Rules for ALL YOU CAN EAT: never ever drink soup or eat rice! THESE ARE FILLERS...FILLERS!! AND ONLY WASTE YOUR STOMACH SPACE! COME TO BUFFETS HYDRATED so you don't have to drink much water either! I know.. nutrition professional and I'm telling you this..hahaha
Story time: The places opens at 11:45 AM and because a group takes forever to get ready, instead of individuals, we left at 12 PM and got there about 12:15 PM. BIG MISTAKE! The rush had already gone through. NOO! As a result, we had a 40-minute wait. After meeting with mama-san at Tokyo Discount, we came back in dismay as we had to wait another 30-40 min. Waiting in the sun,..dear god it's winter and I am sweating? WE'RE STARVVING! On our death beds, hypoglycemia status..and all I could think about are my sugar levels. Where is an emergency glucose pill when you need it? After all was done, said, and eaten..i left with gochi o sama deshita! hontoni, sugoku oishiikatta desu! The Japanese owner was impressed that I could speak Japanese!
Synopsis: One word, white tuna sushi! PURE HEAVEN! It's like buttaahhhhhhhh without the clogging-feeling aftermath. I literally came in my pants, no joke. I came here with all the Vegas crew i met through my BFF. In total, 8 of us. The horror beginning of it all, was that we waited more than an hour, and the way they made us wait was horrific, but even with that said, the $28 bucks we spent (18% tip including), was more than worth it. Hence, 5 stars! I'm certain their revenue has hit the negative due to our cow-like stomachs. Would I come here? HELL YES!!! Mmm.I can't wait to come back and have Sushi Mon on the side as a bonus feature!
Employees: If you can speak Japanese, they will be impressed, especially if you don't look like your Japanese (usually I am told I look Japanese, but being with all Filipinos...it didn't seem so). The lady smiled at me and the cute guy I was with, Keifer, was also impressed. Sumimasen, Atarashi pureto onegaishimasu! Although the guy who served us didn't have a happy smile on his face. I totally disregarded that because I was beyond starvation to care. More to that, our table was demanding because we were ordering like everything on the menu times 5! Hahaha.. Although in the end, the guy was rude. After I got my sugar levels back to normal, service seemed to matter more. He said, "because there are a lot of people waiting, we need to as you to leave" even though our EXTRA round of desserts haven't made it to our table. RUDE! Too bad, I put the tip in before he said it. Otherwise, it would have certainly been 10!!! not to mention...WE WERE WAITING FOR HEIFERS BEFORE THIS TO FINISH EATING! And their BMIs were about 35...and there were FOUR of them. RUDE!
Parking: Very easy! I love Vegas for this. It's not like Hawai'i, where you have to hunt for excruciating amount of time to visit your favorite restaurant. Although, compared to how many people were there, to the amount of parking, it seemed unjustified and misleading. Lots of parking, not enough space in the restaurant. Womp, womp!
Cost: For all you can eat, $28 including 18% tip, amazing. I'm positive we ate the restaurant in the negatives. I can safely say, each of us ate about $100 worth of food
Food: Where do I even begin! I didn't care what the names were, they all went into my tummy! 1, 2, 3...Houdini tricks! All gone in one fell swoop! Although, the most eye-back rolling, pants creaming goodness was the white tuna. OMG Just thinking about it makes me drool with delight. I honestly hope the next guy I date tastes this good! My second favorite were the clams soaking in a cheese sauce? UGH! OMG! It was a burst of smooth creamy lovely! Then of course you have to have the other foods that cause dyslipidemia such as deep-fried oysters? and Shrimp Tempura! 10 each, GONNNNEE! And then before I pass out from all the food, "Um...may I have two vanilla mochi ice creams please?"
Drinks: Water with lemon! Cheap flavored water. Plus you get vitamin C and antioxidants. Can you please make my lemon bigger?
Rating-disclosure: Although the wait was absurd, and the service not glamorous, i still gave this place 5 stars because the food honestly made up for it. It really did! And probably because I was with good company. If to me, service mattered more than the food, I would definitely have given this place 4 stars. The only thing holding me back is the unfortunate fact that Hawai'i is deprived of awesome all-you-can-eat sushi due to import costs.