Jon C.
Yelp
If you're planning to visit, I'd highly recommend that you make a reservation, even for a middle of the week. We came on a Thursday and around 7 p.m., it was pretty busy. As for the experience, service was good but not over the top. The ambience really isn't great for little kids but it's fine if you bring children and if you do, you want to ask for the side that's on the same side as the sushi bar and not the drinks bar.
There weren't any low-lights other than the fact that it took a long time to get some of our entrees. The first few came out pretty quickly but after that, we waited about 30 minutes for the rest of our food. Then after that, we ordered a dessert and waited another 15 minutes for that.
In terms of food:
Very good category: Tuna tataki, denver wagyu carpaccio, carpaccio sampler, charred Spanish octopus (a little on the small side and it comes with a sauce that adds a little kick to it, very tender and flavorful though), lobster roll (one of the better rolls I've had), on the half-shell kushii oysters (great presentation)
Good: bluefin tuna and salmon tartare was good. Denver wagyu...wasn't quite as mouth melting as I expected it to be. Good flavor, good presentation but a little disappointing when you consider it's supposed to be wagyu. It does come out a little on the rare side but you can continue to cook it on the hot stone plate that it comes out on.
Meh: wagyu dumplings (kind of disappointed with this one, probably wouldn't order again), lobster tail (ala carte) was a little on the dry side.
Lastly, the Sushi Dragon was pretty impressive. Although I would've like it if it had a few more options rather than the so pieces of the same thing. In hindsight, I would've spent the $250 on other ala carte sushi options instead but it was nice experience.
Desserts were good and they provide a free yuzu cheescake for birthdays. We also got the berry ice cream martini. I think they mistakenly added a vanilla ice cream martini that we didn't ask for but in the grand scheme of things, $9 is not a big deal.
Lastly, they automatically added a 20% service charge to the bill which was a surprise, so be forewarned.