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| - I've been to Satoya twice now for takeout, and I have to report they are extremely takeout averse. This isn't to say the service is rude as every employee I've encountered is extremely friendly, but they clearly don't handle a lot of takeout orders or have simply chosen to not cater those of us who have no friends and whose worst fear is to end up on http://table-for-1.tumblr.com/
The first time was a while back and I ordered one of the lunch specials and an iced green tea. When I arrived they apologized profusely as they handed me a takeout soup container filled to the brim with tea. If you've seen my Veggie House review you know this just happened to me there as well. Is there a shortage of take-out drink cups in the valley or are they crazily expensive or something? Anyway, I figured it was because at that point they hadn't been open for quite a long time, and the food was fine but not being prepared for such an order makes me feel almost like an inconvenience to them, like maybe they don't want to do these orders (and I NEED my tea). Fast forward over a year and I was in the mood for sushi at lunch, and still being friendless (in all seriousness I only get 30 minutes, so dine in lunches are almost an impossibility unless I plan for it), I ordered a Sashimi lunch special and again asked for an Iced Tea to go.
When I arrived the waitress said it was ready, but she apologized for not being able to provide me with tea and instead offered me a presumably canned coke/soda instead. She also explained that the items that come with the lunch special (this one was supposed to come with salad and an Udon soup) were not applicable to takeout. Let me summarize: 1) They still haven't purchased to go cups 2) They cannot place a salad into a to-go box 3) They can't give me the udon soup (maybe they ran out of all the big soup containers for iced tea orders like mine). She did seem like she felt bad and offered me the opportunity to eat there which I almost accepted so I could get the full value of the meal, but I figured I should head back to work and I swung by starbucks to get myself some tea. If I was annoyed at anything I thought that maybe they should have let me know of all the limitations over the phone and before I drove there, but I sincerely get the feeling they just don't receive a lot of to-go orders and simply aren't prepared for how to handle it.
Boy this is like the War and Peace of Yelp reviews and I havent even mentioned the food itself. So the Sashimi and Rice I got were very good, enough for me to still give 3 stars. There were 2 pieces each of 5 different fish (Salmon, Tuna, Octopus, whitefish and Yellowtail I believe) and they all seemed fresh and flavorful.
I can't say I personally got a great value compared to other Sushi restaurants given the lack of soup and salad (no seriously, they can't box up the salad?!), but I was still happy with the quality of the fish enough to not completely avoid them in the future. Now I just need to find some friends to enjoy it dining in next time.
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