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| - I've been coming here since they opened around five years ago, and I have been a regular customer since. I'm what you could call a devotee. So consider that when you read this gushing review.
This is a family-run, neighborhood restaurant in a strip mall storefront next to a hair salon and a small boxing gym. It's not a fancy place. But don't let that fool you. The people in the kitchen and the sushi bar have impressive restaurant credentials going back many years and across the pacific. They are fanatical about food quality, to the point where I've seen them toss what any other restaurant would call a perfectly good fish shipment if it was not up to their standards. They are friendly and gracious, and your enjoyment of the food is foremost. It's a place where you can sit at the sushi bar and ask the chefs to decide what you're eating, trust Koji and Lori, and be impressed with just about everything.
The sushi and sashimi are extremely fresh and very tasty, and they always have some sort of unusual or seasonal fish special you can't find anywhere else. They don't have a ton of variety on the menu--maybe 12 or 15 rolls, the usual assortment of nigiri, and then sashimi and hand rolls--but what they do have is made with top-quality ingredients and delicious. Sushi bar specials are on the board behind the chefs and they're happy to take time to explain what they are. And even though I go there primarily for sushi the kitchen items have never disappointed. Noodle dishes and soups are hearty and very reasonably priced, and for lunch they have a large selection of bentos that include rolls and sashimi so you can have the best of both worlds. They even have a wonderful steak and lobster combination that would give any fancy steakhouse in town a run for its money.
If there are any complaints I could possibly have, it's that the table service can be a little spotty at times. It just seems unorganized because there's enough staff to handle it, but everyone seems to be doing every job rather than having a host, a server, a runner, etc. Nevertheless, I can't recommend this place enough for a casual yet delicious meal.
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