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| - I can hear the food snobs saying it as they read this; I should have known better than to eat at AYCE Japanese. Given that it's $22 a head on Sunday nights (I thought things were supposed to be cheaper in the suburbs...), and the 3.5 rating on Yelp (one of the highest for AYCE Japanese), I expected good things. I was disappointed.
While it took a while to actually register our order, once it was in, the dishes came to our table fast and furious. Ratings: dragon roll = bad; spicy tuna = good; sirloin beef cubes = good; cold tofu = bad; seafood fried udon = ginormous! and very greasy (avoid if you want to eat anything else, this is entree sized!!); surf clam = ok; shrimp tempura = ok (did they use cocktail shrimps?); chicken skewers = ok. At the end of it, they offered their 'special desserts', which included some cappuccino-flavoured and green tea-flavoured creme brule. Both of which were barely edible (I had the feeling they offered it to us because they were trying to clear out their fridge, it was that sketchy looking).
The selection of items was so-so, the service was ok (I think it's standard to bring the change back when you lay out cash on the receipt tray, so as not to appear presumptuous, am I right?) and the quality was below par on average. When a place like Sushi Island exists just a short jog from my house, it's hard to ever recommend this place.
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