Downtown sushi at casino prices...thank goodness my friend had a groupon!
We had a $50 off groupon (not sure what she paid but that didn't apply to me-yay!) so we trekked to the Golden Nugget to eat right around 4 PM when Red Sushi opens to beat the crowd. We sat at the bar. The ambiance is nice but it is quite loud within the slots area. Our sushi chef had on his name tag that he is from Japan, so I asked him where in Japan. I could not hear his answer. The set up sinks in the seats enough where our short chef seemed so far away and there is no way to converse...not my kind of set up. We had 2 or 3 waitresses and they were all very kind - checked on us a lot and gave us refills regularly. I had iced green tea.
We ordered mackerel, salmon, and sweet shrimp nigiri but our chef gave us hamachi instead of salmon originally. We got to keep both :) The sweet shrimp came out as sushi first and then we got the fried heads later! Yummmmmy! We also got some appetizers: seared scallops with ikura, spinach, and sesame miso sauce (sauce was blah), spicy tuna-avocado-rice stack with nori shreds, and hot oil seared hamachi sashimi with ginger and green onion. The hot oil hamachi was the best thing we had.
We also each ordered a handroll - yellowtail for me and salmon avocado for Susan. They were quite tiny but at least fresh. Overall, it was average and overpriced, but with the $50 groupon it cost just over $35 before tip. Splitting that and adding tip on the whole check is just under the cost of AYCE at Blue Fin. I am glad I tried somewhere new but will return to my humble local joint next!