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SAKE looks nice on the outside, is situated near the southside waterfront area, a beautiful place that features shops and other nice restaurants like the Cheesecake Factory. Upon entering the restaurant, you notice that it's dark. And when I say dark, I mean I couldn't even read the menu (thank you phone flashlight). I get it, it's nice to have the mellow ambiance, but I'm not here for a club ya feel. If they want to keep this style, I feel like maybe booths could be darker and the bar could be darker, but everywhere else should be at least light enough to see the menu.
Besides the ambiance, I thought the food was average. Sushi menu offers lots of options, but I wasn't particularly impressed with the meat. The tuna tasted frozen, the salmon a bit old, and everything was just really mushy. It didn't have the clean feel and texture that good sushi has. I also got a shrimp tempura ramen that I thought didn't exactly cut it. The soup was very underflavored, and the big bowl (which looked good) was littered with a bunch of useless vegetables that got in the way of me eating instead of adding any flavor or something I wanted to eat. Also, the shrimp tempura was accompanied with a motley of random veggies like onion and okra that I honestly felt like was misplaced. Just keep it simple and serve just shrimp as advertised.
The place is losing customers, and I can see why---food is not that impressive, ambiance is not comfortable, and their execution is really lacking.
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