Came here for a special b-day celebration and it hit all the right notes ~ great food, pretty presentation, friendly professional service. I really could find no fault in our dinner that night.
We made reservation the day of and were seated right away. We sat at the tables right across from the bar, where there were three sushi chefs that day. It was still early in the night.. 5:30.. but by 7 the place was reasonably full. The tables are a little close together when they're set for couples. I felt like I was unintentionally eavesdropping on our neighbour's conversation even when I was trying my best not to.
We shared the chirashizushi deluxe ($29), dragon roll($13), tuna roll ($6), and the oyster shooter ($7) for the bday boy. Pretty sake cocktail and Kirin beer rounded out the order. Oyster shooter came out first. I'm no oyster fan so I passed on this one but I had heard awesome comments about this from random sites. He downed the shooter as one and I let him chew through it all before asking how it was. Contrary to all I'd heard, he just thought it was okay but he wouldn't order it again. Main critique was he didn't enjoy the texture/taste of the completely raw egg. We both love raw egg yolks so I was surprised by that comment, but there you have it. I think the raw egg white is what did it. On to the sushi and sashimi... all the fish tasted really fresh and had good texture. They use shiso to decorate the platter and the wasabi paste they use has a gritty texture that i really like.
Sweet end to the night with black sesame ice cream and green tea cake! As a side note for black sesame ice cream fans, this one is not the super elusive black sesame ice cream. It's the black/greyish one.