My hubby and I've been dining at Kinoko since '99. We loved Kinoko at first, but now we're so disappointed in their quality and their way of ""cheating"" the customers. We went recently with our preschoolers and it was the most awful experience at the restaurant and afterwards. Some of the fish they were using were not fresh at all and our whole family got sick afterwards. Even our kids got sick after having a little bit of their egg custard (tamago). These are the ways they cheat their customers: if you're having AYCE, they serve good quality fish the first time around (with prepared sushi rice and the fish/rice quality is good. But from the second time and on, they serve less fresh fish with warm rice (we actually had sushi with hot rice this time) and the ratio of course changes to way MORE rice than before. I've seen this pattern before but it didn't bother us that much until we got really sick this time around and am NEVER GOING BACK THERE AGAIN. Plus they just hired this new waiter there and he was so rude. He actually gave us a dirty look when we ordered third time around. And we actually overheard him telling the chefs to take time and we had to wait 15 minutes until we got our next order. They have no problem charging now $21+ for AYCE sushi but would give the customers a hard time when you want to eat AYCE. I don't understand their logic.
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