Finally got to Akahana. Might as well get this out of the way - yes our waiter sucked, as many have experienced. Galen, if you are reading this, perhaps you should just sell records at Sam Goody's. Or sort the tchotchkes at Manifest...
But we did sit at the bar (no, the sushi bar); and got along rather well with the head chef and the owner. Seems as though they have their sh!t together. We discussed throughput, prepping and sourcing, yadda yadda. We ate sake nigiri (nice), ikura gunkan (nice) and a few rolls I can't remember the names of. Washed it all down with Asahi and all was good.
Bottom line is I think this one will stick in this somewhat cursed location. The sushi was really good, the cook staff is good, the atmosphere is good. The wait staff will turn over, just "wait."