*** American Review ***
HOLY MOLY!!! I never imagined such a place existed.
It's your typical Japanese restaurant (at least in the states) with a regular menu...but wait....the entire thing is a MADE-TO-ORDER BUFFET!!!
Someone PLEASE bring this idea to the states. There is only one other place I know of in the USA that has AYCE made-to-order sushi...and that's in NYC. Apparently there are a few places that do this there, but I've never seen this in any other city stateside.
Anyway my good friend tells us to meet her there, and we order plate after plate of sushi and other items. This place just blows my mind. Technically speaking this is not a "buffet" as a real buffet denotes that food is pre-made and arranged on trays or tables, but a buffet usually connotes the idea of all-you-can-eat....but who cares...it's essentially all you can freaking eat from whatever is on the menu. I LOVE IT!!!!
Before the buffet-phobes and food-snobs say anything the food quality is on par with a normal restaurant. None of those usual tricks like paper-thin slices of fish, or giant sized balls of rice, etc, etc.
I only wish there was one closer. I would HIGHLY recommend this to anyone, even to my skeptical cousins who believe the food here is questionable.
Only suggestion I have is to make it baby-friendly...diaper changing stations in the bathroom or something =D.
Anyone know what the 168 refers to though? Is that like 168 seats or 168 menu items available or something?
*update* apparently 168 refers to their original location. Thanks Lauren =D