Today was my first visit to Akahana and I won't be back. There were about 9 tables (including people sitting at the bar) total in the restaurant and only ONE server. She could hardly keep up. There were dirty tables and spots at the bar everywhere because tables weren't being cleaned quickly enough.
Other customers were looking around as I was almost seeming to wonder "Where is our food?!" Our edamame appetizer sat in the kitchen window for 5 minutes before being brought to us. I know this because I saw it sitting there.
Our 2 sushi rolls (not fried) took about 35 minutes to be prepared and served to us. I noticed there was only 1 sushi chef. I'm not sure if that's typical for a holiday day lunch shift but it probably shouldn't be. The younger gentleman sitting at a table behind us sent back his sushi roll because "the crab tasted funny". Not a good sign.... We almost walked out before getting our sushi rolls but felt bad so we stayed. The rolls were nothing to write home about. In hindsight, I wished we had gone somewhere else instead. We could have eaten almost anywhere nearby for a quicker, cheaper, tastier lunch.
They do offer Buy One Get One sushi rolls. Our check with 2 rolls and edamame and a soft drink was $24. It would have easily been at least $35 if we had paid full price. Thank God we didn't.