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| - We decided to give Fusion a visit recently and unfortunately we walked away disappointed.
First impression when you come in is that they have packed far too many tables into the space, with no design to add any kind of privacy or intimacy to the experience.
The restaurant was completely packed, and as a result service ran at a pretty slow pace, which is to the diner's disadvantage when you consider that the AYCE has a 90 minute time limit. It took a while for the drinks to arrive, we had to flag down a server to take our first order, and we never managed to get in a second order.
Service tended to suffer because things like plate clearing and drink refills happened mostly with our assigned server, rather than the entire staff. The cramped conditions meant that most of the plates got placed on the side of the table closest to the walkway and we had to rearrange them to keep the table from being unbalanced.
Service was ultimately so slow that we ended up asking for the check and leaving before the final two items came out, around an hour after our order went in (I have no idea whether it was lost or just really delayed).
The food itself was passable, but the Japanese/Thai/Chinese combination left me thinking of the idiom "Jack of all trades, master of none." I could not identify what the core specialty of the cooks was, because all three cuisines left me wanting. The Pad Thai came out in a pool of liquid, the sushi rolls tended to be over-sauced, the tempura came out a little too pale (and the sauce was forgotten).
As far as value for the cost, at $27 per head you could buy a good amount of small plates at an Izakaya, get a higher quality, and walk away sated and satisfied. Here you're left thinking that for the price, you need a big appetite and faster service to get your money's worth.
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