I am always in search of a great sushi place with fresh fish and decent prices and I was really hoping NZ Cafe would fit the bill. We walked in and the place was absolutely slammed for a Monday, so that was a great sign.
The seating is a bit too close for comfort in my opinion- conversations next to us were distracting as I am sure we were to others as well. Service was poor and slow . We had two servers (I think?), my point is that I really had no idea who our actual server was.
we ordered four rolls:
christmas, sweet dragon, crazy, and discovery
We only really cared for two out of four (s.d and christmas) - disovery was one of the worst rolls I have ever had - very fishy tasting and honestly sloppy.I had an issue with the overall temperature of all the rolls - very warm and the avocado on the rolls was a mushy mess.
We must have read the menu wrong because we thought we were getting three unfried rolls and one fried but two ended up being over-fried almost to the point where they lost any of the delicateness of sushi. Lastly I am a big fan of wasabi and tend to add quite a bit to my low sodium soy, but they must have super-salty wasabi paste because it was almost inedible....and not spicy enough.
On a positive note the wooden boat displays were a really cool idea and certainly warranted us taking a few photos.
Overall though, the distance and quality make this a no-go for me ...