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| - Different people have different tastes. I'm positive that this is at least a 3 star establishment in general, and that for what it is, it very well may deserve 4 stars. If you really like sushi, you probably should go here. If you do not specifically enjoy sushi, this is not for you. My personal level of satisfaction with our visit weighed in at about 2 stars. My friends gave it a 3, but I'm not sure they were thinking clearly. To preface, I despise sushi. Going there was not my idea. I'd have rather eaten a balogna sandwich. I hate balogna. The other two people with me are sushi fans. Obviously, I did not order sushi. I was confident there would be some non-sushi dish on the menu that I would be more than glad to try. Wrong. I ordered Kaarage, which I was assured was fried chicken. It was made from that extra low quality ridiculously cheap chicken you can find in stores that's been compressed into the shape of a chicken breast then soaked forever in broth. The end result was very fatty deep fried chicken that tasted to me like barbecued salt. My friends, a pair of unabashed barbecued salt lovers, enjoyed the chicken. I couldn't finish it once realizing what low quality product it was made from. Please, people of Kiku, read this and stop using that chicken. One of my friends ordered the teriyaki steak and said it was alright, but nothing special. That sounded like it described what I saw. He also ordered some form of sushi, which he found to be competent. The other fellow ordered raw scallop sushi and did not enjoy it, but I don't fault the restaurant for that one bit. If you don't know for a fact that you enjoy raw scallops, you have no business ordering it and then complaining about it. For all I know, this place has the best raw scallop sushi on Earth. The sushi did look great. I have no problems believing that it is expertly prepared. Dessert looked interesting, but we skipped it on account of the presence of ice cream in everything given the fact that most of us are lactose intolerant and we were all sharing one hotel room. Moving on, the service was good - but at some point our water was refilled and acquired a bizarre seltzer-like flavor that we could not identify the source of. It wasn't enjoyable. I'd love to know how that happened. Life is so full of mystery, and Kiku is no exception.
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