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| - I visited this establishment for a 2nd time on Saturday, 14 July because I had a Groupon.
My previous visit was several months earlier during lunch where I did try the Organic Miso Soup among other dishes. That was interesting as it was kind of salty but still good.
The service was not bad. It was reasonably attentive but not overly friendly. The waitress did make sure that we had drinks and food ordered in a timely manner.
The atmosphere is very swanky and there was only 20 and 30 somethings in the place as was pointed out on another website. The music is played at reasonable volume and the lighting is appropriate.
The restaurant is easy to find and parking is not a problem, at least on the weekend.
We ordered the following:
Large Sapporo with 2 glasses
Assorted Sashimi
Koto Seafood Sunomono (in a nice glass and very very tasty with fresh tasting noodles).
Seared Tuna Roll
Spicy Tuna Roll
Volcano Roll
Alaska Roll (or something similar with salmon over a california type roll with imitation crab)
We also had a roll with tempura in it which was really good.
The food was fresh. Like someone else mentioned, the spicy is different in every sushi establishment. I, too, prefer the siracha (spelling?) type spice. Additionally, as previously mentioned, imitation crab is used instead of real crab. For the price, one would expect the real deal.
While this was not as good as Taiko on Denman in Vancouver (which due to rents, has closed) or Tojo's on Broadway (super upscale, also in Vancouver), I would definitely say it is 4 stars.
The only other restaurant that I have been to that is on the same level is Towa Sushi in Calgary though I would say Towa is a level or two higher for about the same price. Still, Koto is worth checking out on an ongoing basis.
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