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| - So, I read "Avi E.'s" review of 22 August 2013, where she writes, "MEH, I've had better" and after eating here last night, concluded that she obviously won the lottery that day and was either very generous in her review-writing or high on the excitement of becoming a millionaire.
"MEH, I've had better" would be a major step up for this place.
We went for dinner last night, because we wanted to try something new and I hadn't had sushi in a long time. That they had a 9 hour Happy Hour should've been a clue right off that something wasn't right. But, I had been very happy with Akai Hana's Happy Hour and thought, "let's give it a try". My, my ... what a difference a couple of miles make!
First, the place is indeed spotlessly clean; big plus. But almost completely empty on a Thursday night at 7pm? Very unusual for Goodyear/Avondale. Alas, by meal's end, it was clear why.
The host/waiter barely understands English, which was only a problem for me, when I ordered the $4 salad for myself only to have two plates of salad brought to me and my guest. And what a salad it was! If you can imagine someone going into the garbage and pulling out the wilted lettuce leaves left on old dinner plates and then covering them with watery Russian dressing doled out by the eyedropper, you got the picture. In fact, at one point, I had to confirm that this was just a complimentary salad with dinner and he was still bringing mine to the table. Nope. This was the salad; however, it was $1, not $4 and he split it in two. Okay, blood pressure dropped a little; because had it been two, unsolicited "salads", upon which a rabbit would've starved, it wouldn't have been so nice an evening considering what my next question/statement to him would've been.
My guest ordered the spicy mango (a Thai dish). He claims it was good. From appearances, I would compare it to someone opening a can of chunky cat food and covering it with watery, Italian-like dressing that someone grated two passes of a mango into. Serving size? Okay (and I'll leave it at that).
I went for the Happy Hour sushi rolls. This choice was, without a doubt, what led me to the decision to never visit this restaurant again. It probably didn't help, that I had Akai Hana up the road to compare this place to, but, for the same amount of money, whereas Akai Hana's portions are decently sized (and they're smart enough to serve their happy hour sushi rolls on long and thin plates to make them seem bigger), the happy hour sushi rolls served by this place could best be described as "Japanese Totino Pizza Rolls". Out came, indeed, a dish with 8 pieces of a sliced-up California roll, which any bird, mouse or other animal smaller than a newborn kitten would have found perfectly sufficient. As for me, I took a bite of each and they were gone. When my guest and I decided to order more sushi after his spicy mango dish (appetizer, if you ask me), we went for the rolls that cost double, thinking there'd be more substance to them. Nope. Same size. The Las Vegas rolls were warm and were covered with what looked like melted-down grass clippings, but were otherwise no different --- and no more filling --- than the rolls priced at half of them. On the other hand, to complete the overall dining experience, this set of rolls were brought to us by the sushi chef, whose unsmiling countenance made me feel like I was being fed by the Addams Family butler, except a little less friendly.
So, in conclusion:
cleanliness: excellent;
food taste: MEH, I've had bread and water more appetizing;
portion size: perfectly acceptable for any prisoner-of-war in a concentration camp;
value for the money: seriously? You really need me to answer that?
As a final note, I should tell you that I'm a diabetic and one reason I avoid sushi is because the carbohydrate-content sends my blood sugar spiking. Two hours after eating here, my numbers didn't move a bit upward in spite of devouring four plates with eight rolls. I think, that in itself speaks volumes.
Sayonara, guys! I'll stick to Akai Hana
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