Sushi Shop | Diagonal — Restaurant in Barcelona

I'd say the 3.7 rating is accurate. At the risk of sounding pretentious, and as someone that has been to Japan 4 times (staying an average of 4-6 weeks at a time), I was disappointed with this place. I stopped by on a whim, thinking with such close proximity to the Mediterranean and Barcelona's multi-cutural climate, sushi might not be such a bad idea. I was mistaken.

It is beautiful restaurant with lovely tables, chairs, lighting, etc. At 15,90€ for my order, it is an exceptional price, but be warned, you get what you pay for. Honestly, I have had gas station sushi that was better. The flavor profiles were practically non existent. The waitress asked if I wanted soy sauce. Let me repeat that, she asked if I wanted soy sauce...with my sushi. Nothing against her, she was lovely, but I mean...really? The coleslaw that came with my dish was bland and tasted like mayo with low quality horse radish (the Wasabi itself was gray). Also, there was no pickled ginger, a first for me. The waitress I had was friendly and checked on me twice, which is a bit unusual for the area as wait staff do not typically bother you like they do in places like the USA. Not a bad thing, just a cultural difference, I guess. My biggest complaint was the feeling as if I was bothering them. I understand this is a high tourist area, so I imagine it can be exhausting having to deal with tourists all the time, but what do you expect, considering the location. To be fair it was around 9:30pm when I arrived, so the lateness, may have had something to do with it.

Below are the value settings by which I judged on a scale of 1-5. Averaged out it comes to 3.6

Ambiance (decor/setting): 5 Value: 5 Quality: 2 Flavor:...

We were there to have dinner, they served us a rice with prawns bowl, we received it 2min after right out of the microwave... The pranws were soggy and bad ... We mentioned it to the waitress, her reply "it is how it comes...and here no-one complained" after seeing the energy: not many smiles and not a will for work, we decided to stop the orders and take what was served and leave, however we were secondly approached and further discussed our decision to leave...

Summary:

A poorly trained and little motivated staff that would have rather closed early and leave home than welcome you and strive to...

UPDATE (see below) Food is great, sometimes though Makis have are not greatly made (very little fish inside) otherwise it is a fantastic place to eat. If you are new I would recommend you to try the Sweet Soy Sauce they have.

(Update: I have changed my 4-star review for 2-star now, because the eating experience in the restaurant (first review) is much better than when you order from them (second review). Of the last 5 orders I've made via Phone or Online, 4 of them had the wrong items - no Sweet Soy Sauce and not enough Ginger or Wasabi - I'm tired to have my orders being mistaken with...