Picture this: it's Saturday night, your dinner plans fall through, and you have several friends coming into the city (some of whom are hungry) at various times (some as soon as an hour from now), you still haven't gotten ready, what do you do?
I quickly get on Yelp and do a search for nearby sushi restaurants (since that seemed to be the order of the day) that are open and do delivery. Enter Miyaki Sushi, right on the Esplanade. I called them up only to find out that they don't deliver (either that or their delivery guy was unavailable), but they were close enough that I could pick up. I placed an order for a truckload of sushi and was shocked when they said it would be ready in 15 minutes.
Just as I was about to head out the door, I was surprised to receive a call from them saying they'd need another 15 minutes. I was actually quite pleased by the consideration they showed in calling me rather than having me wait at the restaurant. Quickly got showered and changed and headed with a friend to the restaurant.
I discovered that the place was a homey mom'n'pop type place and was greeted by a cute little Japanese (?) hostess who actually brought the food out to my car. They even threw in some dumplings on the house and some ego-boosting compliments to boot. Right then I knew they were getting a good Yelp review, but it certainly didn't hurt that every single one of my guests raved about the sushi. It was incredibly fresh and their signature rolls just melted in your mouth. I also felt it was a pretty good value as we were able to feed 8-10 people on under $200 and even have some left over for later.