TOMI Sushi & Ramen — Restaurant in Albuquerque

I must have just caught them on a bad night or something, because the majority of the other reviews don't match my experience. This food was really disappointing! The baked mussels weren't cleaned properly. There were pieces of broken shell, and sand/grit or who knows what mixed in to them. I thought I chipped a tooth on one bite (but I didn't. Just felt like it). The sushi rice was completely bland. No flavor at all. The rolls were almost all rice, cut so thinly that they were about 1/4 inch thick, and rolled so loosely/sloppily you couldn't pick one up without it just completely disintegrating. They only included roughly 1/8 tsp of Wasabi, which isn't that big of a deal on its own, but on top of everything else, kind of put things over the edge for me. I ended up giving away over half the order, because it was just infuriating trying to eat it, and wasn't that good when I did. I'd be willing to try them again, because maybe I just hit them on a bad night; but it's definitely not on my list to do so anytime soon. Everything is so expensive these days, I don't feel like...

I wanted to try this place so I of course made a stop. I stood in the lobby a good 20 minutes before someone walked up.

Instead of asking, how many or giving me a chance to say " table for one " this lady then told me they wouldn't give me any food without a bag.

Of course I'm confused so I asked - what bag? They said "drivers need a bag before we'll give them any orders, and you don't have one "

I tried explaining to them - I don't have a bag, l'm just waiting for a table. They then told me - they were busy with "loyal customers" and walked away. Saying they were gonna " mark me down for being rude " ??? Whhaaattt ??? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Here's the problem. I'm not a delivery driver ☝🏼🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

But if that's how they talk to them I could imagine how the rest of their place of Business is. They were so rude to me and such dirty looks. I left immediately after that exchange.

IMO don't bother with this place.

They had one table seated while I was waiting, and the rest of the place was empty, if that's "very busy" it's not...

There was a single person doing hostess, waiter, and checkout. The place was decently busy for a sunday afternoon before church was let out. That person was on top of EVERYTHING. He was polite, soft spoken, and even bowed as I left. It didnt feel forced either. The food was decent, i ordered a shrimp tempora roll and an unagi roll. The shrimp and unagi were decently sized, i didnt feel like it got lost in the roll like it does at other places. The only thing that could be done a bit better was the actual rolling of the roll. It was a bit loose and a couple of the pieces fell apart making it difficult to eat. That by no means took away from the overall experience. The front of house really was amazing and more than made up for that small thing. Will def recommend in the future to friends and family. Good job everyone there! And thank you for a great...