"0"^^ . . . "1"^^ . "3"^^ . "2016-02-02T00:00:00"^^ . . "My girlfriend loves coming here, the food is great, the lunch prices are good, you get all the green tea you can drink....but I absolutely hate it. \nI loathe coming here. \nIf it's busy they make you wait at the awkward bar that I have never seen being used as an actual bar. It's just a big thing taking up space. The divider between the 'bar' and dining area is way too close to the bar stools so you spend your wait time staring at an un-tended bar while trying to squeeze as close to it as you can to let others by when their table is ready. \nThe plates slap and clang around. The chairs Scraaaaaaaape across the floor. The tables are so close people at the next table sometimes feel the need to say hello, or they just stop talking and make awkward eye contact when you sit down. You hear every last word spoken at the table to your left or right. In the winter it always feels a little wet in here. In the summer it always feels a little wet in here. \nThe house music is CD based and not on repeat so sometimes it just stops, ripping away the one slight acoustic buffer.\n\nI could have been in a warm booth comfortably spaced from other diners, beer in hand burger on the way but Nooooo 'let's go get sushi!'\n\nDitch that bar for more table space. Or ditch the individual tables for bigger communal tables (your only 2 inches away from that as it is). Dehumidifiers exist, buy one and run it constantly. Little felt pads for the chair feet exist, buy some so the chairs can be moved without making a horrendous metal on cement scraping sound. The repeat button on your CD player exists, find it. Decorative acoustic panels exist, buy some and put them on the wall. Don't change the food though, it's pretty good; which is why we will inevitably be back. \n\nHere's a free restaurant idea for somebody: sushi AND a comfortable environment! Madison had it once and it was called Ton-Ton. Rest in peace Ton-Ton I think of you often"^^ . "1"^^ .