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| - Momiji was our go-to sushi spot in the West End for the last six months, but that'll change after the poor service on our last visit.
We arrived after 7pm on a Monday night. While the restaurant wasn't close to being full, the young woman who served us seemed to be in a daze the entire time--we couldn't tell if she was brand new, overwhelmed by the number of tables in her section, high on something, or some combination of the three.
One of us ordered a couple appetizers, the other ordered one of the sushi combos and requested no sesame seeds. It took almost 30 minutes to get soup/salad/edamame, while tables around us that ordered at the same time received their entrees. After bringing the first course, the server asked what else we had ordered--not a good sign. We repeated our orders, and when we reiterated the request for no sesame seeds on the sushi, she responded with a strange non sequitur: "Oh, right, you'd like to share." Huh?
When she finally brought the sushi and "entree" appetizer after another 15-20 minutes, the sushi combo's roll was covered in sesame seeds. When we told the server, she could have just brought over a replacement roll and left the seed-free nigiri for us to eat. Instead, she whisked the entire plate away. After another 20 minutes had passed with no sign of getting the sushi combo back, we paid for the appetizers and left. We likely will not return.
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