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| - The price is right, or fair at least.
I went with two others, and immediately two of us noticed the Daily Drink specials. We went there on a Thursday evening, and the crantini's were $3.99. They tasted watered down. Maybe try going on a Monday, when they have sake martinis - if you want a full(?) shot of alcohol, I guess.
I ordered their vegetarian bento ($12.99), vegetarian dragon roll ($8.99?), and Akco fries ($5?) with a specially requested wasabi mayo.
The dragon roll was good, with their tempura yam inside...
Thing is, I guess I'm particular about tempura batter. Whenever I eat tempura. Ugh! The batter here was so thick, I could have attached a pencil to the bottom of one deep fried slice of potato or yam, and cheaply replaced a ping pong paddle. They were so thick and hard, children/dolls/little dogs, could use them as fake frisbees. No, these tempura'd veggies, were battered up - to an extreme.
At first, I ate and ate (I had an appetite going into the place), but after a while I had a small epiphany -- the battered veggies stood out as being too thick and too hard. I suggest they consider changing their batter to a lighter one. Perhaps the average person wouldn't mind their existing batter, however.
Worth one shot; maybe or maybe not... two visits.
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aside: From the corner that we were in, we seemed privy to some interesting behaviours displayed by two of their 20-something bartender and server (both female). They were chummy with their male clients at the bar. I suggest that if you're a single heterosexual male Yelper, with a penchant for the act of karaoke (which they have), drinking alcohol, and having ready company of two cute enough females, go there, and sit at the bar. No promises, but you may find yourself basking in the glow of some decidedly focused staff attention...
We saw one of them, in particular, walk her clients out, hug some of them, kiss one of them on the side of his face, lots of touchy touchy feel goodness going on.
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