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| - Rolled into da 'burgh for the weekend to watch the Phillies/Pirates games. My wife and I used to live in Pittsburgh and had originally made reservations at Umi, but on the day of ended up eating a large late lunch and decided to cancel. But as the night wore on we grew hungry again and were stuck in Shadyside. It was getting tough to find a place that was open, let alone had an available table, until we stumbled upon Sushi Too. I had always been curious about this place, but because the menu seemed boring and over-priced, I had never tried. A bit of circumstance changed all that.
The restaurant is decorated in a somewhat cliched sushi joint manner (you know it when you see it), albeit with far less chotchkies than many other places. You can sit and be comfortable without being distracted by a myriad of junk that makes you wonder "What the hell is that doing there"?
Our hostess and server were both very nice, despite the fact that we popped in pretty late in the evening when it seemed the dinner service was winding down. Sushi Too has its liquor license so you can order a limited selection of beers - including the obligatory Sapporo and Asahi varieties.
For a starter I had seaweed salad and it was as good as anywhere else I've had it. For dinner I ordered sashimi - sake, hamachi and hirame (salmon, yellowtail, fluke). They were presented as three nice looking cuts each, with each cut being slightly larger than average. The quality of the fish was very good - good flavors and textures.
Overall it was a good experience and worth the money. If a future visit yielded similar results - I would bump my rating to 4 stars. Consider it a 3.5 for now.
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