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| - All-you-can-eat sushi in general raises eyebrows. I went in there twice in two weeks now, hoping to get a good feel for this place the second time around...
Pricepoint: Pretty good for lunch, $14-16 including tip.
Quality of the food for a all you can eat: Honestly, surprising. The nigiri sushi is clearly sliced thinner than normal, though the variety of nigiri is fairly good. Having mackerel is always good and shows that the owner insists on a good variety.
Why go there: The variety of the all you can eat menu is very good. The hot kitchen cranks out some pretty good hot food, sushi isn't necessarily the star here. The tempura'd pieces are good, the oil they are fried in is clean, though most of what they call tempura is panko, which means... They are frozen goodies dropped in the deep fryer! With this volume I don't blame them. Nevertheless, they are not bad. Same thing with the gyoza. There is soup and grilled things, even dessert. You can't beat the price and the service is decent, they could use more smiles on their faces though as my wife says.
Verdict: Good spot for a filling lunch with a buddy or dinner, to shoot the breeze, eat slow and not really have specific cravings for anything in particular, but you know you want Japanese... I sense though the owners are not, as the food reflects a few other cultures in its details. They do crank out the food rather fast.
Try: The fried scallops, the shrimp tempura is good too when it comes to the fried stuff (panko'd). Give their Rainbow roll a shot, it was their most thoughtful and fresh roll. If you don't mind thin nigiri go for it, you just might have to load up. The mango ice cream makes for a good ending.
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