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| - Overall: Freshest fish in the area (along with Sushi Asia Gourmet), but average sushi rice (Sakura is still the best in that department). I have been coming here more and more for my Chirashi to get away from the crowds at Sakura. I am a bit surprised that this place doesn't attract more of a crowd.
Food: I am a creature of habit. If I am at a sushi restaurant, I am ordering one thing and one thing only: the Chirashi. Bigeye's Chirashi eeks out Sakura's by a hair just because the fish is consistently fresher. However, there could be some improvement in the sushi rice department. It is not very well-seasoned. They also only provide you with enough for about 4 pieces of sashimi (maybe 6 if I ask for extra, and 8 if I ask for extra and stretch it). I like my rice. Can you tell?
Service: I have been served by the same waiter the last couple of times, who also appears to be the host and perhaps manager. He is nice and attentive, but can come off as ingratiating and definitely doesn't remember faces. I was a bit put off when I stopped in for a takeout order and he told the hostess that was helping me that the happy hour prices didn't apply to takeout . . . not that it mattered, but he could have looked me in the eye and said it politely instead of just instructing the hostess and ignoring me, the customer who has patronized this establishment a lot of times.
Atmosphere: Dark, intimate decor. However, generally empty, perhaps because the strip where it's located doesn't get a lot of traffic in general (it's next to a Talbots and BMV . . .)
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