Evelyn T.
Yelp
Oooof let's say that I made a big mistake bringing my mom here. I'm very between 1-2 stars--in fact, I first pressed one. But I remember the service being great, so solely for the service, I'll give one star up. No complaints on the service. But the food...deserved a 1 for sure.
I'm not from the area--my mom and I were visiting. However, I was in a huge mood for sushi, so I saw the reviews for this place and decided to support a new and budding sushi restaurant (it said it was new on Yelp). Unfortunately, it was just one of those risks you take as an avid foodie that did not go as desired.
So the service was on point. There was nothing wrong with it at all; they were all very pleasant. The sushi however...I don't even want to call it sushi. We ordered:
- Rich Salmon Roll
- Luxury Roll
- Shitake Kaiyaki
- Tuna with Kimchi
Although the overall presentation was beautiful, the sushi was way too big and with too much rice that you couldn't really taste the fish (which is the best part). Not to mention, the rice itself was NOT sushi rice. It was very thick and further masked the flavor of what sushi should taste like. Last, the fish was not cut right. Chewing it definitely made it more apparent that...this is not sushi I know of (stringy and weird texture).
The Shitake Kaiyaki was very interesting, but not very good.
The Tuna with Kimchi was also weird. The Kimchi overpowered the tuna too much, and overall it wasn't the best combination.
We had planned to order a roll for my brother for him to snack on, but after tasting the food we abruptly changed our mind. We ended up stopping by another sushi place to grab a roll instead, and I was jealous to watch him eat it later.
I'm not sure if we just came at the wrong day, after all, it was relatively empty. Looking at the other pictures on yelp, I wasn't sure if it was the same place, so I had to backtrack on my phone to make sure the menus were the same as the menu pictures I took for my brother when we were going to order for him (and it was). Perhaps it changed in 2 months...but 2 months ago the reviews were just as "amazing" when I looked through them, yet the real food was not.