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| - It's very rare to find a restaurant that hits ever nail on the head; ambiance, food, drinks, and service. Squid Ink is the exception to the rule.
Ambiance: the restaurant has a great, open layout. Bar is set up perfectly with big screen TVs. There is a very large outdoor patio with misters. The inside has a row of booths down the middle where you can take in the entire restaurant and see the open kitchen/sushi bar where the food is being made. A painting inspired a debate/conversation between me, my friend, and our server. It's the one by the hostess stand...is it Anna Kournikova?! We couldn't figure out who it was since the other paintings were obvious icons being of Muhammad Ali, Albert Einstein, and Marilyn Monroe. Anna doesn't fit that title. Curiosity is still getting me on that one.
Food: they have a pretty decent happy hour. They don't have that many rolls on happy hour; just a handful of basics like the California roll, spicy tuna roll, etc. that are $2 off. However, all of their appetizer starters are 1/2 price which is amazing! The cod appetizer is like butter and melts in your mouth! We also had edamame (can't really F that up), shrimp tempura roll (complimentary of our server because it was an extra made by the kitchen), the Rockstar roll (nice combination of spicy habanero pepper paired with the sweet chili sauce), and the Hawaiian bread pudding (pretty good other than the vanilla ice cream being mostly melted so it was a little soupy).
Drinks: I love that they serve their water with cucumber slices! So good and refreshing! Their wines are $2 off per glass for happy hour. They also had a handful of speciality cocktails and craft beers on draft on the list as well.
Service: our server, David, was perfection! Impeccable service, engaging conversation, and a complimentary sushi roll....it doesn't get much better than that!
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