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| - We came in around 8 on Friday night 8/19/16 for some sushi and the place looked empty, especially for a Friday night. There were about 3 tables that was occupied, and all of them were almost done with their dinner. The waitress brought us a typical Chinese style menu. I meant the fancy and thick looking one with over 100 dishes on the menu and a sushi menu printed on a piece of paper with about 30 different items on it. She also gave us another sushi menu that was in a plastic cover. This menu is for non rice rolls only. So we decided to order sushi rolls only. My son and daughter marked 4 rolls on the menu order and I chose a yellowtail sashimi. However, I didn't want any roll with rice so I told the waitress I wanted a roll that was called "temptation" from the menu with the plastic cover. The roll basically came with a piece of raw fish, an imitation crab stick and shredded carrots wrap around the whole thing with a strip of cucumber. I also order a scallion pancake. There was a sushi bar in the middle of the restaurant. It was empty when we came in. The sushi chef came out from the back and kind of stare at us and wanted to know who dare decided to order sushi this late in the evening. The whole time I was watching him trying to make my "temptation roll" and he had to consult the menu that was prop against the wall behind him three times to make sure what goes in there. I thought to myself, hmm a sushi chef doesn't know what goes in a sushi roll? Since we order 5 rolls, so I expect is going to take a while, but I was wrong. He finished everything in less than 5 minutes and then he disappeared into the back again. Then the waitress brought us the sushi dish. Well guess what, only my sashimi and the temptation roll were on the plate. So we figured the rest of the rolls will come later. Omg, I have eaten sushi like a million times before, but this is the first time that I have ever seen a pathetic looking sushi roll and sashimi. So I picked up the temptation roll, which was about the size of a quarter, and everything inside fell back onto the plate. The cucumber wrap was so thick. That's the reason why nothing can hold up inside the cucumber. I don't even want to talk about the sashimi. I have never seen a sashimi cut or slice that way. I finally realized that my children's sushi will never come, so I offered my last 2 pieces of the temptation rolls to my children. There were only a total of 5 pieces on it. The waitress came back and checked on us and I asked her where were the rest of the sushi rolls. She LOOKED CONFUSED. I told her there were 4 more rolls that we ordered and she said that there was only one order on the sushi menu. So I asked her to check the paper again. She went behind the cash register and looked for the paper and came back and showed us the order. I took a look at the paper and it wasn't even our order. Although there was one order on it. I meant how could she only saw the sashimi, but totally missing the rest of the order. I asked for the check, because we were so done with dinner. Yup, the total of the meal came out to be $31.03 for the entire meal, that's including tax. Out of that $31.03, $10.00 was for 2 sodas and a cocktail. I rarely write review, but this is something I can't help it and need to speak up. By the way, we chose this restaurant because of the 4 stars review on Yelp. Also, this is something I want to mention that totally gross me out. After the sushi chef fixed my food, I saw him stomping the floor with his left foot. I can only assume it's either a bug or a cockroach that was big enough that he can see. Then he wiped his left foot on the floor trying to get rid of whatever stuck to his shoe and walked back to continue what he was doing before I dragged him away from it. That's the last thing I want to see before I have my dinner. I guess the 4 stars they received on Yelp must be from the Chinese side of the menu, because the Japanese roll that I had were bad and overpriced. Another thing I want to point out is the name of the restaurant. Kiyoshi is Japanese, but the Chinese menu is thick enough to have at least over 50 dishes, while the Japanese dishes is printed on a piece of paper. No fancy menu booklet, no pictures. So my question is if you choose to serve mainly Chinese dishes in your restaurant why choosing a Japanese name for it. Isn't it confusing? In conclusion, my children left the restaurant feeling hungry and disappointed because they were craving for sushi, but ended up eating nothing, except for some free cold and stale fried wonton wraps.
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