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| - I remember when this place first opened -- I was so excited to have a sushi restaurant so close to my office. I never wrote a review back then, but I always found the food at Stingray to be mediocre -- definitely 3 stars. I went there yesterday to meet a friend after work, after having not been there in a couple of years, at least, and the place (or the bar) is pretty gross. First, the whole bar area has a sour smell like it hasn't been thoroughly cleaned in a good while. Second, the bar stools are all covered with this faux suede fabric and many of them are stained. Gross. Third, when I sat down, they had not yet cleared an area of the bar next to me where someone had been eating. After they cleared away the dishes, they didn't bother actually cleaning that area of the bar, as there were still chunks of rice and patches of sauce remaining on the bar. Fourth, although the drink I ordered was good (I figured the alcohol would kill any bacteria present), the glass it was in was sticky, so I had to try to find a non-sticky spot every time I picked up the glass. Fifth, even the happy hour menu was dirty. It had some hardened food stuck up on the top, right hand corner. Gross.
Needless to say, I didn't end up ordering any food and we left after we had our first drinks. That place needs a good, thorough cleaning, and the staff needs to be trained on how to maintain an appropriate level of cleanliness -- especially as a sushi joint.
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