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The experience started out nicely with a friendly hostess outside the restaurant greeting us while we were looking at the menu. We weren't sure, but then she told us about $2 oysters and that convinced us to give it a try.
The atmosphere is roomy, modern and trendy. So far so good. We ordered the oysters. They came and were dressed with grapefruit flavor sauce and salmon roe. They were fine.
The waiter tries to sell me a bottle of wine that I'm not familiar with, but when I asked for a taste, I was told no. This is the 1st time I've even had to ask, usually I'm offered a taste. Anyway, I'm not going to order a bottle of something I do not know. I was not offered any alternatives.
We then proceeded to order dinner. Asked for the eggplant salad. Not available. Bok choy. Not available. A little annoying when we are told that the last orders of these items have just been sold when we were the only table in the entire restaurant at prime dinner time (730ish).
So we went with a spicy tuna roll, miso cod, chili rice, and grilled asparagus. The roll came right away and it was horrible. It wasn't even made with sushi rice and the rice was sweet. There was way too much rice and very little filling so I can barely taste the fish. The roll was also uneven, the ends were smaller than the middle. If you're going to charge $15 for a basic roll, it should at least be done correctly.
Then about 30 minutes go by. Nothing happened. We then ask the waiter, how much longer for the rest to come? Food then suddenly comes out. The chili rice was swapped for fried rice. Not even what I ordered. Tasted a piece of the asparagus, which was cut into smaller pieces and placed on skewers. It was cold, mushy, and unflavorful. The cod was the thinnest piece of cod I've seen so I can't even see how it can be soft and flaky. The sauce was also dried up, probably from sitting out there for a while. We just sent everything back.
To sum up, bad food and bad service with an undeserving price tag. If you're hungry, go elsewhere. Not the worst place if you just want a couple of cocktails in a trendy atmosphere.
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