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| - By far the worst sushi experience I've had. While waiting for our delayed flight at Billy Bishop Airport, we decided to leave the terminal for a while to check out the nearby restaurants. I checked Yelp to see what was around and unfortunately Guirei was the only nearby open establishment.
Even though it was lunchtime, the place wasn't that busy (which should have been a warning sign). It was a beautiful day, but all of the 4-person tables (I was with a few other people) were occupied by single diners, so we had to cram onto a smaller table.
Let me say this first: the service was, for the most part, very good. Our server was attentive and understanding of our numerous complaints. They could do a little more about dining area management (aka, making sure parties of 4 don't have to sit at tiny tables while single diners take up 4-seaters), but that's about it.
And now on to the food... Our lunch dishes came out soon after ordering (we mentioned having a flight to catch), but there was just something off about everything. One person in our party ordered the LA Shortribs (supposedly a special), but were really just warmed up in the microwave. I ordered the sashimi bento box, but was less than impressed. All of the sashimi had a fishy/frozen taste and smell, which was an immediate turnoff. Determined not to let this ruin my experience, I forged ahead through the sashimi plate but stopped all together half-way through the tuna. A hair. Yes, a long black hair was found in between two of my sashimi pieces. On the plate, sure, I can understand that. But *in between* two pieces of the same kind of sashimi is very unusual.
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