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| - I thought this place was really good for what it is: a quick and relatively cheap spot to stop in for a sushi meal. It's got a nice build-out, very clean, decent atmosphere, and efficient service. The sushi is good--it's not trying to get at the top end of sushi dining like some of the much more renowned, gourmet places in town, but for what it's trying to be the quality is good. The prices are the best part: everything is $2-3 below what you might pay elsewhere. Plates start at $1.50 and top out at $5.00. The $2.00 and $3.00 plates are primarily nigiri, the $4.00 and $5.00 plates are rolls and sashimi. We were able to feed three of us quite well with several drinks for just $50, and we were in and out in well under an hour. If you're short on time and want a relatively inexpensive sushi meal this is your spot.
I did see some other reviewers refer to a "dirty dining" news report from a couple months ago...they even gave bad reviews while admitting they didn't even go to the restaurant, which I think does review sites like Yelp a disservice. Anyway, I was aware of that report and reviewed it before we visited. I can say that having worked in restaurants and dealt with inspections before, the violations were all very minor, things like missing consumer warnings about raw food on the menu (which we all know anyway) and some minor labeling or employee training issues. According to the health dept website all violations were corrected on re-inspection a couple weeks later. So, while you should always check out a place before you eat there, I think you can't judge this place based upon the report that ran on the news without checking on both a) what the violations were, and b) the results of the follow up inspection. You definitely shouldn't be judging a place you've never even visited. Just my two cents.
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