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| - Tomo Sushi replaced the old sushi place that used to be here since I could remember from a young age. While I was excited that a better establishment might have taken over, I was sorely disappointed with my experience.
I came here on a Saturday (10/17/15) for an early dinner at 4 p.m. with two friends. It was slow as it was occupied by two other tables when we arrived.
SERVICE:
2/5. While the female server was friendly, our main male server was forgetful and couldn't perform basic tasks. I would be more lenient if it was busy, but three tables divided between 2 servers and 3 chefs is quite the opposite. We had to ask for plates along with the small sides of ginger and wasabi you'd usually get immediately. A good number of our orders were missing because they weren't put in. When they were asked about, our server would respond, "it's being made right now." While I appreciate the effort, it does not take 10 minutes to make a spicy tuna hand roll. It also took us 15 minutes to get our check? When we wanted to pay it as soon as we were ready, there was no one at the counter for us to walk up to and pay.
FOOD:
2/5. The general consensus was that we definitely have had better. Nothing stood out and was mostly forgettable. This place specializes in rolls and appetizers. I've had better dynamites at Goyemon, but their chicken and beef skewers are good along with their bulgogi side dish.. Like the pictures have shown, the oysters were large and were fresh. Unfortunately we only got 2 out of 4 rolls we ordered. We got Found Nemo and 1 out of the 2 Tomo handrolls we ordered. The only thing that stood out for the Found Nemo was the Japanese mustard sauce since it was different. The Tomo roll was amazingly flavorless despite having flavorful ingredients.The carpaccios we ordered tasted like plain sashimi, and the chefs forgot to peel off the film lining on the super white (making it chewy and unpleasant to eat). Some of the nigiri had awkward cuts that seemed to be flopped onto the rice and didn't taste like anything special. The one saving grace I had was the salmon skin handroll. Nicely fried salted crunchy skin with little bits of meat wrapped in a warm bundle of rice and sprouts.
tl;dr:
My friends and I have experienced better. Comparing it to other nearby places like Sakana, I'd skip out on this place and would rather go there or make the drive out to Sushi Koma.
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