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| - The sushi pictures on yelp looked so great, I thought, let's give it a try! Enter restaurant, the hostess accosts us and belts, "Who's drinking?" I look at my fifteen year old son and say, "Well, I am." She then pinions us to the entrance way with a seemingly mandatory recitation of the specials and some other stuff and when I am just about to ask her to, please, just show us to our table, she finishes. The decor is mostly black, and the kind of bar lighting that makes you wonder what might be crawling on the floor - kind of revamped, trendy, fraternity house grunge. The center of the table we sat at had a thick, sticky, old, oily surface on that I didn't think they could get up without solvents so I just put a napkin on top so my arms wouldn't stick to it. They brought a glass container with a candle in it that was covered in oily smudges and bits of food. I mean really - it was disgusting. Ordered tempura appetizer that was seeping with oil - the antithesis of good tempura. California roll, ok. Son had beef and veggies with soba noodles, except they forgot the veggies. We eat nori rolls frequently and have been making our own for years, so we are not new to the concept. The juicy roll I ordered was not as decribed by the server, who was, nevertheless, very attentive and pleasant and did refund us for the roll. Also had some kind of "western" roll with chicken and an inedible hot sauce, without which, the roll had no flavor at all. The Creme Brulee was good. I hated this place. For more than $80 we could have had a really nice dinner somewhere.
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