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| - I've been looking forward to dining here for months. Ichiza has come highly recommended by several of my foodie friends. When we arrived, we were greeted with...actually...we weren't greeted at all. I was asked my name by a very rude host/manager and then told it would be about 15-20 minutes. Ok, fine. When our table was ready, our very cordial maitre'd (detect the sarcasm) literally pointed at my girlfriend and directed us to the bar. Also, we weren't asked if we'd prefer a table or the bar, but if we were, I would've asked for a table. Oh well...still forgivable at this point. The server promptly arrived and brought our drinks. When she asked if we were ready to order, I told her this was my first time here and was hoping to get some recommendations. She didn't seem to care. She acted like she was busy, but really she was just looking forward to going to the side area and talking with her coworkers...which was in plain sight to us. Very rude. We ordered the grilled squid, grilled salmon belly, some kind of ramen dish, beef tongue skewers, a spider roll, beef tataki and yellowfish tartar. The star was the salmon...juicy and moist, with a little side of grated daikon to cut the fat. Everything else was just mediocre. I was very curious about this "honey toast" that I kept seeing being brought out to other tables, so I asked our lovely server about it. She said, "it's honey toast." and I replied, "yes, but what exactly is it?" and she said, "it's huh-nee toast." Thanks..really cleared it up for me. She was incredibly rude about it...like I was putting her out to do her job. So, after about 15 minutes of waiting on our final dish, the yellowtail tartar (which is a cold dish, mind you and should certainly not have taken that long), our frustration led us to cancel the final order and get out of there. Bottom line: mediocre, over rated food and a staff that thinks their stuff don't stink because they're popular and busy. I'm sorry that all my reviews are about bad experiences. I'll try to be better about that.
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