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| - Came here for dinner because of the Sakana we tried in Scottsdale. This location seems considerably smaller than the other location, and the outside looks rather outdated. But I don't necessarily judge a place by its size or outward appearance, so let's move on.
We came in during Happy Hour, so the price of food was fair. We ordered the Yellowtail Carpaccio, Salmon Dynamite, Scallop Dynamite, AZ Heat Roll and Shrimp Tempura Roll. Besides the unbelievable amount of fillers (rice and imitation crab) in all the rolls, the "main ingredients" (i.e. Salmon, Scallop, Eel, etc.) wasn't bad at all. The best dish was the Yellowtail Carpaccio, which was pretty good.
Service started off a little rough: stood around a while waiting to get a booster seat for our baby, had to ask for a menu after two other tables were seated and provided menus immediately, and didn't seem to get the same vibe as their Scottsdale location. After placing our order, our waitress basically went missing except on one or two occasions, but I suppose that could be a good thing if you don't like your servers checking on you--but another guy ended up doing most of the work, including getting our check, so the tip left was still fair since I'd imagine tip is shared.
Overall, the ratings really a strong 3.5, but since it was happy hour and the prices created a better value, 4 stars seemed fair.
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