Akemi Sushi — Restaurant in Langford

I was passing through Langford, had a craving for Sushi. Never been to Akemi before. Beyond pleasantly surprised. One gets nervous when you walk into a restaurant and it's bereft of other guests. But I am happy to report, my skepticism was misplaced. Akemi sushi was outstanding, extremely sweet staff that were attentive but not overbearing. I ordered spicy salmon rolls (6 pieces) and my wife ordered tuna sashimi, mine was fresh and the pieces of salmon were very generous! My wife reported that her tuna slices were thick and very very fresh, without that "partially frozen food" taste you get with sashimi at some places. The cost was as expected for sushi, average meal for two will cost around $55.00 after tip and tax, you can get better value elsewhere but not with this level of freshness. I can't give a fair rating for atmosphere as the restaurant was empty while we were there, but the decor was tastefully minimal, yet still welcoming especially when combined with friendly staff. Well done...

I was very excited to try this restaurant, as it came recommended by a friend. I ordered for takeout the Rolling boat for two which was listed as $50 on the Google menu. I picked it up and to my surprise it was $68 a bit of a jump given what had seen on the menu. I was told that that was an old menu and that prices had changed. How was I to know, based on the Google images and the menu listed that the menu prices have changed. This was my first time visiting the restaurant. The manager told me that there was nothing they could do to reduce the price or remove items to do so. I didn’t feel like the manager was being very courteous about the situation given it was my first experience of the restaurant. I decided I would just pay for the food. It was pretty good. I just wanted to let people know that some prices in the images and on the Google menu are much lower/outdated, but you won’t know that until you get to...

the customer service was not good, food portions and variety is not there and overly priced; an appetizer green salad that had just iceberg lettuce, few slices of cucumber and some shredded carrots was $11where as for that same price at any other sushi place they would also include avocados, greens and tomatoes. Worst of all when we told the server we are not happy with the salad and its lacking ingredients she just shrugger and said indifferently “thats how we do salad, each restaurant does it differently” and when I asked for avocado they charged me extra for it. Sashimi pieces are cut thinly. Felt like they are just trying to cut corners to cheap out on ingredients and portions even though they are quite pricey. We were really...