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| - With limited access to LTE out of the country and needed to pick something quick, decided to trust fellow yelp reviewers and thought to myself, "over hundreds of reviews and 4 stars couldn't go wrong right?" Boy was I wrong. Should have at least tried to read some of the reviews on why the 4-5 star reviews which seems to be more for ambiance and drinks. But here is my take.
Ambiance:
Lighting dimmed in indoor seatings. Very loud inside. Not the music but like many yelpers say "the staff are extremely energetic and screams as a group whenever customers come in and leave." To be honest, very different but kind of creepy to me when all eyes (staff and customers starts staring at you). They also have outdoor seatings, so guess where we chose to sit? Outside! This place is great for the more loud, partying and drinking like environment. More for the younger crowds or a happy hour with coworkers.
Service: was great as all the staff are nice and again energetic.
Food/Cost:
This is the bad part. Sorry to offend the ones in love with this place but there is nothing really good about it. To have to pay a premium for the smallest portions ever which wasn't too yummy makes it a triple whammy. How I calculate whats a good place is if Im going to pay a premium, i expect a reason for it. Is it the environment like a crazy view on top of a tower, an ocean view etc? No. Is there a special dish that stands out which no other place can make where you can state "because I can charge that much and give you an appetizer size (or even smaller) amounts of food?" No. So why the 4-5 star reviews?
My thoughts and reading other reviews was more on the bar/drink side of this place, if anything. Their drinks are very interesting, looks good with a different twist. Rather than a typical mojito, they would have sake mixes or vodka with calpico which are probably delicious (but i can't really review on that area since I couldn't drink that day, darn).
Our foods:
- Seared tuna: Not the freshest we've had. Quite fishy.
- Takoyaki: The octopus pieces were cut too largely *see picture* and the Worcestershire sauce was too overwhelming and sour. Should have mixed it a little lighter. Comes in 4 pcs.
-Sashimi salad: just full of lettuce, little bit of dressing, only about 4-6pcs of sashimi which was not too fresh either. Since it was a salad, they were actually leftover end cuts of sashimi. For $8.90, I would expect better cuts of sashimi.
- Goma-ae: Yelpers posting should at least post how many spinach balls there would be in each order. In one picture I saw, there were 2. $4.50 for an appetizer isn't extreme but to get only 1 small ball of spinach, a bit steep yo. Not bad though. A bit on saltier side and again, too costly for 1 ball.
- Fried Chicken wings: 6pcs. This was probably the best dish. Lightly fried and flavored. Reminds me of Korean style fried chicken which i had in Cali which is way better.
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