Holly K.
Yelp
Poor omakase experience. 15 course omakase menu (with 2 optional add ons), with a beer tasting from the ONLY Michelin-starred brewery that exists. I appreciate that they TRIED "different" flavor combinations (ex. red peppers on top of one piece of nigiri), but they just didn't "work". Half of the fish was chewy and hard to swallow. Worst dish of them all was an add-on stone crab hand roll- because both my partner and I had rolls with large pieces of HARD shell in them, and almost broke teeth. Unacceptable for any restaurant, let alone a high-end one. We were assured "they'd take the handrolls off of the final receipt"- gee, thanks (expected).
Best item on the menu (only thing I enjoyed) was the add-on A5 Wagyu handroll (wasabi horseradish cream and Wagyu fat breadcrumbs). Flavor combination was 10/10. I did like that you could book dinner whenever you wanted (no preset times), and that you could sit at the sushi counter or a table. We sat across from a "food blogger"- who snapped 100 photos of each course WITH a flash on. It was very distracting and really took away from our experience. Management claimed they didn't know she was coming, and that it was inappropriate, but there was nothing they could do about it.
2 stars instead of 1 because the service was great (Princess was friendly and made our experience memorable), and because the beer pairing was unique and the beers were tasty (and large pours). Unfortunately would not return, despite being a 5 minute walk from my house.