Extremely disappointed. I'm totally letting the quality of the service I received outweigh the food. If you're in the mood for good food and you don't mind crappy customer service, then this place will suit you just right.
I've been to sushi kaya many times in the past and wasn't always impressed with their customer service. The main reason I come back is for the decent pricing and good food. I even had my birthday dinner here last year. Their sushi selection is good and the AYCE menu has a variety of appetizers and tapas. I can't remember how much the lunch AYCE price is but dinner is ~$25 which is pretty competitive compared to other sushi joints around town. Aside from the food, their service totally got in the way and ruined my likes for this place. They're open until 3am but last call is at 2:15am. I opted not to get AYCE because we got there at 2am and 15 minutes was definitely not enough time for me to order a crap ton of food. I ended up getting stuff from their regular menu (kimchi fried rice $8.95 and four pieces of agedashi tofu $5.95) while a couple of my friends did AYCE. While my friends were ordering, the waiter kept interrupting them saying they were not allowed to share their food with myself and another friend since we were ordering stuff from the regular menu. We could tell he was not happy that they were doing AYCE right before closing time. It was just a huge disappointment. If you're gonna offer hours of service until a specific time, have the decency to honor and uphold it! They were pretty quick with bringing our food out but that's probably because we were the only guests there, aside from a couple that were seated a little before us. Near the end of our meal, they came by to ask how we were doing. My friends were missing a couple of their orders so they went to check. The waiter argued that we had received the orders already and defaulted the blame on the server, excusing her because she's still training. Regardless of the fact that she is new, he should not have argued with us. It was not professional by any means. We finished eating and continued to sit there to chit chat but noticed that it got extremely cold around 2:40ish. I'm not sure if they cranked up the a/c to get us out or if they just had a door open. We paid our bill and there was still 20 minutes left before closing time. We probably should have left right away since we knew they were closing but we were in the middle of a great conversation which was interrupted by the waiter. He came over to tell us that we had to leave because they were closing. I totally understand but it was very awkward. He didn't walk away from our table until we got up to leave. It's not like we were gonna camp out there all night.
I wasn't happy walking out of there. I'll probably come back again but it will definitely not be my first choice.