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| - I am really disappointed that I have to leave this type of review. Found this place on yelp and saw its high praise and was really prepared to have a nice dinner with my fiancé. When we arrived we were told there was no seating available at that moment and that there would be a 20 minute wait (we were the only ones waiting at that time) but hey, that's fine, no problem! The guy we were speaking to then said with a snarky attitude that people usually call and make reservations and maybe we should do that next time. Ooooook, thanks for the tip pal. We go outside to wait since there's not much of a waiting area unless you want to block anyone coming in or out. When I step outside I notice two seats at the sushi bar that are empty but there's a bus boy bin that had been left there. We wait about 15 minutes and go in and ask about it since they are two perfectly good seats that just need the dirty dish bin moved. They said they didn't realize those seats were available and they'll clean it up for us now. Annoying but fine. A booth ends up opening at the same time so we take this instead. Time to start ordering! Except even this is a bit of the mess, I have to ask for 3 different types of beverages because they were out of the first two I asked for. We get our cans of soda and this is the last time our waiter acknowledges our existence. Our food is brought out by someone else and we somehow end up getting our appetizer AFTER our main dishes . I ordered the Tokyo roll which was good (a little heavy on the sauces) and the steak roll (trying to be adventurous) and it was disappointing and kind of gross. The steak is laid across the top of the roll and didn't seem to be seasoned at all so didn't really contribute much to the roll in flavor. Then I realize that the underside of each piece of steak is completely raw, they seared one side which is showing but the rest is raw. Now I understand I'm at a sushi restaurant, I can deal with raw fish, but I can deal with totally raw beef, especially when it doesn't specify in the menu the steak will be raw. Didn't finish the roll. Not ONCE did anyone check on us to see if everything was ok or if we needed another drink. Our waiter seemed to go out of his way to avoid us. I was finally able to flag down someone for the check and the bill was just shy of $70 for 4 rolls, 2 of which weren't great, 1 appetizer that came late, and 2 cans of sprite. Our normal spot will usually cost me $50 max and the food and service are a hell of a lot better. Really disappointed in the whole experience and totally wasted my money.
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