Top Highlights/Lowlights
1) no reservations for tables under 6 people
2) long wait
3) great food!
First things first, if you are looking for awesome sushi in the Madison area Sushi and Restaurant Muramoto are top notch. The fish is super fresh and everything from the basic sushi, to the entrees to the apps is awesome!
The downtown location (Restaurant Muramoto) has a lot more non-sushi menu options in addition to sushi so if you are with a non sushi lover I would head downtown but if you love sushi and don't want to deal with downtown traffic or pay to park the Hilldale location is just right for you!
I came with a group of four on a Friday night and our plan was to eat and then catch a 9:35 movie at Sundance Cinemas which is conveniently located across the street. We arrived at 7:30 thinking about 2 hours would cover us even if there was a wait. There was definitely a wait! We were told it would be about an hour so we went over to the bar section of the restaurant and got a cocktail table right away. There was a surprising amount of speciality cocktails to choose from in addition to beer and wine. A cool cocktail to try is the Chu Hai! Basically you pick from the different types of Chu Hai (I think it's like vodka) and then they add sparking water and a flavoring or your choice. I tried the sugarcane and sweet potato Chu Hai with grapefruit and then pineapple flavoring. The drinks were awesome and a little cheaper than the other cocktails. We had plenty of time for cocktails as the wait ended up being closer to an hour and 20 minutes! The staff was very friendly about updating us on the wait which was sweet and our server moved our meal along quickly since we were in a rush to get to our movie!
The wait was worth it as the sushi was awesome! Ask your server about how to make the rolls gluten free! I found out afterwards that they can even do some of tempura rolls gluten free! Great place for great sushi if you don't mind waiting!