WARNING: The cushions on their chairs/booths are disgusting. Mystery spills and stains and and who knows WHAT ELSE(!!) all over their once white cushions. Ichiza.. please replace your cushions for the love of god.
NOW FOR THE FOOD!
GIZZARDS: super chewy, but nicely seasoned.
DEEP FRIED BABY SPANISH MACKEREL: I think they gave us about 20 of these things. We dipped them in their spicy mayo concoction. Not bad, not bad at all.
SPIDER ROLL, SPICY TUNA ROLL: Meh. Nothing spectacular. I found them pretty mediocre, even though fresh.
UNI & SQUID ROLL (WITH NATTO): First, the uni was good, so was the squid, but the natto was awful. The spider-webby feeling was difficult to swallow. The smell was rancid. And under the uni was this raw potato mush that was super gooey. Definitely not my favourite.
RED SNAPPER CARPACCIO: Not bad.. but it had that potato goo again. Bleh.
YELLOWTAIL TARTARE: If you've been reading about this here on Yelp, you need to know this is like a Mexican-inspired tartar. The tuna is mixed with avocado and placed atop a fried tortilla sandwiching sushi rice and some fresh pico de gallo. It is a strange combo but it works. Really well.
UNI SASHIMI: Delicious. Fresh. Tasty. BUTTER OF THE SEA! For $6.75 you get about six pieces of good uni. I was impressed.
HONEY TOAST: Man. We devoured this friggin thing. The bread was perfect - had that chew you need to sop up the honey/butter/melty iced cream, and the outside was toasted nicely. Mmm.. thinking about it makes me want it.
Pricing: fair
Service: good
Place gets packed.. even after 9pm on a Thursday night.
P.S. Have fun reading their menu!!