This is definitely not the place to go if you truly enjoy japanese home-style cooking. We ordered a side of lotus roots and the preparation was completely off. Instead of a cruncy, flavorful starter, every bite was mushy and some even gooey. I love uni and order it everywhere I go, at $7 a piece I expected the uni to be nothing but fresh, one bite and the slime just covered my tongue even though I tried to wash it off with beer it lingered. The rock shrimp tempura appetizer had bits and pieces of ambigious looking shrimp. The cocktail I ordered was atrocious, it took everything in me to finish it since I was chocking down three huge (and very dry) portions of the yellow tail entree. The recommended sake was also horrible, perhaps I shouldn't have gone by the glass, but at $11 I figured it couldn't be bad, but it was. The whole lobster entree wasn't quite whole, I think the claws were missing and some other essential lobster parts. I have to say that the only redeemable thing about the place was the 18 grain rice ball. The decor and the staff, all of whom were very nice made me embarassed to return my drink and entree. Going once is enough to realize that the place is all hype.
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