Well, after being in AZ for the week and being pleasantly surprised at the low price of our restaurant/bar bills, we finally ate/drank a $200 meal. Hubby insisted on trying a sushi place in Scottsdale because of the sheer number and high rankings. I dubiously complied. While you won't find anything exotic or too creative, you will find a solid selection and freshness as long as you remember there's no ocean front property in AZ. The sushi chef was a young man from Japan and the waitress was super nice. The restaurant is located inside a W Hotel with a corresponding atmosphere.
Here are the turn offs: 1. I caught something moving out of the corner of my eye on my chopstick. I chased the bug down under my plate and didn't know what to do but smash it with my napkin. I did not want to look too close, flagged the waitress down and she took care of it wiping down and replacing my dinnerware. 2. Shishito peppers are drowning in a sauce that is overwhelmingly sweet and even more overwhelmingly salty. The menu does not indicate they are in a "sauce" and I expected them sprinkled with sea salt as I've usually had in other places. 3. I had the great misfortune of being seated where I had a bird's eye view of someone who was obviously a regular and her dinner companions shoving their tongues down each other's throat. Sigh, judgmental yes, but just not what I want to see while eating dinner and nothing the restaurant can do about that. Keeping in mind the context, if we are ever in the mood for sushi in Scottsdale again, we would return.