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| - My friends and I were on MacLeod a few days ago and there were four other sushi places along the trail. We tried to go to the all-you-can-eat buffet one but we just happened to come during their gap closed hour. So we sat in the parking lot and looked up reviews for The One Sushi across the street (heard repeatedly that it was sticky) and decided to try out Kinjo down the road instead. I'm not a big sushi person though and have had it literally one other time in my life but I was willing to give it a shot because it seemed like a good place.
Ohhhh my god. So good. Okay, let me explain all the things that make this place so wonderful and how we're probably gonna come back at least 1000 times before we're seniors. Come in and we were welcomed and seated really quickly in a booth and given a plate of four rolls. Forget the other two, but that california roll and volcano roll were amazing. Totally great. Our waitress and the service were prompt and friendly. I liked the volcano rolls so much that I ordered a plate for myself. We ordered dynamite rolls, spicy tuna rolls, rainbow rolls, california rolls, deep fried shrimp. Oh, and eel. I also got fried rice for myself. The food arrived so quick and it was just delicious, we probably got our food 10-15 minutes after we ordered, it was that fast. The portion of fried rice I got was more than I thought it'd be, but totally worth it. Volcano rolls are a must-get.
A really cute touch is that if you sit in a booth beside the center kitchen, there's a conveyor belt with little boats on it that have plates of sushi on it that you can just grab and take as you please if a boat rolls by and you see something you like. We thought it was so cool. Plus you can see the cooks at work.
Everyone who works at the restaurant seems really close, and when the staff see someone they know come in (I'm guessing it was either a fellow employee or a regular customer) they shout the person's name in a "Ayyyy my dude is here" kind of way. It's awesome. It makes the whole atmosphere of the restaurant seem really fun. Can't really say anything about the speed of the restaurant during busy hours because the first time we came was a Monday afternoon just as people were getting out of work and we were already at the restaurant.
Oh, and you get free Pocky after your visit!!! Who doesn't love that? I think that's something the customers really love - it's a really awesome, thoughtful, unique touch. Anyways, we think this place is basically perfect and we tipped huge afterwards.
So summarized, we didn't really see any downsides to this place.
+ Totally delicious and I'll probably try different kinds of sushi next time now that I know I like it
+ Short wait time!
+ Friendly friendly serviceeee!
+ Fun, tight-knit atmosphere
+ Cheap/affordable! Our total bill between three people came to $69.00 (haha). When you consider how much food we ordered and how good it was, that was a great deal.
+ SUSHI. ON BOATS.
+ FREE POCKY
+ Not sticky
Believe me, this place is a ####ing gem and my crew will be back. 5/5 would empty my wallet again.
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