Mikaku Sushi — Restaurant in Rimini

Location: Nice but quite hidden. Food: Expected high quality, but unfortunately not. Staff: Friendly but seemed overwhelmed. Waiting time for food: 35-40 minutes.

The decorations are very nice and make this place seem like a 3-star restaurant. The staff are mostly Chinese and the owner is Chinese as well. We luckily had a friendly waitress who spoke English very well. However, when we went for dinner here the staff seemed quite stressed. When you order, you have to fill out the numbers on a sheet of paper.

We had to wait for a very long time to get our food even though we ordered rather simple dishes and Sushi. Another table got their food before us even though they ordered later. The Sushi was very messily rolled and not proportioned well at all (see photo). It fell apart when trying to eat it. We did not get any Wasabi and Ginger as any Sushi place has to bring to their guests!

I expected it to be high quality, but the visual was not nice. Also, the taste was just average - not worth the high prices (e.g. 2 pieces Gunkan cost 8 €). Sushi, fried balls with gamberi and Yakitori were quite disappointing. Only 1 small Yakitori Skewer came (7€ !!) And only 2 small gamberi balls (around 7 €) which you can see in my photo. In my opinion the main dishes are way too overpriced.

But one positive surprise: We ordered two desserts (Yuzu Mintro & Tropical Cheesecake) which were really good. The desserts were the only thing that really matched the interior design as they looked HQ and 3-star-like. Other than that, I recommend to visit more authentic Sushi places with more appropriate prices if you want to know how Sushi really needs to taste and look like without...

The food was good the problem was that the food was Really small and the big sushi boat was completely different from the image we took some sushi and in total was 137€ and the sushi was the same size as my pinky. I’m about 11 so it’s pretty small, the service was nice but anything bigger than my pinky took about 20 minutes to be served the interior was nice with cool little lights. Also the UI is pretty weird on the tablet but you can get used to it, but the best part was that when we left we got free fortune cookies! About 4 in total. Overall this...

I sushi in generale sono buoni. Forse un po' piccoli, ma permettono di gustarseli senza strozzarsi per masticarli. Anche il sashimi è a fette più piccole della norma. La qualità del pesce è uguale a qualsiasi altro all you can eat, senza lode e senza infamia. Ho apprezzato lo yakitori (pezzetti di pollo alla piastra con salsa e sesamo) e il salmone scottato, ma la tempura e in generale i fritti risultavano pesanti, quasi fossero fritti in olio d'oliva. I piatti e i sushi fatti con riso venere erano tutti un po' stracotti, rendendo il riso molto appiccicoso e un po' insipido per tutta l'acqua assorbita, anche se comunque le salse e il pesce lo hanno reso comunque adatto.

Ora però ci sono molte considerazioni da fare: Sabato sera. Locale zeppo di gente fino all'orlo. Abbiamo prenotato per le 9:30. In 4 persone abbiamo ordinato 24 portate, e molto deludentemente alle 11:30 eravamo solo a metà. Molto probabilmente (come appreso più tardi) avevano portato la metà delle nostre ordinazioni al tavolo sbagliato. Il gestore e il cameriere sono stati comunque molto gentili e hanno cercato di gestire la nostra evidente scocciatura portandoci molti tipi di sushi e sashimi (che però, ahimè, molti erano stati preparati 1-2 ore prima, inclusi i fritti).

In sostanza, per un all you can eat dove il sabato sera devo cenare in quasi 3 ore per colpa della troppa gente e del caos dei camerieri, anche se la qualità è "standard" preferirei un altro posto dove andare il sabato sera. Non dubito che però in un momento più tranquillo si possa apprezzare di più e senza caos.

Allego foto del piatto dello chef del giorno: nigiri di salmone con sesamo e "scaglie di...