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| - I visited Sushi One on Saturday, September 24th at 10:10pm.
I've never been to a restaurant so average.
Generally, sushi restaurants have very good service and very good food but I've had better sushi service from grocery stores.
I was quickly seated and given menus. The waitress asked what I wanted to drink and I said tea. As she arrived with my tea I was ready to order. I originally wanted to order a sashimi dinner and a tempura dinner but she recommended that I order the sashimi dinner and a shrimp tempura appetizer instead. I went with that.
The tea was fresh and warm.
She quickly brought over my miso soup and a salad. The salad did not look appetizing at all but I tried it and I liked it so there's that. The miso was ok as well apart from the fact that it wasn't hot.
She next, before my appetizer, brought over my sashimi dinner and rice.
The rice seemed to have been sitting out for a while as it was luke warm and wasn't clumping like it should.
Typically, rice from sushi restaurants is soft and fluffy and doesn't feel granular in your mouth but that wasn't the case. It was difficult to eat because of its texture.
Most of the sashimi was relatively fresh but not as fresh as other restaurants I've been too and was very chewy. It was thick but there wasn't a lot of variety on the plate. Most places that I've visited had these in their sashimi dinners: salmon, tuna, crab, hamachi, white tuna, octopus, clam, and more... I only got salmon, tuna, white tuna, and hamachi.
Nothing positively stood out about it but the maguro sashimi was really bad. I had to fight the urge to shudder whilst eating it. It didn't taste fresh at all but musty. However, I am not fearful for my health.
She brought my appetizer about 10 minutes after my sashimi dinner. The tempura batter was really good; it was crisply and not very oily. The tempura sauce was alright but I decided not to use it as it didn't seem to go well with the tempura
One issue that not many people consider is hydration.
Throughout all of this, my waitress was too busy talking to a coworker to find out that I had run out of tea.
I stopped eating shortly after receiving my tempura to catch her attention and hopefully have her asking if I was ok.
She never came.
I attempted to call her over several times but she wasn't paying attention.
When I finished I pushed all of my plates to the other side of the table. I hoped that she would notice this and come over.
It took her 15 mins and a bathroom break to notice that I was sitting around idle but, upon noticing, she quickly ran over with the bill.
It cost about $20 before the tip that I gave her anyway even though the service wasn't great.
It took so long for me to write this review because I forgot about this place because nothing really stands out.
I'll gladly go back again if anything changes.
Maybe with my few pointers we can make Sushi One a more unique place to eat.
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