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| - I tried making a reservation during the first 2 weeks when they had the grand opening special, but it was impossible! We ended up coming for dinner on my sis's birthday on a Wednesday about 3 weeks ago. Sis called a week ahead to make a reservation. We were very excited to try this place out since the first handful of reviews were so good.
We had a reservation at 7pm, and got our table right away. We were told there was a 2hrs limit, but we were not rushed out at 9pm. Service was prompt. Almost everything came out really quickly and in the correct amount. There were no missed items, except a few dessert items near the end which I assumed maybe ran out. There was maybe 1 or 2 items from our 1st round that didn't show up till near the end, but it came none the less. The pictures on the iPad ordering confused us at first since we didn't know every order was 1 pcs only, except the maki rolls which had the number of pcs listed. Emptied dishes were also removed relatively quickly. One lady (I assumed was a manager), came by near the end of our meal to see if we were getting all our food.
For the food, there are some unique items you won't find at other Japanese AYCE, even though the menu might be a bit smaller than some of the other ones.
~Pressed & Torched Sushi were good. I liked the torched ones more than the pressed ones though.
~Sashimi was fresh, but didn't have a lot of choices.
~Skewers were ok. Not a big fan of the spice powder than put on them. Pork Belly was really dry. Chicken soft bone was good.
~Tempura items. My mom said the batter was too thick. I didn't eat them.
~Grilled items were good. My dad really like the grilled fishes and I liked that there were some grilled vegetable items like zucchini, mushroom & asparagus, besides the standard eggplant
~Tried the Honey Mustard Shrimp, Beef Tataki & Crazy Dragon Crazy Rolls. All were good.
~Lobster Bisque was a good alternative to miso soup, though nothing really special about it.
~Spring egg, braised lamb with mash potato, quail, baked mussel & oyster. The more unique items were all a-okay.
~I liked the baked avocado & cheese. Had lots of chucks of avocado underneath nice melty cheese. Unlike that dark brown mushed up stuff I've had at other places.
~I also liked that they had ika sushi, one of my favs. You will be surprised you might not find them everywhere.
~Dessert was also overall good. Favs were the mango & lychee granita, creme brulee, & the cheesecake cup.
There were a few items we wanted to try, but the menu said they were unavailable. Not sure if they ran out for the night or they weren't available on weekdays. Sitting was comfy with all the pillows along the bench. Weekday Dinner was $24.99 per person. Oh another thing, service charge is not added automatically onto your bill.
Overall, I think it is one of the better AYCEs. I would return, perhaps in a few months when hopefully all the hype has died down a bit to see if they are still as good.
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