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| - So first of all, let me start off by saying that I'm usually a super nice guy when it comes to food service and quality and I usually give them the benefit of the doubt. But I did NOT enjoy my visit to this place at all. We came here in a large group for a birthday. We drove almost 50 minutes out here because we heard from another friend that it was pretty good (he is no longer our friend after this). As a group we have been always big on sushi and have tried most of the AYCE sushi joints in AZ so 50 minutes is worth the drive if we can discover a new go-to place. We were split into 3 ordering sheets because we were rather large which made sense. I was in the last of the 3 groups to turn in the ordering sheet. The first group received half their order in about 25 minutes which included a sashimi boat and some appetizers. The presentation was pretty nice I'm not going to lie, but as they all say.. looks can be deceiving. The first thing that I heard them saying as they took the first bites was that it tasted like it just came out of the freezer. Also, the way they cut the fish was not like other sushi restaurants. It seemed like they cut random different parts of the fish in every order of the same sashimi/nigiri.
We finally got 1/3 of our order after 40 minutes, another 1/3 of our order after another 20 minutes, and the last part of our order NEVER came. They gave us the the sheet back and we can see that they would cross out our orders of 6, after giving us only 3. The other groups had missing items from their sheet as well. I mean I can see why they took awhile to get our orders to us because 1) we were a large party and 2) it got quite busy after we came. But that's no excuse to not complete our order.
To be honest, I am easily pleased with the quality of food compared to most of my friends, but I couldn't stand to eat much here even though I blew off (31$ including tip and tax) on the bill. Also, the raw salmon was really mushy which was disappointing because it's one of the things I look forward to most.
It's safe to say that we won't be returning to this place... EVER... Our top choice is still Akita Sushi in Scottsdale. Their prices are so much more reasonable, and their quality is a lot better.
*If you do decide to go here for some odd reason, try the Gyoza, it was actually decent.
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