In search for an alternative to Xtreme Sushi AYCE that is closer to my home, my friends and I gave Kaya Sushi a chance.
I walked in the restaurant with a hefty appetite. When the appetizers came out, the chicken gizzard tasted decent but was not well done enough to my liking. The calamari tempura was chewy and the shrimp tempura coating was too thick, thus, not crispy all the way though.
As an avid sushi eater, I mainly order nigiris and hand rolls. All of the fish tasted the same - hamachi, ono and salmon. It was bland. The rice tasted better than the fish! The unagi was palatable but took 20 minutes before it got to the table. The salmon skin handroll had too much rice and the salmon skin tasted stale and been deep fried from yesterday's dish. The Kaya sushi roll was overpowered with its cilatro sauce which was really sour and again, stale ingredients - not just the fish in it but everything else. Finally, I ordered green tea ice cream to cleanse my tortured taste buds. Since I was sure ice cream was not made in house, I figured they could not screw this up. But they must have the cheapest type of green tea ice cream coz it tasted like floral air freshener.
It just got worse by the minute. They advertised AYCE for 2 hours but I dont know who would want to stay for 5 minutes. If a place serves frozen lemon slices and dried out green onion, it makes me assume that all their other ingredients have been prepacked from dinasour age and stuffed in the freezer.