I have lived in the Desert Ridge area for 10 years now and have witnessed what seems like hundreds of sushi places come and go there.As a result and as a sushi lover I have a tumultuous relationship with Desert Ridge. Its the hopeless romantic in me that walked into Nori, like so many places before her, with an open mind and a desire to like it like I had done so many times before at DR. My group sat at the bar and engaged in conversation with the bartender who for the life of me name I cannot remember but he was an awesome guy. Engaging, genuine, definitely not the forced small talk type conversation you get at a lot of places. It was happy hour so we got a few sushi rills and some chicken skewers. The sushi was great and fresh, not the best sushi Ive had but pretty close. What set this place apart for me and bumped it from 4 stars to 5 was the service. The bartender walked up to us and gave us a free salmon roll to try, then about 10 minutes later he asked if we wanted to try some drinks he's been working on. Overall one of the best experiences I've had with customer service. Very glad this place is here and I pray to Zeus it sticks around to beat Malee's record. Remember Malee's?