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| - Well I've never felt compelled to make a yelp account in order to review a restaurant, but Yoshi Bento has motivated me to do so for serving what I would say was the WORST sushi I've ever had in my life paired with a sub par dining experience. It all started when I decided to venture out of the office on my lunch break to dine out at one of the many different restaurants at this particular plaza. Any of which I'm sure would have yielded a more pleasant experience than what I went through at Yoshi Bento. Sushi sounded good so I walked into this place and it smelled great so I thought I had made a good choice. I was wrong, very wrong.
The young woman behind the counter arrived at the counter to take my order promptly and was very polite. She explained that they had an "updated" menu that had a special which included a dragon roll and a spicy salmon roll for $15. I was hungry so I took the bait and decided on a tuna dragon roll to accompany the spicy salmon. I paid and went to the restroom to wash my hands.
Upon entering the restroom I found a dying COCKROACH on the ground. Seeing as how it was dying they must have some kind of pesticides working, but since there was one I got to thinking that there must be more where that came from...GROSS
I sat down and contemplated telling the young woman asking for a refund and leaving. In hindsight that would have probably been one of the better decisions in my life, however I decided to take a chance and give Yoshi Bento a shot. I waited for 15 minutes from the time I placed my order. I wouldn't consider this an extremely long time to wait, but customers who ordered AFTER me were served before me and they had COOKED food. I know that making sushi is not easy, but I know that it should be quicker than cooked food. I've worked in a restaurant so I understand that certain things take more time, so that wasn't that big of a deal. The following is what WAS a big deal:
1) They brought out 1 roll and then the second a few minutes later. I know this happens at restaurants all the time when it's busy, but when there are only 3 other groups of customers in the restaurant it shouldn't be that hard to have items come out simultaneously.
2) The dragon tuna roll used yellow tail instead of sushi grade tuna (has a different color than regular tuna, is lower quality, and cheaper). Since I'm paying for sushi with tuna I would at least expect sushi grade tuna. Would probably fool just about anyone else though.
3) Oxidized avocados on the inside of the roll (aka they were not freshly cut). I get that avocados oxidize easily, but put some kind of citrus juice on it to prevent this or cut a new one! Come on, it's just common sense who in their right mind would want to eat a brown avocado? I'm not talking about a little oxidation some of them were literally completely brown.
4) The sushi was poorly rolled. Every single one of my dragon rolls fell apart at the avocado section. Granted sometimes sushi just falls apart, but I've been using chopsticks for more than a DECADE and have never had a sushi roll where literally every single one falls apart when I touch it.
5) The "spicy garlic" salmon roll was one of the nastiest roll I've ever had in my life. For starters the roll was DRENCHED in sriracha. I'm not being sarcastic it literally looked like a wet burrito you might get from a Mexican restaurant, which is very delicious, but not what I want on my sushi. I don't think that the fish on top was salmon either. It didn't taste like salmon, but I couldn't tell for sure since it was drenched in sauce.
I should have asked for a refund once I saw the roach and gone somewhere else instead. However, I decided to roll the dice and by the time my food had arrived I was pressed for time and very hungry so I ate it. Maybe their cooked food is better, but I will never be back to find out. The cockroach was enough to make me never go back...
I've eaten at a lot of restaurants and also had my fair share of sushi so I know what I'm talking about when I say this is some pretty terrible sushi as well as service. I hope Yoshi Bento sees this so they can improve for future customers, because this was the sorriest excuse for a sushi/ Japanese restaurant I've ever experienced.
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