Susan W.
Yelp
I would jump back 1/2 of a star due to some glitches however, the food presentation and taste is excellent and although I feel that's a necessity in every eating venue, I definitely think it's a must in a sushi restaurant... sports bar or not! I'll post several pictures. So you can see the stunning presentations for yourself. For the quality of the meal and volume of the food, I also felt the price was good. Is it Cheap????.... no!
But quite honestly I've never been to a sushi bar good, bad, or otherwise that was inexpensive.
If the creations they make are going to be quality then their product is going to cost and they have to charge accordingly. So what do we discuss first??? The not so good or the good? Let's get the not so good over with. I contacted them via their email from their website in which they invite you to contact them to let them know that I was from out of town and unfamiliar and didn't know if they took reservations or required reservations as our party was going to be eight people. I then reached out to let them know it was going to be seven people and then when I didn't hear anything back I called them and got a voicemail so I left a message letting them know that it was going to be eight people after all and that we would be coming in around 5 PM. Most of us did arrive right at five and the hostess helped us get our seating arranged. It was actually a table for 10 (and no one seem to know anything about my emails or call) but there was no where to stash the two extra chairs which would've been nice as it would've given us a little more room and a little less distance for conversation. She also was kind enough to bring a high chair for the one non adult in our party.
My niece had brought me to this restaurant once before and it was her and her husband's favorite and interestingly enough the one and only time I was there, our server was Daffnee and she was our server tonight as welk. She is a very sweet girl. She had done a great job with our orders first time I dined there ( there was 5 of us that day) and especially with eight people today and several ordering several different things -I thought she did an excellent job of keeping everything straight! Several of us ordered adult beverages. They have a really nice variety of beers, wines, and a full bar as well. My niece and I tried the Mule of the month which was a citrus mule and it was very good. I ordered five appetizers shortly after we ordered our drinks -so that the table could share them. After about a 20" wait one appetizer, the Spicy Tuna Poppers came out to the table. (Daffnee had placed chopsticks napkins silverware small plates all in the center of the table so we could help ourselves but when you have eight people and an appetizer that has six pieces- I was embarrassed to even send it around!) and hopeful that the next three appetizers would be out momentarily.
That was not to be the case, about 15" later the steamed edamame came out-
5" after that tempura shrimp and sweet potato arrived, and five minutes later potstickers and dipping sauce. In the meanwhile after talking to Daphne and determining that they were getting a lot of takeout orders which was holding up the internal orders?? We decided we would go ahead and order our main courses during the midst of the lapse between the appetizers instead of waiting any longer. I was afraid of the length of time it might be to make everything and get it to us. Pretty much everybody tried something different! The positives were the flavor of the food and the presentation as I mentioned before. The Hota rondo role was beautiful. The hot girl roll, California roll, redwing roll, rock 'n roll were all appealing to the eye and delicious. The plate of the night was the volcano dragon roll! Oh my gosh I've never seen anything so incredibly beautiful. A huge sushi roll with large chunks of freshly cooked lobster amongst other seafood, including the lobster tail shell on top as decor! It was gorgeous!!!
Yes, we do have one family member that does not care for pretty much any Japanese style food so he had the Hartland burger with cheese and a side of fries and said it was good.
Others of us ordered Chicken Yaki soba, Veggie Yaki soba, Beef Yaki soba, sides of white rice and spicy mayo, and either a Ginger salad or the Miso soup was provided to any of us that wanted it with our main course.
We departed the restaurant about 715.
I will definitely come back to give Hatorando's Sushi & Sports Bar another try when I return to Michigan in March.
Hoping the delay and staggering of the appetizers was just a glitch