Visited Kanji last night with 4 fellow diners. Truth be told we had planned to visit neighbouring restaurant, Grand Electric, but the wait was too long. We saw newly re-opened Kanji on the corner so we figured 'can't go wrong with sushi'... We were mistaken.
I've been fortunate with my reviews to not have to post many, if any, negative reviews in my Yelp career, but Kanji is undeserving of more.
Kanji was about 30% full when we entered; there was no front of house presence so we waited 10 minutes and then asked a waiter if we could sit down. Water came out fairly quickly. The menu is pretty basic and uninspired as far as high-end sushi is concerned.
The place filled up to about 80% capacity pretty quickly and I don't think Kanji had ever been this full before. Their waitstaff and kitchens could not handle it.
We received our appetizers about 15 minutes after ordering and a couple sushi rolls along with them. We then waited over 45 minutes for our main courses, only to be told that they were still queued up in the kitchen and that they didn't know how long it will be. We took our bill, told the management of our dissatisfaction and went off into a city which thankfully has many more reliable options for food! (Yes, we were hungry!!)
From what we did eat:
Miso Soup -- untraditional and mediocre (6/10)
Gyoza - basic and what you'd expect from an all-you-can-eat place (5/10)
Cucumber/Avocado roll - fell apart and I'd sooner recommend mall sushi (4/10)
Crazy Tuna Roll - this roll was great! (8/10)
Drinks: specialty caesers (6/10) -- took 30 mins to arrive and way overpriced.
I don't recommend this place until they figure out how to properly service clientele. Food had promise, but for the price there is no way I would be back.