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| - Decided to venture out last night to find somewhere new for Sushi, as we have tried a ton of places over the past year, so last night was all about searching for a hidden gem so to speak. As we embarked on our quest, we ended up near the Arboretum, and as we drove through the parking lot, we were amazed to find a whole new section of the shopping center that neither of us had even known existed.
We were shocked to see a row of restaurants representing all different cuisines from standard American fare like Chili's to Chinese (Cherry Blossom), quick Mexican (Qdoba), Asian (Malaya Kitchen), Breakfast (Le Peep), to many others...As we both mocked each other for not knowing about this "bizarro Arboretum", our eyes simultaneously came upon a Sushi restaurant called Sushiya, so we chalked it up to fate and decided to venture inside to give it a shot, as you shouldn't go against fate right???
As we entered the unassuming storefront, we were greeted with a huge welcome from the staff, a la Norm from Cheers, and the hostess/waitress said we could sit wherever we liked. Not much in the way of ambiance, as there was a small Christmas tree at the front and a few assorted decorative pieces scattered about, but we weren't there for the decor, we were there for the sushi, so we didn't mind at all.
To put it mildly, the sushi menu is HUGE..about three pages worth of "house rolls" and "specialty rolls", and no pencil and paper was provided to mark selections, so it was a true test of our collective memories to keep track of all the various rolls we wanted to try, since we have nothing to note our choices on. After multiple times through the extensive menu, we settled on a total of 6 rolls so we could try a little of everything. Solid value on some of the specialty rolls by the way, as a lot of places these days price most of their specialty rolls in the $12-$25 range, but Sushiya had some creative rolls under 10 bucks, which was a definite plus.
The server was friendly throughout and did a nice job of making sure to ask if we wanted our waters refilled before they even got down to 1/2 full. She was around just enough without being overly intrusive on our meal, and she was personable enough without being irritating if that makes any sense.
The sushi was fresh and overall I would say that 4 out of the 6 were hits while 2 were misses. One of the misses was just devoid of flavor, while the other was overly drenched in a sweet mango sauce that was just too much in our opinion. The hits were all solid but not spectacular. I would say overall the sushi was better than what we found at Koishi, 18 Asian, Liu Liu, and other similar places, but a notch below some of the selections at Nikkos, Cowfish, NZ Cafe, etc.
Definitely solid and worth a trip to check out for yourself as this place to me would be the definition of a 3.5 star yelp selection, but I decided to round up to 4 stars instead of rounding down to 3, because of the variety of options available from a specialty roll perspective. Again, if you are looking for decor and ambiance, this probably isn't the right place to find those things, but if you are looking for a solid place to get sushi on a Saturday night that you can walk into at 7pm on a Saturday night, get a table of your choosing, and not spend triple digits for 6 specialty rolls, then definitely give it a shot.
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