3.5/5.
I first came here when the restaurant opened and haven't been back as my friends prefer Kyoto an intersection down.
But I came here yesterday. Tuesday 2pm. The place wasn't packed. About 25% full. I was immediately greeted and seated upon entering and asked what I wanted to drink. When the water arrived, we got to order, but because their ordering procedure is to hand you a menu to verbally order from while they use their ipad to send the orders in, it got a bit messy? I felt very on the spot and rushed to get my order through. They didn't exactly seem patient....so I get what the previous reviews were saying when it came to attitude/eye rolls from servers.
One of my favourite dishes here is Enoki Beef Maki (I think that's what it was called). I ordered 2 to test it out and ended up ordering 8 my second round. The sushi is as tiny as I remember it the first time I came here. Food quality is definitely good though. Their spicy mayo is actually spicy. And if you've ever gone to competitor Kyoto, it is not. I wasn't a big fan of the spicyness, but to each their own because my friend loved it.
What I didn't like was that they came up to us and told us it was the last round of ordering. They weren't kicking us out, but they were ending lunch service....other sushi restaurants I've been to would just transition into "dinner service" and allow future customers to order from the dinner menu and price them for dinner AYCE after a certain time if they were not kicking you out. So, I was a bit disappointed that we had to again, on the spot, decide what we wanted and on a stroke of luck, hope we finished whatever we ordered or hope we ordered enough to be full at the end of the day.
Weekday lunch was $13+ taxes. Definitely worth it for quality of the food, but go earlier if you want to order more before lunch service ends!