I mainly bought this because of the ceramic bowl, I really don’t like non-stick cookware and I haven’t been able to find a rice cooker without one. The rice cooker itself is amazing – short grain or basmati both white and brown rice is cooked perfectly – just enough bite to it and so easy. I have used the timer several times and the porridge in the morning is simply lovely. Stylish and easy to clean I am so excited to try other things. I tried making yoghurt following the instructions in the manual and it was simply gorgeous. I can see how much money this is going to save me 🙂

Wonderful and perfect, 5 stars

Our neighbour was talking to me about her sakura she had bought and showed me how it worked and I was amazed so I put my order in for this. Simply put, it’s the best appliance that I have ever bought for our kitchen. It is sooooo much easier than the old way I use to cook rice which was to cook it on my hob in a saucepan and then having to carefully control the heat to make sure the water didn’t bubble over the top of the pan or burn the rice or over cook it or under cook it. With this rice cooker I just pop in the amount of rice I want, add water to the bowl level, close the lid and press start on the appropriate rice setting. I walk away and it beeps when it’s all fluffy and perfect- and it is completely perfect and tastes better than any rice I’ve cooked. Don’t be fooled by the lower price of this cooker, it really is premium and has a very strong feel to it. Even if I used it for rice alone it would be incredible but I have found that I can use it for making really good soups and recently started having home made rice pudding from it which actually tastes better than any tinned stuff my family have had before. oooh and the cheescake recipe in the manual is phenomenal!!! I give this 10/10, 5/5, 5 star, A++ and so on.

The ordering process was easy with the website. The rice cooker was delivered in about 5 days. I was on the waiting list for sakura and was one of the first to use it. I’ve had it for over two months now and use it twice a day. It really does it’s job extremely well. I did have an issue at the start with not realising that I needed to hold the start button down for more than 2 seconds to get it to start but this is in the manual and is my fault for not noticing this. Honestly I would have paid a lot more for it as I value good tasting rice so much. I’m using the slow cook function as well on this which saves me having to pay extra money for a separate slow cooker machine. Once again, I love this sakura cooker and I think it is absolutely amazing. A+++++++

I ordered on Monday and it arrived here in Germany in 3 days. Very fast service. The sakura rice cooker is exactly what I wanted and at a much better price than anything else I have seen. It does brown, white and short grain rice very well. I feel reassured knowing that it has a strong cerramic cooking bowl. The black glossy colour looks very good with my white glossy kitchen and is really quite special looking. If you are looking for making rice without difficult and by pressing one button without having to watch it cooking all the time then this is THAT cooker. I highly rekommend it.