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| - My friend and I decided to hit up Clever Koi on a random weekday night in an attempt to actually explore our surroundings. We had a bit of trouble finding it since it is tucked away from the road, but we finally found the right parking area after we looped around once. We had made reservations since we were worried about a possible crowd and a table was ready for us when we got in. We were seated quickly and definitely had a moment of "oh god what should I order because everything sounds good." The menu had gyoza, buns, noodles, ramen, etc. My friend was super interested in the rabbit gyoza while I was drawn to the black bean and celery root cakes. My friend enjoyed the gyoza and we both liked the black bean and celery root cakes but agreed that they would have been better with either less wasabi, or perhaps wasabi on the side rather than directly on top. For our main dishes, we grabbed the pork ramen and the pad thai with tofu. My friend loved the pork ramen and I thought the pad thai was good, though a bit on the sweeter side than I like. I also felt that $3.00 was a bit of an excessive charge for adding tofu to the pad thai, particularly because it literally came with 3 large pieces of tofu only. Though I was a bit irked by the tofu portion, the pad thai portion was ginormous. I could not finish it in one sitting and definitely had to take some to go. One thing I really loved about this place was that they had their own little hot sauces that you can use to spice up your food. I'm a spicy/flavorful food junkie so this was right up my sleeve.
Clever Koi lived up to my expectations overall. It had great service, good food, a very chill atmosphere, and an interesting interior + patio seating. I am definitely going back to try their other menu items such as chow mein and vegetarian ramen! *I may also be super curious about their interesting list of cocktails.*
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