Akari is a great sushi place on the West side. Honestly, I've been searching for a decent sushi place in Madison. There is another popular place on the West side that I'm sure most people know of, but I dislike that place. I gave up on Madison sushi for a while, but then I got a coupon in the mail for Akari and decided why not.
We ordered three rolls for $12.50 - spicy salmon, shrimp tempura, and eel avocado. The ingredients were pretty fresh. We also ordered the Out of Control special roll. I *think* the tuna on the inside of that is supposed to be just seared like ahi tuna, but I'm not sure. It ended up being pretty cooked, which I didn't like that much. We also got a Chicken Teriyaki Bento Box. It had so much chicken in it. It was overflowing the take-out container. They forgot the 4 pieces of California roll, but oh well. We had also ordered Fried Rice but got White Rice.
Overall, I enjoyed my meal. I feel like they only do take-out orders. I think they could improve on their sushi rice. Perhaps I came too late in the evening and the rice had dried out, but it wasn't sticky enough to hold the roll.