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| - Ok, so Sushi 1: Willpower 0. I couldn't take it any longer! I just had to eat here. I was obviously very careful not to eat any raw fish (bacteria and pregnancy issues and all) but was delighted with the variety of things that I could eat. The iced shrimp and cocktail sauce were divine; not a hint of seafoody unfreshness, and the same with the crab legs. They were serving a tinier species of crab along with the normal crab legs and they were quite tasty too.
Lots of the rolls included cooked crab, cooked shrimp, and I'm pretty sure cooked eel as well, which was fantastic for me. They also had a large assortment of veggie only rolls, all of which I can eat, and lots of beautiful sushi with shiny salmon, white fish and tuna, but alas, I'll have to wait till the baby is born to indulge in that delight. (I'm so happy I actually came to eat here now instead of waiting so that I could enjoy it and also give Kaiyo's a proper review having actually eaten there.) Also, when we peeked in the first visit when we didn't eat, there was much less variety (it was 1, maybe 1:30 PM on a Saturday), so maybe try and target the place during peak hours. (But don't let off hours stop you- the sushi still looked fresh even though there was less, and I've heard that you can make requests :)
The buffet comes with Miso soup (which was probably some of the more salty and flavorful miso soups that I have had) and finished with a delightful little plate of chocolate ice cream and fruit. The service was attentive, but I suspect that they are mainly there to service customers ordering off the menu as there did not seem to be much knowledge of the sushi from the server we had. He served his purpose well though as dishes were cleared promptly, drinks were refilled when appropriate and soup and dessert were brought out when we asked.
From spying on the other tables, the menu items also looked tasty, but with the price of the buffet, if you like sushi or seafood even moderately, you would be foolish not to partake. The weekend buffet price is $16/person, but I would say that, even though I can't eat that much with all the room the baby is taking up inside, I probably packed away about $50 worth of food. How do I figure that? I ate about 14 shrimp (so maybe $16 worth of shrimp cocktail at any decent restaurant), $12 crab (about the price for crab at another seafood restaurant), $5 desert/soup would be a steal and at least $18 sushi if it was $1/piece like Kofusion (except higher quality here.) I'm honestly amazed that they are able to make a profit here considering their offerings and their cheap pricing. They must be banking on non-sushi eaters who order off-menu (though those prices were pretty cheap too - almost all entrees were less than $11.)
We ate the buffet, so didn't notice any delays, but the host apologized profusely to us on the way out for any waits, so I'm guessing there must have been a back-up of some sort in the kitchen for customers not eating the buffet (but I don't know for sure.) They do not serve liquor yet as their license hasn't been processed yet, but it sounded like it was coming soon. The restrooms were clean as was the rest of the restaurant. The buffet was well-kept and clean and they had a nice little selection of fruit and steamed asparagus and edamame at the back end of the buffet. Kaiyo's - you deserve an A+...
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