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| - Grab your life preserver, folks....what we have here is a sinking ship. We decided on a Sunday afternoon that we were in the mood for Sushi. Finding ourselves on the far west side and hoping for a new experience, we decided to give KiKu a try. We are already fans of conveyor-belt sushi, which we consider to be a quick, convenient, fun and kid-friendly way to do sushi. Usually conveyor-belt sushi places have different prices for different colored plates, and the different plate prices and colors reflects the quality and expense of the sushi on that plate. This place currently has all plates prices at $2.50 a plate, no matter what you are eating. This could be a bargain, if there were ANY of the higher-end rolls on the belt...but there weren't. Not a one. Almost every roll involves crab mix. The one I saw that didn't involved spicy tuna, also a cheap filler. The rolls with raw fish involved have very small portions. My daughter wanted basic California rolls...these are usually the cheapest roll. They are $1.75 at Sushi Station, cheaper during happy hour. Here they are $2.50 for rolls half the size of the sushi station ones. The portions here are TINY. It was $2.50 for a literal handful of edamame. Worse, the temperature of the food was off. The squid salad and cucumber salad were both warm enough that I was concerned about food safety. The sushi here is boring, expensive, with small portions and of suspect quality. Nothing redeeming. The service was also terrible; the waitress did not give us plates, we had to flag her down for soy sauce cups and wasabi, and this was with us being her ONLY table. They had signs on the wall that parties of 6 or more would be charged an 18% gratuity....remember, this is a conveyor belt sushi place!!! Your server just brings you drinks and your total! Not worth 18%. Our party was only 3, so this did not apply to us, but nevertheless seems an unusual policy for the nature of the restaurant. We were never offered a regular menu to order off of, if they had one. After reading the other reviews, it is clear that what is going in is that this place must be struggling. It seems that they have changed their prices and their policies and their menu, and are cutting corners. I bet they will be out of business within a year. I felt ripped off from this meal. Our family decided to "cut and run," not even being full and certainly not satisfied with the quality of the food, but still our bill was more than we usually pay at the other sushi places we frequent (and not just Sushi station....we also like Mr. Sushi, Hanas, K-Sushi, Ra, and even the takeout sushi from grocery stores is much better.) Go elsewhere people, don't waste your money, let these people sink their own ship, no need for you to get wet.
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