enjoying a great meal. I highly recommend Escapade Sushi to anyone visiting Brunei. It’s a must-try spot for sushi lovers!

Everywhere one goes, there is always (most places I guess) at least one ‘Japanese’ (sushi) restaurant that exists in a country. Normally that one sushi restaurant is the popular choice to get your sushi cravings - and perhaps other Japanese dishes but mostly one shouldn’t expect too much on the taste and quality at times. Excapade has earned its place for that sushi restaurant in Brunei. Scattered throughout the country with multiple branches, some with special features, some not just generic. This one is one of the several that doesn’t really boast any special features - maybe it’s one of the “larger” branches in Brunei with some spots for attempted private setting and good for group special occasions- if you can’t afford Kaizen. Recently I came here via walk-in basis for a group of 4-5 person. Picked up some plates off the sushi belt - which is limited compared to its menu. So we ordered most of our dishes off the physical menu. Excapade requires writing down the code on the paper slip, adding any requests to the dishes if needed etc. Dishes are marked to label which dishes are vegetarian friendly, which makes it easier to pinpoint for those who don’t eat seafood (like myself). Unlike many places in Brunei, they really understand in accommodating to dietary requests. For reference, I ordered hosomaki (kappa/cucumber, avocado, oshinko/pickled radish, wakame/seasoned seaweed), plain inari, vege tempura maki, yasai tempura, plain rice and picked up a plate of wakame off the sushi belt. We also had green tea. The hot water dispenser off the side of the table had weak pressure so I requested a kettle of hot water. Hosomaki: these were not tightly rolled so upon picking up with my chopsticks it would fell apart. Filling distribution were good. The inari was quite thick in the distribution of rice and the rice seasoning was too overpowering and strong - too much vinegar was mixed in perhaps. The vege tempura maki came last. Yasai tempura was an assortment of vegetables and came with dipping sauce. On each table, disposable chopsticks, pickled ginger, wasabi paste, soy sauce and I think teriyaki sauce, shichimi togarashi was provided. Also, plates and sauce dip plates, cups. Service was decent and better than many places in Brunei. There is a button on each table if one would like to call a staff/server. The atmosphere was too noisy - I think the layout of the restaurant makes the noise just vibrate throughout the restaurant. Makes it harder to have a hint of privacy in conversations even though there is supposedly 'private seating' space, but not really.

Cozy place with decent sashimi selection, portions are bite size, good for tasting various flavors. Cheese with unagi is ok, maybe a bit burned more would be better. 🤣

𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆. 𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝘇𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗽 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀. 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲.

The sushi feels like it's for kids. If you are picky, maybe choose another sushi restaurant. But this one is hugely popular with the locals.

Very good atmosphere. Wide range of soup and dish choices. Also tastes very delicious!!!! Only problem is when you order too much, the waiters sometimes get you the wrong dishes, but they will get you the correct one ASAP!

Need bigger bowls for the Tentsuyu (Tempura soy sauce)

John's service is superb as usual. Most items were standard as usual. The sashimi set was good, I actually like the akami better than the otoro. The hamachi and scallop were good too.

Very popular so male.sure to.book

Good place to hv Japanese cuisines with reasonable price . Quick service and great ambience for family dine in.

A conducive environment with good food and fantastic service. Authentic japanese food that makes you feel like you're in Japan

The food quality is always the best in this branch.

Ordered take away on the way back to Belait @ about 4:30pm. Service was fast even though there was quite a number of customers for take-away orders. Dine-in was at about 40% table taken. Food was great as usual. Atmosphere: No comment. Will try to dine in next time to get the feel.

It's my first time having Excapade as my gift for scoring 6Os for O Levels. All this time, we'd thought it's too pricy until my dad had lunch with his friends here. He found out that although it's pricy but it's worth it. I too would recommend all my international friends dining here whenever they travel to Brunei

Excellent food. Will definitely visit again.

Good

Good taste and price is reasonable. I stayed in Brunei for 10 days . We went three times. We would recommend for everyone.Try and taste.

Food is awsome

The environment very cozy and the food is good as usual.

Very nyummy. Never disappoint. Dine in here for many many times already.

nice food with great place. but i prefer to order manually than the online things.. please bring back chicken and vege maki. Itadakimasu..