Kawehionapua Y.
Yelp
I was going to start off my review with, "Eh, just eh."
But then thought about it, if you were to go there on a date, or with just one or two of your girls/boys, I think it would be okay. But if you're looking to go here as a group for a celebration, I'd recommend else where.
Lets see, we had a group of 10, 8 adults, 2 children. They sat us right next to the bar at a high top, mind you, there isn't much room to walk between the seats of the bar and high top. They also ran out of seats I'm guessing, as some of our seats were bar stools, HA!
It was my first time trying this place out, and it wasn't as great as I was expecting based on the price, scenery, and ambiance. I read many of the reviews, and while most have said the food is great, just over priced, I felt the opposite. The price of the food seemed to have been based on the appearance of what was served on the plate. As for the taste, nah, maybe it was an off night, but it definitely wasn't great.
Let's see, the order was...
a Beet Salad
Riblets
Sashimi
double of the rolls below (I think)
California
Dragon
Hokkaido
N. Main
Walnut Creek
Sasa
Rainbow
Rock-n-Roll
The riblets were a bit overcooked and dry for my liking, but others seemed to have liked it. The garlic soy sauce was sticky and tasty.
The beet salad was good, the grapefruit definitely was on the sour side, beet chunks were, well it's a beet, so not much to say about that. The dressing was delicious, it was dijon vinaigrette but seemed to have a sweet flavor to it as well. Possibly from the candied walnuts.
The sushi was okay. Unfortunately, when they were dropping the rolls off at the table they weren't really saying which one is which, so it was a guessing game at some points.
The N Main and Sasa (which is their house roll), both included negitoro. I'm not really a fan of minced fish, and for the price of the rolls, I'd prefer to have a full slice of sashimi in/on my roll.
But overall, some of the rolls were either too salty, or mediocre. Like I said, maybe it was an off night (Friday with 5:45 reservations).
The bill was roughly $1k, and almost $400 of it was for 3 bottles of champagne. But for $600 on sushi, I would have at least liked to say I was satisfied, unfortunately I can't do that.
I can't recommend this place at the moment. Maybe I'll give it another shot, on a date night perhaps and maybe my answer will change.