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On the bright side, it was cheap. Happy hour specials are inexpensive, and you can do dinner and drinks for four for $60 or so. The decor is warm, inviting and open, and it's exactly what downtown needed--a hip sushi place. The staff's been really friendly on my two visits there.
That being said, the fish is decent and the rolls are mediocre-to-terrible. I've gone twice needing a sushi fix and left not feeling satisfied. And I've tried about half the rolls on the menu--from the uncomplicated California to the Vegas and Spider to a Volcano and some other stuff. Most rolls were warm instead of the crisp cool I'm used to, and the flavors weren't distinctive. I expect something in every sushi roll to give that roll a "pop" and it just doesn't happen at Moira--you feel like you're eating a warm Cuisinart mush-roll.
All four people at my table reached the same conclusion independently, and it wasn't groupthink, I swear.
I know this is a harsh review, but I'd like the see the place succeed. For that to happen, they're going to have to either take more care with their ingredients and presentation or hire someone who REALLY knows their stuff. I think I'll wait a few months for them to get it together before going back--rather not drive out of downtown for sushi but going to have to if I want my sushi itch properly scratched.
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