Anzu Restaurant

Your typical quiet neighborhood joint here, with a goodly number of modern sushi creations including a couple of baked ones. Reasonably priced food here, cooked with a light touch. Their (current) $9.95 special (teishoku dinner elsewhere) comes in several different combos and is a good choice. That's especially if you get the tempura as one of the choices. Somehow, the veggies are always ripe/ripened, cooked through, relatively greaseless and served hot, as tempura is supposed to be. And they do it consistently. Service is quite good but there's only one person on front duty currently. Since Anzu is right off Haste, parking is not the dire problem it is elsewhere in the People's Republic. more

This was one of my absolute favorite places and I LOVED the old owner, the relaxed feel, attentive service and the good prices. It has been sold and, sadly, I will not be going back again. The last time my friend and I went, we sat for 45 minutes without so much as getting our miso soup. Our server said he would check with the kitchen but when he came back out, instead of updating us, he refused to look our direction at all and totally avoided us for the rest of the meal. We never got water that we asked for and I ended up getting up to get it myself. It used to be the most relaxing dining experience ever but having to wait forever and refill your own drinks while waiting for food that is just so so makes this a highly disappointing dining experience. Pros: the decor is nice Cons: service awful, food just okay more