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| - Being less than a year old, we gave this place a try as an alternative to Ten-Ichi as recommended by a family friend. We made a reservation for 8 and upon arrival the place was quite packed (New Year's Eve). The atmosphere was nice and gave the place a light purple ambiance. Decor is quite well done. Seating was decent, unlike the compact Ten-Ichi, which has us elbow to elbow with one another.
Service was terrible. The waiters/waitresses were unresponsive to our orders (of which we think only 60% made its way to the kitchen) and consequently, customer service was terrible. There were only 5 servers visible, and food came in between ridiculously long intervals. Sometimes a single dish would arrive (the salmon belly had a large dish to itself... though it was only the size of my thumb...) and other times large dishes would flood the table.
AYCE sushi is often easily judged by the quality of its sashimi. In this case, the sashimi was served at a good temperature (cold but not frozen), though the texture was a bit on the soft side. 8/10 for me.
We ordered a ton of teriyaki/stir fries... all though they were good, they all tasted the same - we think they used the same sauce for everything, but just changed up the ingredients (i.e. broccoli in one, none in the other)
The tempura was a bit on the chewy side, though the food was all served fresh - hot off the stove you could tell.
Gotta give them points for having creative rolls though - they had mango rolls, asian rolls (avec "special sauce"), and used cream cheese in a lot of it.
The worst part about this place is definitely the dropping of our orders and inconsistent food-serving.
Best part was probably the Black Sesame Ice Cream - to die for.
The Deep fried Bananas were tasteless... the bananas themselves we suspect were not ripe enough...
I would definitely come here again, but not deliberately. For AYCE sushi, Ten-Ichi is still my #1.
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