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| - Im giving this place a high rating because the quality of food was high, and it was noticeably better than average sushi restaurants so the bit of higher price for some of the items was actually worth it.
I did takeout here the other day. These are my observations. The decor is super dark with red velvet curtains. Its a little dark an cold seeming for my tastes, and I don't like when a place tries really hard with decor but overlook details like dusting cobwebs off plants.
Most importantly though, the food was really really good. I eat sushi a lot, at varying levels of restaurants. There were two of us so we got the sashimi dinner, spicy salmon roll, dynamite roll, and the avocado cucumber roll. The sashimi was really good, better than other regular sushi restaurants. The fish was all nicely cut, really fresh seeming and good texture, and they gave nice fish that was just lightly seared with that blue flame they thing use. My only problem with that was that some of those pieces tasted REALLY like the flame or the gasoline or whatever and it was a bit overpowering and odd, but still overall good. They gave all the good fish too like salmon, butterfish, octopus, and not too much tuna. The dynamite roll was good, they top it with a LOT of orange roe.It had a bit of a different taste than common dynamite rolls, and you can tell the oil they used was clean, sometimes I order dynamite rolls and the roll tastes like fishy oil thats been re-used over and over to fry the tempura. The Veggie roll was really good too, just like really big, perfectly ripe pieces of avocado it was actually really good better than usual. Spicy tuna was also really good. They give white ginger and good wasabi. The miso soup and salad were also really high quality. Everything was just of a bit better quality than most average sushi restaurants,so I didn't mind paying a bit extra for the sashimi dinner. One thing that pissed me off was though that they forgot to give me soy sauce which was so annoying.
So overall food was really good, the service seemed nice enough. But I'm not a huge fan of the cold and imperfect decor. If you're going to try to make a statement, do it well, and make sure it seems really clean. I don't like seeing things like dust on plants and somewhat sticky looking tables and stuff. The price is more than regular sushi restaurants, so they should try to keep the place looking clean and tidy because it makes people want to eat! Honestly, I think they should revamp the place a bit, like make it a bit more bright, cozy, and inviting. Especially the area near the door and the entire entrance area, it just needs something to draw the customers in a bit more.
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