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| - My Bf and I wanted to try a new sushi place in our area. Stumbled across Kaizen and decided to try it. Walked in greeted by the hostess/waitress and immediately sat us down. Not busy at all with only two other couples inside.
It was our first time and we knew we wanted AYCE ($23 for lunch) sushi but weren't sure if there was a separate menu for AYCE or if we were able to order from the menu that was handed to us. Our waitress brought our drinks and asked if we were ready? Not really explaining the AYCE menu bc depending where you go certain places has their own AYCE rules.
Surprisingly there were very few things that we COULD NOT order and there were lots to choose from. Salads, bowls, soups and sides come in smaller portions which is normal and why would you wanted huge portions anyways?
I always order my Phili Roll, shrimp tempura and what caught my eye was the Crispy rice w/Tuna to start. My boyfriend also ordered his usual hamachi and maguro to start. Everything came out and actually didn't taste too bad. The only thing that I didn't like was that they put asparagus in my roll which they normally don't. I like asparagus just not in that roll
We then ordered the half a rainbow roll, yum yum roll and a dragon roll. My boyfriend loved the yum yum roll which was simple and packed with crab. The dragon and rainbow roll were meh, I felt the like the combination of sauces were not good. You had the creamy sauce and then a dark liquidy runny sauce that made what was suppose to be a creamy sauce not so creamy. Idk just not good plus what was inside didn't match well with sauces.
We also ordered shrimp fried rice, KFC (Korean Fried Chicken), screaming O salad, miso and shoyu ramen. Shrimp fried rice and KFC, so bomb! That, I'd have any time. My boyfriend said the shoyu ramen was not bad, just a bit on the watery side. My miso soup was watery and didn't have any taste. Screaming O was okay, the sauce was not your typical white creamy sauce they usually use. More on the ginger, soy kinda sauce. A little disappointed bc that's my fav!
Lastly, Desert my favorite part but also the most disappointing part. We ordered the "mini honey toast" when it came out it was on what looked like a Hawaiian sweet roll with vanilla ice cream and honey drizzled all over. Hmmm.. at least toast the bread? Come on that's why it's called Honey TOAST, lol. None the less it was okay I guess.
Overall the food was decent. Certain things I won't order again if I make my way back here. Just be aware to not over do it bc on the front of the menu it states that they will charge for food not eaten including rice! You also only have an hour and a half to eat.
As for service, it was lacking. There was only 3 couples including us. It took her a while to come to us to refill our drinks or place another order, so we had to flag her down every time she skipped us and went to the table right behind us. Maybe had she paid more attention to us instead of her phone I'd rate this place a bit higher bc as we were finishing up our server had changed and he was on it but by that time we were done.
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