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| - I have been coming to this restaurant for many years, and have brought many friends and groups of friends. They have a great sushi menu, and their chefs are very nice. Over the years I have had several friends mention that the restaurant smells bad, and I have recently noticed it starting to smell worse. That's less than ideal for a fish and sushi restaurant.
They do have a great menu, and the food is good. The service is sometimes slow and it's normally very very loud when they are busy.
Last night (Tuesday) and asked for a booth. The host said they were going to seat me at the bar. The restaurant was nearly empty. Another hostess came over, and said we can seat you now at a booth but if we get busy we will move you to the bar. I was by myself and evidently they want to keep booths for groups of people. That is understandable I suppose, but when 80 percent of the booths were free does it matter that I wanted to sit at a booth? She decided in her words to "just this once" sit me at a booth very rudely. I asked her why it mattered and she said they may get busy, and said numerous times that next time I would have to sit at the bar. It wasn't so much that they have a policy of not letting one person sit at a booth, and slow evenings, so much as how rudely they handled it. I asked my waitress to speak to a manger. The waitress was very nice and polite, but told me the woman being rude to me was the manager. I decided I told the waitress she didn't do anything wrong, but I wasn't going stay, and I may not come back.
I didn't catch the managers name, but probably about 40 years old, slim, with long dark hair in a ponytail I think.
I am torn, I do like this restaurant, and overlook the smell and poor service usually for the good selection. I most likely won't' be back now and will need to find a go to restaurant for Sushi.
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