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| - I have never experienced dining like this before. I didn't look at reviews beforehand, just came here on a friends suggestion. If you're looking for a nice intimate spot to share sushi with a date or friends, this is not the place for you. It's a loud, half bar, half club, half restaurant, half instructional video establishment.
One of the weirder elements involved in dining here is a dude, who I want to refer to as the hype man. He was all done up with make-up and funky attire. He stopped by our table twice to make small talk with us. We just weren't into it. He was nice enough, but I could have done without him.
I've also never been to a restaurant with instructional videos. I've been to lots of bars with TV's playing games (which this one was when it wasn't showing said videos). The table next to us ordered saki bombs. Then the hype man came over to hype up the fact that they were ordering the bombs and told us to turn our attention to the screen. It legit was a silly sketch on how to do a saki bombs. Thanks?
The sushi was good, don't get me wrong. I enjoyed almost everything we ordered, except for the eel roll with foam on top. It was one of the specialty ones, and I just didn't care for the taste or texture. We ordered yellowtail jalapeƱo, spicy salmon and a handful of other rolls. The yellowtail was my fave, no surprise there as it's always my fave. I was surprised at the contrast between the SUPER attentive hype man and our lackadaisical server. We had to wave her down for the check, because we never saw her after our sushi was delivered. We would have ordered another round if she would have stopped by.
I think I get what they're trying to do. Out of the box dining experience with club atmosphere flair. I just don't know how into it I was. Maybe it would have been better to stop by for drinks? I'm just not sure I'm sold on the schtick.
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