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| - Been here a couple of times for AYCE and I love the food! (although service often leaves much to be desired)
Ambiance: Not too bad, pretty standard. However, when it's crowded (i.e. often, especially at night), some of the tables are inconveniently placed and uncomfortably close.
Service: They always have the same guy at the reservations table and he's hilarious (without intending to be- he's very high-strung, poor guy). However, it seems that reservations often get their table much slower than should be expected- possibly due to the fact that the waiting area is literally a can of sardines. The one complaint that I have about their service is that after two rounds of ordering, they don't seem to want to take your order anymore and it seems that higher-quality items get mysteriously "dropped" from the order and never arrive. Drinks can take a while to arrive.
Best menu items:
-Grilled eggplant: Light, sauce is great, very well done
-Grilled mushroom
-Avocado seafood salad: Served in a scallop shell, it's basically baked guacamole with bits of seafood. It's really good, although small, so order a few!
-Chopped Ika: chopped and wixed with mayonnaise and tobiko, tastes great.
-Chawanmushi: Very soft and served in a small japanese teacup-looking thing? Well above average.
-Sirloin steak teppanyaki: Prepared with garlic and OH SO GOOD.
-Sushi in general is fresh and well-sized (unlike other japanese buffets that try and stuff you with rice because they're cheap)... main reason for coming back
Least favorite menu items:
-Udon: Average, don't eat it here- there are much more worthwhile items to try.
-Desserts in general aren't great, don't save too much space for them. Also, many of them seem to be unavailable most of the time (I have this complaint for a few other menu items as well). The ginger milk is great though.
All in all, nice place.
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