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| - I've eaten here a bunch of times, but have ordered the SAME THING EVERY TIME (spicy tuna roll and philly roll). Those rolls are pretty good. It's not the same quality/deliciousness as a real sushi joint, but it's good enough for me to stop in once every other week or so. Accordingly, this review is re: sushi and not the bowls.
As you'll probably gather from other reviews, this is a fast-ish food option serving sushi and bowls with rice or noodles. You can choose from pre-selected sushi roll or bowl options, or you can pick all of the ingredients of your choosing for sushi or a bowl.
Most of the "make your own" sushi options sound horrible to me, and are ingredients you would never find on a sushi menu. beef brisket? shredded pork? cheddar cheese? WHY? the only seafood options are: salmon, spicy salmon, tuna, spicy tuna, crabstick, spicy crabstick. I think crabstick is gross, so salmon and tuna are all that's left for sushi using fish as a protein. These are all the same proteins available for the bowls, too.
I LIKE what I order, and appreciate that I can take my order to go, but am not dying to order anything else on the menu.
Service is hit or miss. Everyone there is friendly, but once a few sushi orders are in, it (understandably) takes a while for them to assemble the sushi, etc. and a line will form. For the bowls, they put all the ingredients in bowls, and then send it back to the grill (wok? I don't know - a magical heat source?).
They use a machine/contraption to adhere the sushi rice to the nori and it seems like it doesn't work properly because the employees often have to add rice by hand to the bare spots. They also use a machine to cut the sushi which sometimes leaves the end sushi pieces all wonky with little of the fillings.
in summary: yeah, it's okay as long as you keep your expectations in check.
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