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| - I tried Sushiholic on a Thursday night, sat at the bar for dinner with a coworker. The restaurant was somewhat busy, though not unmanageable. We were seated with several menus, but decided to split a sashimi platter for two from the regular menu, foregoing the somewhat-intriguing happy hour drinks and specials. After 35 minutes of sipping on water, our sashimi platter arrived. It seemed like a pretty packed house, so we weren't troubled by the significant wait for our food. Though, in retrospect, the only preparation involved in a sashimi platter is cutting the fish....hmmm. We took our time devouring our dish; I even ordered a separate dinner to-go. An hour or so later our server meandered by, we asked for our checks, and inquired why we didn't get the soup and salad that came with our meal--according to the menu. She told us our platter didn't come with soup/salad, but she'd double-check to be sure. A few minutes later, she approached us and said that yes, our order did come with a soup and salad for each person and asked us if we wanted them. We politely declined--we had already signed our checks and were ready to leave. We left without any offer for a partial refund, restaurant credit, or slight acknowledgement of the establishment's mistake beyond serving us soup as we're ready to leave.
The overall service was a level below mediocre, considering the soup and salad screw-up while taking into account the degree of attentiveness we received (which wasn't anything beyond acceptable). A couple of the sashimi cuts were surprisingly delicious and fresh, and the rest were meh. I just simply do not understand how an establishment justifies charging me full price for a meal I received only a fraction of. I'm not impressed with Sushiholic, which truly saddens me, due to its close proximity to my home and my proclivity to make it rain when I'm drunk on sake and sushi. I suppose it's a loss for both of us, Sushiholic.
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