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| - We ended up having dinner here out of frustration with the Dine and Dash fundraiser/tasting event that was being held that night
Nothing good at all to say about the Dine and Dash event, it truly might have been the most UNORGANIZED event I have ever been to, a piss off of a couple hundred bucks for the both of us
Katsuya was the second restaurant venue on our tasting map of the aforementioned event....we just were so fed up with it, we decided to just call it quits there and have dinner at the sushi bar.
It took a few minutes to get the hostess to seat us, but really can't blame her since the host station was in the middle of everyone walking into the bar area for the D&D event
we actually had some nice seats towards the back of the sushi bar
not your traditional sushi bar, but we had a really nice view of the sushi chefs doing a carving presentation of a large tuna for the D&D attendees.
we just decided to go with the Omakase Geta
I'm not sure what our server's name was, he was a young Korean or Japanese kid, but he took our order brought us water. We had some of the cocktails from the event, so we didn't need additional drinks.
things pretty much went downhill from there
a platter of some type of sushi roll was brought to us by another server, and since we weren't exactly clear as to how the Omakase was to be served, we began to prep our soy with wasabi, and took a bit of pickle ginger too. About a minute later, our waiter came back and told us that was mistakenly brought to us and our order would be out shortly. fair enough, mistakes happen, no big deal....BUT then he proceeded to take this dish and gave it straight to the party sitting next to us????? Yes, we did not take any of the rolls yet, but we had bogeyed some of the wasabi and ginger already. He should have either 1)left the dish for us or 2)taken it back to kitchen to be re-plated or thrown out. I don't think the group next to us saw what he did, but that does not excuse his action.
Our platter of sashimi and sushi was brought to us about 10 minutes later, and it was a decent looking presentation. Assorted sushi and sashimi on a wooden serving vessel similar to some of the "boats" you see offered at Japanese restaurants. It was a bit annoying though that again a different server, not our waiter brought this to us, and was not quite certain as to all of the components to our meal.
the sushi itself was nothing special, no real outstanding components to the sashimi either. I had seen decent reviews of this place so maybe our expectations were too high? although that should never be an excuse for any restaurant....they should all strive to be the best they can be.
in any case, we actually just asked one of the sushi chefs about a few of the different fishes we were served and he was quite a bit more helpful.
I think the only thing that kept the meal enjoyable was my wonderful dining companion. Always makes for a nicer meal when you have it with a pretty gal!
It was also nice that we enjoyed the drinks offered from the D&D event at the Katsuya bar, since it was only a few steps from our seats, we were able to get a few of the tasty Burning Mandarin's and Katsuya Fresh drinks....like an all you can drink option to our meal!
Our waiter finally showed up after a bit with our bill, I was really contemplating whether he even deserved a tip at all, since other than the removal of the wrong dish, it was the only other time we even saw him during our meal. I only gave him 15% because he did mention how pretty my gal was when she went to the restroom....I know, pretty shallow, but it was true and was nice of him.
Gave the sushi chef a tip directly too, he deserved it....he actually brought us a small dish of tuna, cheek I believe, really good!
I would give the restaurant maybe 3 stars tops, but the shock of our waiter just moving the mistaken dish to group next to us was a bit much.
not sure we will try this place again, maybe stop by for drinks though, they were pretty tasty!
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