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Believe me when I tell you that I know the difference between bad sushi, average sushi, and great sushi. I have experienced most of what the valley offers up as "great sushi" including Supporos, Sushi Ki, Kabuki, etc, THIS PLACE TRUMPS THEM ALL. We were completely taken by surprise when we discovered this gem last night. We sat at the sushi bar and asked the sushi chefs to surprise us. Surprise us they did with a roll called Osaka Chef Special, (which is what they were experimenting with at the time) and were treated to a fantastic spicey roll that was not only amazing to look at, but extremely clean, tight, and masterly put together. As we kept ordering, we found out that the head sushi chef was a 10 year vet out of some of the best houses in NYC, and basically brought those same items to Osaka's and was busy training the other oriental chefs. Impressive. Besides the killer sushi, the place looks very sharp inside from modern flooring and wood ceilings, to stacked stone wall accents. Very cool decor. (Although their choice in music is from a bad Esteban album) I hope they survive in Mesa, which is a city that rarely rewards good cuisine unless it's cheap wings and burgers.
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