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I was on the fence with giving this place four or five stars. However, I think they deserved five on this occasion based on the value for food, cleanliness and service.
Party of five.
The food:
First, let me start by saying that I eat sushi quite often, with my favourite spots being jabistro and gals sushi.
My review is based on sushi legends lunch special.
I chose the sashimi bento box (BB7 for $11.95). It came with sashimi (was supposed to come with 8pc, but they gave me 12 pc *heart eyes*), miso soup, salad, 3 pc California roll, 3 pc spicy salmon roll, 2 pc shrimp tempura, dessert and rice.
The sashimi - 4 pc of surf clam, 4 pc salmon, 4 pc white tuna (butterfish?). All were the right temperature and good sizes. The salmon was not perfectly cut, but aside from that all the sashimi was fresh and had a nice flavour. They gave me extra pieces which was a nice bonus. Between this location and their Leslie location (which I have had AYCE a month ago), I felt this location had better sashimi.
The rolls - California rolls are California rolls. I would never order them separately, but they were a nice addition. The spicy salmon rolls were better, and I wish it just came with 6 pcs of this instead of 3 Cali and 3 salmon. They came out as a good size, and I like that the don't use too much rice in their rolls.
Shrimp tempura - My normally mild shrimp allergies have been acting up lately, so I had to give these to my coworker to eat. I didn't know I could substitute it for veggie tempura for free! Darn it, my fault for not asking first. Anyway, he loves shrimp tempura so this may be a bit biased. He gobbled it all up quickly and said they were hot, had the right crunch to them and was most happy that he could double dip in the tempura sauce.
Miso soup - hot, came out quickly. I don't know how anyone can get this wrong
Salad - I did not care for the dressing. It was a bit too thick for my liking. Maybe they can think about using a different dressing or giving a different side in place of this. The salad was the only "meh" item.
Dessert - choice of vanilla, mango, red bean or green tea. I got the green tea, it was super creamy! The spoon went through it so easily, but it was still nice and cold. Nothing melted, and I'm a slower eater. No frost bite happening over here.
2 ppl got the beef teriyaki bento box (BB4 $10.50) , both admitted that the beef was cooked very nicely. Medium, juicy and tender.
Another person who really wanted to get AYCE lunch, but couldn't because we didn't have the time got the maki set b (MCB $13.95). He also got a side order of salmon sushi (4 pc). He turned out to be really full and satisfied.
Another person got a green dragon roll and a hand roll (unagi? Can't rmb which sashimi they chose). They really enjoyed their meal as well.
The service:
We arrived at noon and were seated quickly. The waitress asked us a la carte or ayce, after choosing a la carte, she updated the iPad menu for us. The only issue I had with this is that we were then sharing 1 menu when ordering a la carte. Which for lunch, kind of sucks when you're with four other ppl.
The only other downside to this is that you have to flag the waitress down in case you need to make any minor substitutions. The reason why this wasn't a bigger deal is because once we got the server, she was able to switch 3pc California roll and 3pc spicy salmon roll to 6pc avocado cucumber roll for one person in our party. We were not charged extra for it which is another plus.
They also promptly brought two big thermal zojiroshi pitchers with complementary green tea in them. I actually like this because I drink a lot of tea and don't like asking or waiting for refills. The temperature of the tea was just right. It wasn't scalding hot and I was able to drink it immediately after pouring it.
The food came out really quickly. All of it came out correct and exceeded our expectations for lunch.
The whole restaurant was clean! Everything about it was clean. Makes you confident that the owners care about the place and the people that come to it.
Overall experience:
We will be back for lunch. Not the best sushi/sashimi I've had, but the value is great for the quality they are serving. I hope this place keeps this type of quality up!
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