The most notable thing about yuzu is their miso soup!!!!! It caught me by surprise as it came in a large bowl with a lid on it so my boyfriend and I were like wow this soup is big! To our surprise, we opened it to find clams and strips of fish cake in it. I've never had miso soup where the chef put this much effort into it before lol the clams made the soup taste sooooooo sweet and fresh with a hint of seafood flavour. If this miso soup was on the menu, I'd definitely order it. Now that I think of it... why didn't I ask for another one? By the way, I'm obsessed with clams!
We ordered the scallops and avocado tuna tartare. Scallops were good but nothing special. The tartare was REALLLLY good because the garlic oil, tuna and avocado flavours worked so well with each other! I could have 5 of these if my figure allowed.
Now for the main course: sushi omakase! The omakase here is definitely a good value. $55 for 18 pieces! Compared to yasu $80 for 18 or zen $60 for 12? Helllsss yes!! BUT id have to admit it was the least yummy. And I was secretly sad that it didn't blow my socks off because it was my boyfriends birthday so I wanted it to be really special. Unfortunately, they used day old rice so the sushi rice was a little hard.... I know, wtf right!?!? The rice was cold and hard. Not slightly warm, vinegary, soft and plump. HUGEEEE disappointment there. The rice is just as important as the fish in sushi and I'm sad they failed to understand that... or they do but were just lazy/being cheap and didn't want to make a fresh batch? I mean omakase is supposed to be the "chefs choice" of basically their freshest catch of the day and the best sushi they have to offer. This was definitely NOT the way to represent. The presentation of the omakase was cute though... it comes out neatly lined up on a stone platter.
Overall, I would still return to this place given that they failed on a crucial part of dinner and did not offer to refill our water once and we kept having to ask. Normally I'd go apeshit on this place but I'm feeling lenient today. This place has potential... it's just the rice was a crucial downfall. :(