Crazy Fish — Restaurant in Albuquerque

Last night (1/31) I went to Crazy Fish with a friend. There was a man and young lady sharing all the tables. We told the gentleman right away that we wanted separate checks. Towards the end of our meal, he brought one check that was itemized by Guest 1 and Guest 2, with the total combined. The girl came by a bit later and asked if we were ready to pay, and I told her no because we wanted separate checks. Too many times have I been somewhere and it may look right on the joint receipt, but somehow an item gets charged to the wrong person. So she takes the check back, is talking to the guy, then comes back and puts it back down and says “it is separate” and walks away. They keep walking by and seeing we don’t have payment out, and just ignoring us. The girl comes and asks again, and I repeat “no we want separate checks.” She tries to show me on the check how it’s itemized and there’s a total. Yes I can see that, but the total is for both, we don’t know what each of us owes. She’s like “each individual total is the next line down look” and she points to the first item which was $7.50, under Guest 2. I’m like “no, that’s the first item for Guest 2. How would Guest 1’s $13.99 rolls add up to $7.50?” And point out there’s no individual total. She goes “oh” and walks off with the check. The guy comes back a few minutes later and says “I hear there was a problem with the checks” and I told him we want separate ones. He says they are separate, can’t I see the two different guests? I tell him the same thing that we don’t know our individual totals. He says that that’s their system and that’s how it is. I try to laugh it off and give him an out like “oh that’s a stupid system huh” and he goes “no it’s a great system” and walks away. At this point it’s like principle for me, because of how they’re acting, so no I will get the damn checks separated I can be petty too. He comes back again and asks if we’re ready, and this time I’m like “no because I want two separate pieces of paper that have a total for each person. Can you do that?” And he literally tells me I should be able to do the math and find out the total. He’s like “see this $9.95 you round to $10 and then the next one you round to $14 and add them together” I tell him “ya but that’s rounding and that’s not the exact total, plus there’s that 7.625% tax, am I supposed to bust out a calculator and figure that for each person?” And he says “yup” and walks off. He comes back with with TWO SEPARATE CHECKS, so it can obviously be done. I ask him what they do for large parties and he straight up tells me they do the same itemized check and people figure it out. WOW. I absolutely know that’s not true, because me and the same friend have been there for a large birthday before and got individual checks. I don’t know why he wanted to purposely be obtuse like that. I don’t think the girl knew, she seemed more like the host/busser/runner. What if I was struggling and/or embarrassed, and needed to know my total to figure out if I had enough on my card or needed cash or something?? Like wow. I still tipped 20% because I know the cost of living these days, and I ALSO SERVED FOR 12 YEARS. And to be honest part of me wishes I hadn’t. Never have had an interaction like that and will be walking on to another place if I see that guy...

CRAZY, indeed!

The prices from the picture MENU and the final BILL are different (by $5 each item).

When brought to the attention of the skinny pot-head waiter he kept arguing that the prices were right (when it was STRAIGHT FORWARD different, I mean, these are numbers). I gave up, thinking that he is literally high, so I asked for the owner. When the asian owner came (who first was avoiding me pretending to be on the phone), I explained the situation and he said that he would change the price "IF HE FEELS LIKE IT" and that I "could NOT ask him to review the prices", additing that he would do "WHATEVER HE WANTS." Very aggressive, pointing his finger at me and my girl. It was indeed a crazy moment. (I assume he was upset because he got caught and he has been getting away with this false advertisement).

I kid you not!

So I figured it could be a cultural thing, so I tried once again with the skinny pot-head waiter but instead he went inside and pulled a TOTALLY different white sheet of paper "menu" with different prices!!!

I got it. It's a SCAM! And every worker is in it or else. (This is what they do to tourists at 3rd world countries, if you know what I mean)

Additionally, I am having diarrhea. Same low standards all around.

Message to the reader: you have been warned, don't say that nobody told you.

Message to the owner: sir, your behavior was wrong. Learn some manners! You never talk to the customers that way, we are the people that give you money and an opportunity at your business. And FYI, whoever suggested you the name of your business (probably the broker), he/she was trying to HINT you something (or maybe he/she was warning US, the customers).

Message to the pothead waiter: dude, do the right thing! Bad karma! FYI, I still left a good tip because I think they are making you do this.

Imagine if the owner's nickname is "Fish"......

Just a disclaimer, I have never written a review before and felt I had to after eating here. Since I saw such good reviews I decided to give this place a try. The atmosphere is nice, but that is about the best it gets. The rest of my experience was completely unpleasant and I regret wasting my time going. I arrived at around 8:30 and ordered the yellowtail sashimi 7 piece because my boyfriend and I have a lot of work to get to and I assumed the time to prep and consume would be short. To make this clear, this was all I ordered, besides a plate of edamame and green tea. It took 15 minutes before they got back to me just to say that they didn't actually have yellowtail after all so I changed my order to albacore, still just a sashimi platter. After another 15 minutes without getting my food my boyfriend wanted to leave and I said I'd a least wait another 5 minutes. I guess I wanted to be polite. However, I spent 40 minutes waiting for raw, sliced fish. COMPLETE WASTE OF MY TIME. The chiefs were overly relaxed and seemed to be standing around while the waitress was completely inattentive. The food is mediocre as I was expecting but, I was so stressed that I couldn't even justify the money I was spending on this "night out". I was so frustrated and my experience at Crazy Fish made me leave no tip for the first time in my life. This was done very reluctantly. Awful, If you want sushi, you're better off not wasting your time and getting a prepackaged meal at a grocery store since the quality was...