Bleck! A friend and I were in the area and decided to give this place a try - without checking it out first.. mistake!!! Should've guessed it was a crappy chain but we live and/or learn.
First, the guy taking our orders was about as helpful as a gnat and equally annoying. Seemed put out that we were looking the menu over, we had to practically squeeze 2 word answers out of him.
I love eel so I went with the unagi veggie bowl. I had a feeling I shouldn't have gone for the $9.25 bowl but I did. I feel robbed!!! Placed on top of about 3 servings of rice were a few strips of grilled eel, very fatty with skin on. A little teriyaki sauce squirted on top. Then a large side of PLAIN steamed veggies - no sauce, no grill marks, wok marks, nothing! I'm not a fan of Chinese or Japanese food drowning in sauce, but when you have horribly bland veggies they need something!!
My friend went with the chicken teriyaki bowl, pretty simple right? Wrong. There was plenty of chicken...dry, stringy, greasy, over-breaded chicken, over about 4 servings of rice. Oh, and a little squirt of teriyaki. I almost asked to try a little to see for myself but it looked so unappetizing I opted not to.
I was surprised how many people came in while we were there, it's not good food. I guess they like the quantity over quality. Oh, and the difference between a dine in/take out order? They saw the clamshell in half. Is that a huge savings? Seems cheesy. Especially for a $9.25 rice bowl.
For the same price I could've had a great meal (enough for 2 meals) @ Pe!We!, they actually wok their veggies and have...whats that stuff.... FLAVOR!