Any place with this many reviews and 5 stars on yelp must be met with a certain level of skepticism. What with all the fake reviews and the like that go on, but damn was my skepticism completely unwarranted.
Myself and my date got there at 7:30 on a Thursday night with a 15 minute wait. Not bad at all, the hostess was very polite and took my name down. We had a beer next door and had a table 12 minutes later. Then this place began to shine.
I ordered the same thing I ordered at every new sushi place I try. The common every day sushi items that are either sub bar, usual or extraordinary. Salmon and Salmon roe nigiri and a spicy tuna roll. This place blew my mind. The Salmon tasted like an Alaskan stream ran through the restaurant. The roe had the perfect consistency. An 'al dente' texture to its bite and a pleasant fresh saltiness. The spicy tuna was perfect.
I was almost about to start popping bottles and shaking hands and then something bad happened. My soft shell crab roll didn't appear for 10 minutes, then 15 and then 20. This was okay as I was having a nice conversation with my date and she was enjoying her monstrous chicken salad and just as I looked up to complain the very nice waiter supplied us with some complimentary hot house sake for the wait, and moments later a large order of spicy yellow-tail sashimi (6 pieces).
This was outrageous good service. I hadn't even complained yet, but they knew. "From the chef" he said. And walked away politely, then my roll came out.
Everything was perfect. They were busy, I can understand why the roll took a minute. I was walked out the door like I was a senator with a stripper on my arm.
Definately coming back. 5 stars more than earned Soho! Good job.