Reena M.
Yelp
Maybe if I wasn't so allergic to salmon, it might not have been half as bad. But as I've mentioned in a previous review of Oysi Oysi, I'm a stickler about cleanliness, food safety, and cross contamination of salmon especially when it comes to sushi places because I'm deathly allergic. So if I manage to have even a minor reaction, I know it's because they're a little lazy with managing their cross contamination issues with different fish species, or just aren't cleaning well enough. This is precisely what happened at Hi, Dozo. I had an allergic reaction to something and my eye was itchy the rest of the evening. At least I didn't go into anaphylactic shock.
But okay, forget my little rant on sanitation. The sushi was still sub par. Actually I ordered the spicy tuna roll and it would have been nice, but it was a little too spicy, and they put wasabi in it, of which I am not a fan. I also ordered the "Real Crab" California roll. Which had a disgusting after taste, that I continued to belch up after dinner. It was like they had just stored the crab too long and it was old.. ick. We got prawn skewers, which were exactly that with some sweet chili sauce for $7. My sister can make the same thing for a fraction of the cost, it was just prawns skewered on, grilled, and smothered with the thai sweet chili sauce. Ebi gyoza was a bit strange. They still had the ebi tail sticking out. I expected the ebi to be cut up and mixed in with the gyoza veggies. It wasn't awful but also not the best.
Miso soup was good. Dinner companions complained that the wasabi was watered down. However, apparently veggie rolls are good.