"1"^^ . "4"^^ . "2"^^ . . "2"^^ . "2011-07-13T00:00:00"^^ . . "IMPORTANT: You will spend $50 per person here, and walk away slightly full, NOT stuffed.\n\nYou need to get that through your head to enjoy this place. I dropped $110 including tip, and no alchoholic drinks between my wife and myself (just one iced tea). We had 9 dishes, including 3 appetizer, 3 \"entree\" and 3 small deserts. \n\nWe ate everything on every plate... and at the end of the night, we still could have easily eaten more. \n\nSo this isn't a place you go to \"fill up.\"\n\nBudget $50 easy per person, then when you get there, SPEND it all on dishes. And have absolutely no regrets, because you've prepared yourself.\n\nAnd then be prepared to be blown away by the tastes and presentation of each dish. Each dish comes out for the table one at a time, maybe 10 minutes apart. Each will inevitably be deemed \"delicious\" by all a the table. Each will likely be the best version of whatever it is, you've tasted for a long while... maybe ever.\n\nSeabass and Mushrooms in white paper. I've never had fish that tasted like that... and the mushrooms blew my mind.\n\nTofu fried tater tots... absolutely delicious. \n\nSoft shelled crab sliders... amazing. Maybe my favorite.\n\nThe pork in the buns was the most \"normal dish\", but terribly good.\n\nIt was really all very outstanding. Perhaps one of the best \"date\" restaurants if you want to blow some money, that I've found in Phoenix. Of course I couldn't have afforded it when I was dating... so small problem.\n\nBut if dropping $100 on amazing tastes and flavors and not at least being thoroughly full at the end bothers you, don't go, as it will be an exercise in frustration. No point being stressed about the money you are spending.\n\nThere is a place for restaurants like this. And they are terrific. But you have to get your mind straight.\n\nI will be back. Sorry if I come across as a cheap bastard with expensive tastes... but... I am.\n\nAnd Nobuo is worth every penny."^^ . .