I'm a local, and heard so many great things about this place from friends & on yelp ...but it definitely didn't live up to the hype :( The quality and authenticity just isn't there - and for an ala carte menu (no all-you-can-eat), you expect great quality. I don't care that only one person in the entire staff is Japanese, because if you make good food, it doesn't matter, but it is distracting that everyone there is speaking in another language to each other, and then will stop and greet guests in Japanese...just kinda odd in my book?