I purchased a coupon from one of those group-buy sites a while back and finally made my way over here on a Friday night. Not sure how busy it would be, I gave them a call first and they said they had plenty of free tables. Sure enough, the place was nearly empty when I arrived.
The interior was nicer than I expected and I hoped the interior wasn't the only thing this restaurant had going for it... My boyfriend and I could tell the servers were very inexperienced. When I inquired about a few items while ordering, the server had to go to the sushi bar three times in a row to find out what the items were. Not a great start..
We ordered the following items:
- Pork belly $6.50: Not what I was expecting.. didn't seem like the fatty pork belly that I'm used to. Nonetheless, it was an okay dish. Another example of the servers' inexperience: When the dish was dropped off, she stared at it for a moment and told us "Sorry, I have no clue what this is..."
- Spicy hotate sushi ($5.50 for two pieces): not the freshest scallop, just okay
- Negi hamachi roll ($5) & dragon roll ($8.50): Meh... nothing special
- Grilled black cod ($9.50): One of the only times I didn't enjoy a black cod dish... mainly because the entire piece of fish was littered with bones! A definite choking hazard... watch out!
- Tempura soba noodles served cold ($12.50): Tempura was decent (not greasy), but didn't enjoy the soba noodles. They were too overcooked for my liking and the sauce just didn't do it for me.
Overall, just a very mediocre experience. Food wasn't particularly enjoyable... nor was the service, so I could see why it was empty on a Friday night.