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| - Oh my! I'm really torn when it comes to rating this place. We went here on the recommendations we got from Mesa Yelpers who said that it was one of the best sushi joints in Mesa...
We were in town to visit with our daughter. She had wanted to go to a sushi restaurant but didn't know where to go. Thanks to fellow Yelpers we got some suggestions. We chose Sekai out of all the suggestions for two reasons: 1) It gets good reviews here; and 2) For us anyway, it was very easy to find and to get to.
We went on a weekday about 5:30 p.m. and when we got there, we were the only customers. We were warmly greeted and the service was excellent---very attentive! The waitress brought training chopsticks to the table for the preschoolers and even suggested a dish for them for dinner. She suggested chicken donburi and split an order between the two. The kids liked their meal and loved using the training chopsticks.
My daughter and I ordered the deluxe sushi dinner. My husband, who loves tuna sushi, was very disappointed to see that there was no tuna sushi/sashimi dinner. The only way to get an all-tuna meal was to order a la carte. In fact, we only saw 4 sushi dinners on the entire menu!
So..my husband ordered the tempura dinner and my son-in-law ordered chicken teriyaki. The tempura was well cooked and came with a side dish that looked like cole slaw but had a sesame oil flavor to it. The chicken teriyaki looked nothing like teriyaki. Chicken teriyaki normally comes as a chicken breast that is grilled and cut into strips. At Sekai, it was small chunks of chicken coated in a thin sauce.
As for the sushi --- it was okay --- not the worst I ever had but far from the best. I rate it better than the sushi found in all you can eat buffets such as Todai and I rate it better than downscale supermarket sushi. That said, I have had far better quality sushi elsewhere. The deluxe sushi dinner came with 4 tuna rolls which were very wide pieces with tuna that was *meh* both in taste and quality. Also included in the dinner---some nigiri pieces---shrimp, fake crabmeat, clam and eel. Of all the pieces, I rate the clam to be the most interesting as I never had it before.
So...in conclusion...I was impressed with the friendly and attentive service. In fact, I did notice that as the place got busier, many of the customers were regulars who were warmly greeted by the staff. That, IMO, is one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base.
As for the sushi...perhaps it is as good as it gets in Mesa---that's why I was torn as to how many stars to give my review. Would we go back? I don't know...
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