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| - I absolutely could not say it better than Alicia B. "I'm only concerned with the fish." Check out her review for the most succinct bottom line on Ra. I can't say it as well or in so few words - so I will just tell you what happened to me.
Seriously - I went there for the sushi and trust me, I was alone in that endeavor. Everyone else was there for the scene. What has been said here is true. It is loud music, loud people, over the top decor.
We sat at the sushi counter, not because they were busy, but mostly because we couldn't get the host's attention. The "chef" (and I use that term generously here) who was in front of us had completely no idea what he was doing. Granted he said he was new there, but he took our order sheet and handed it off to the next guy because he said he couldn't handle it. I can understand "I'm still learning the ropes." so I cut him some slack and tried to make conversation. "So, do you like to make sushi at home." "No, I've never made sushi before, but I like to eat it." You do not get to stand in front of customers, profess you know nothing, and cut cream cheese for a 1/2 hour. Yuck!
We ordered: toro sashimi, hamachi sashimi, saba oshi sushi, uni sashimi, some crispy-spicy tuna thing, and some veggie tempura.
The saba oshi sushi completely threw them. Why even have a special order line if you can only make the 7 or 8 standard items you have on the menu? So the "experienced chef" to whom the menu was handed said, "you want saba sushi"? I wanted to be clear so I said, "Mackerel OSHI sushi, you know, box pressed Mackerel." I got the "Oh, ok" but I was skeptical. Then he kept asking me crazy questions, "You want that with rice? Are you sure you just want Mackerel? No other fish with that?" I offered to just let him give us Saba Nigiri, much simpler. If you don't have the box or you can't do oshi sushi, no problem - I gave him every out. We basically ended up with Saba Don - nothing like what I ordered and no willingness to admit none of them had any idea what they were doing. And it was way sub par saba at that.
So, they were out of the toro. No apologies, just "We don't have that." We tried to order the scallop dish as a substitute, but that never came. In the end, all the better I figure.
The crispy-spicy tuna thing was almost ok. Except the spicy was mostly jalapeno and just totally wrong for the dish and the crispy stuck to my teeth.
The tempura was the only thing that was close to good. It was too thickly battered though and didn't come close to tempura at its finest.
The uni was gross. I took one bite and left it there. It was slimy and not fresh at all. I didn't realize when I walked in, but I really shouldn't have ordered it. This is not the place anyone who cares about fresh fish really eats. The uni was never going to be a big seller or any good at a place like this. This is where people go to drink silly fru fru drinks, eat exorbitant rolls that don't even resemble sushi, and to have their conversation drown out by loud music so they don't even have to think.
OK on top of it being a horrible experience, the fish just sucked. Really, terrible quality, terrible selection.
I came here on a recommendation, but can not believe I didn't check Yelp first. Shame on me. I will not be fooled again.
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