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| - So, I've been to Roppongi three times now, and I think I've been enough times to say I'm not a fan. I kept thinking I was missing something, because all of the other reviews are so positive. And it's not BAD, but I've just had better sushi at a lower cost.
I must say that the decor is beautiful and very eye-catching. You can tell they spent a lot of money converting this former Friendly's into something special.
Their service was generally good. We dined in two of the three times. I had better service sitting at the sushi bar by myself than with my hubby at a table. Also, our server couldn't tell my hubby what kind of sushi was on his plate, and I would expect a server to be able to do this when working at a sushi restaurant!
We have tried several different appetizers, including the grilled beef negimaki that my hubby liked very much. (I'm not a big fan of steak, so it didn't do much for me.) We also tried the toko su octopus appetizer. The pieces were huge and VERY chewy - I would not recommend that dish! I also tried the shamai, which tasted like they were frozen and not made in-house. The gyoza were better and tasted freshly made, but they were very small.
Onto the entrees...I've had the spicy salmon maki roll, shrimp tempura maki roll, lobster roll, and lobster explosion roll. I liked the salmon roll - it had a lot of flavor. Both lobster tempura rolls were topped with a sweet (hoisin?) sauce that I didn't much care for. The shrimp roll didn't do much for me. The maki lobster roll was also quite chewy. However, my hubby did enjoy his mixed sushi plate.
Overall, this place is just not for me. Oh, well.
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