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I had this restaurant on the list of places I wanted to try, so I was super excited to have the chance to go spontaneously on a Thursday with my BFF! I was lucky enough to call about an hour ahead to make a reservation at 7:45pm. They had a spot available so we went.
When we got there, I noticed the tiny restaurant space right away. It's a little uncomfortable, especially with heavy winter jackets. We got the corner table by the window. Only one of us was able to take off our jackets.
My BFF found the green tea not hot enough. It could be classified as lukewarm at most. Even after refilling, it was warm.
The dinner menu is quite pricey. Lunch looked reasonable, though. As we flipped through the menus, we noticed that the placemats underneath were sticky as if they hadn't been wiped all night.
We both opted to get the $21 chirashi don. It came with a miso soup and salad. The miso soup was average. The salad was drenched in ginger dressing, giving it a very strong ginger taste. We were starving though, so we inhaled both very quickly.
The chirashi don was quite nice looking. I found that they did not give an excessive amount of sushi rice to accompany the fish on top. I had the perfect amount. The sashimi slices were a bit on the thinner side, though. I found the fish quality to be average. And in general, the portion was not very big. We both had room for bubble tea afterwards.
The bill was quite expensive at the end, for the portion and the dining experience. The seats are so cramped! And service was very meh. I really did not see why everyone raved about this place, unfortunately.
This place has nothing on most sushi places in Vancouver, but if I had to have good, expensive, Japanese food here, I would go to Cafe Michi instead. Oh well, despite the disappointing experience, I got to check one place off my list!
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