Wow. I was seriously impressed with this place. This place ranks second to French Laundry on my list of favorites.
First- if you are a first time visitor there, I would recommend just ordering off of the menu. I am sure the Omakase is great but you have to try the signature dishes- and you may not get to try them all with the Omakase.
Second- don't have the sushi be your primary focus. It's okay- but the other items are so much better. We saw people around us doing nothing but order sushi- what a waste!
Third- the warm dishes tended to be larger portions than the cold and raw dishes. Just a FYI if you want to budget your appetite and your wallet. I also felt that the dishes with a tart factor (see below) were too overwhelming. I would pass on these- IMO the tartness is so much you can't enjoy the other flavors that might be there.
We started with edammame and the sheshito peppers. Pass on the edamamme - there is nothing great about it- and you don't need to fill up your tummy with average stuff. The sheshito peppers were really good. They taste like small green bell peppers and the miso and sesame sauce on top has a great flavor. My husband is so picky when it comes to veggies and he even enjoyed this. My only word of caution- occasionally you get a spicy one!
So we relied on our fellow yelpers and ordered the following items:
1. Yellowtail sashimi with jalapeno - definitely get this- it was awesome!
2. The blackened miso cod- by far, the highlight of the evening
3. Chilean sea bass- cooked the special of the day way (yummy)- it had tomatoes, and onions, some white wine sauce
4. Kobe beef on skewers- pass- it was okay but not great
5. Lobster Ceviche- pass- the tartness was way too overwhelming
6. Red snapper with dry miso - pass- again, tartness too overwhelming
7. Then we ordered some basic filler items- tempura, sushi (CA rolls and Ama Ebi)- all which were fine.
8. We ordered the bento box dessert- it was ok- not fantastic.
Overall- the meal was great. The black miso cod was so good- it had the right blend of sweetness with saltiness, and the fish was so tender it literally melts in your mouth. The Chilean sea bass had the same texture and effect, but it costs about twice the amount as the black cod (a tidbit for those of you who are watching the $$s).
We had starved ourselves earlier in the day and were totally stuffed by the end of the meal. The whole meal with tip was just over $300. I highly recommend this place. It was the only restaurant that we went to in the older part of Vegas that was great.