Justin R.
Yelp
Wow! Just wow! I did not expect to find such quality near me. I simply searched "sushi near me" because my friend and I wanted to eat something light and easy, but little did we know that this would become one of my new favorite spots!
The service staff were kind and accommodating. We showed up to the restaurant on a busy Saturday night with no reservation, but they seemed to make an effort to get us right in despite the fact the place was very packed.
These menus are HUGE, not just in what's on it, but also in size (perfect for seeing impaired, we joked). I typically like to compare price vs quality/quantity of food, but this place skirts by that by being such good quality that I simply don't care that this is slightly on the spendier side of things.
The nigiri we ordered (eel, seared salmon, salmon, yellowtail, bluefin tuna) was fresh and melts like a delicious fishy butter. Most places like to serve eel drenched in some sort of barbecue sauce, but not this place, which let's the tenderness and flavor of the eel stand on its own. The rest were superb.
My friend ordered the Alaskan Roll, which consisted of salmon, avocado, real crab, shrimp, flying fish roe, salmon roe. I ordered the Hokkai Roll, which was tuna, salmon, real crab, flying fish roe, salmon roe, scallop, shiso (perilla). This might've been my favorite roll I've had. Rarely do I ever see real crab and scallops on a sushi menu, so I was extremely surprised and extremely pleased.
Topped off all of that with some salty, warming, miso soup, and we had an amazing meal that we did not expect to have. We were in the mindset of getting something easy, a conveyor belt restaurant even, but Sushi Ki-ichi turned out to be such a great choice. I will definitely be coming back here many many many times more.