I have been hearing WONDERFUL things about Red Sushi ever since it opened. My partner and I were really excited to celebrate our anniversary and so we called to make reservation. The host let us know that they didn't take reservations but we would be fine to come in around 8 pm on a Friday. When we arrived the hostess told us that it would be an hour wait. My partner and I were totally cool with that since we were happy to just experience everything about Red Sushi. We gave the hostess our phone number and she said she would text us when our table was ready. Since there wasn't room at the bar we left and went to Opus for drinks. After an hour had passed we checked the app (they have a website that tracks your wait) and there were still 7 people ahead of us. Once we saw this we decided to order another drink. After our third drink and 1 hour and 30 minutes later we decided to go back to the restaurant and see what gives. The hostess told us that sadly there would still be another 30+ minute wait. I'm sorry, but 2 hours is not worth it. Also I have worked in a restaurant and I have never told someone it would be an hour wait but actually it could be 2 plus hours. Shouldn't the hostess have a better idea of table times? Isn't that her job?
At this point I felt like our anniversary was ruined. All of the nicer restaurants stopped taking orders at 10 pm and we just felt disheartened. If they had told us that it would be 2+ hours we would've been disappointed but we would've understood... at that point we would have been able to go to another place. Sadly we left and went home and ate frozen pizza. Totally not what I had hoped for on a night that seemed so promising.
My partner is a general manager of a hip downtown restaurant and sadly feels like Red Sushi can no longer be recommended to patrons looking for an exciting culinary adventure.