It's beautiful and dark inside, each corner has something interesting to look at or a different texture. It's a lot to take in before you even open the menu. We started with drinks (old fashioned cider for me - a little cider wouldn't have killed you on this - I didn't order a cup of bourbon over ice) and a beer for the husband. I also tried a sangria, but it was more kool-aid than wine.
Onto the food! We started with three things - tuna maki, rock shrimp tempura the crab-corn chowder. Each was absolutely amazing! The tuna was super flavorful, the rock shrimp was perfectly seasoned and cooked and the chowder. Wow. I really want to go back and just bathe in the chowder. It was spicy and crabby and super thick. More like a corn milkshake. Delish!
I had the seafood hot pot and J had the pad thai. The pad thai was perfection. My hot pot left me a little confused. It sounded like soup, but came out in a weird bowl with like a thick mixture on the bottom not resembling soup broth. The mussels were good, but small. The scallops were amazing. The fish cake was also very flavorful and not at all fishy, like I had had in prior fish cakes. It wasn't that any distinct part wasn't good, it just wasn't what I was expecting.