I have had two wildly different experiences at this restaurant. As a vegan it's really nice to have a more formal restaurant which consistently offers vegan options. My first experience at Ushabu was great: amazing service, very knowledgeable and considerable waitstaff, and delicious vegan shabu-shabu with decent portion size for the cost. I happily returned and was shocked with my second visit. I ordered the five course vegan special (a $50 entree) and was astounded at how inadequate the meal was. Instead of the turkey entree I was given THREE shiitake mushrooms. Instead of rice w pork belly and 7-minute egg I was given a modest portion of rice with maybe 1/8c of greens which were delicious. Paying $50 for three mushrooms, a bowl of rice, and some soup broth was a disgrace and will likely keep me from returning. The food I ate was delicious and impeccably cooked but to charge the same amount for a vegan meal that is smaller than the regular 5-course entree and markedly cheaper to prepare makes no sense. Moreover, my server the second time I visited seemed extremely annoyed by my table in spite of the fact that we ordered 6+ entrees and two bottles of wine. 5 stars for the first experience, 1 star for the second=3 stars this time. Ushabu, please either provide more food or charge less for your vegan special dinner.