Ordered the following to go: chicken fried rice, fried calamari, caterpillar roll, California roll, sushi appetizer. Was a little over 50$ and was extremely disappointed. I think many of the high ratings come from people who haven't really been outside the Brazos Valley Bubble or haven't gone to other places.
The fried calamari was extremely bland, it didn't even taste like it had salt. The portion was really small. For about 10$, I expected more than exactly 10 pieces. It appears that they probably count exactly how many pieces each order gets, which means it's 1$/piece, which is insane considering it was so under flavored. They are definitely penny pinching.
The fried rice was average.
The menu: the menu is huge but most of the actual roles have the same ingredients over and over again or when they finally have a different ingredient, it's mixed with something like jalapeno. The variety is actually lacking for the quantity of sushi rolls they have. It's just most of the same ingredients over and over again with a different add on here and there.
The sushi: the fish tasted old and fishy for most of the pieces (except the California roll, but it's hard to mess that one up). I get CStat is fairly inland, but I've tasted better sushi elsewhere (Naked Fish, Oishi, etc are some places that come to mind). We should've just stopped inside HEB and gotten fried rice from the freezer isle and the sushi from HEBs Sushiya. It would've certainly been cheaper and it would've been the...
Read moreMy visit to this establishment was unfortunately disappointing. While the food was stellar, and the restaurant was nice, my issues with the staff were sadly enough to prevent me from ever visiting this restaurant again. So, let us begin. I visited Kamei because my friend had bought a coupon online. It detailed $25 off your order with a total of $35 dollars or more. Clearly printed on the bottom "This coupon has does not expire". Imagine our surprise when we were told that it had expired. After pointing out the statement on the bottom, the manager told us that she would honor it if we spent more than $50. We tried to be understanding and accepted the offer. Unfortunately, the staff treated us with obvious contempt the rest of the time we were there. On top of it all, we were charged an 18% gratuity charge with our order, with an option included to tip more. If we had not been forcibly charged with a tip, we would have left a much larger tip. Unfortunate for them. Sadly, this dinner ruined my opinion of this restaurant. The food is amazing, but not worth putting up with the crap from...
Read moreI was very disappointed with my dinner. I have been looking for Sukiyaki. This came out in a bowl full of broth with maybe four slices of beef, no mushrooms tons of green bell pepper, a few onionand some tofu. This was not your traditional sukiyaki. I can't eat green bell peppers, so I had to pick them all out, the menu didn't say that it had green bell peppers in it, traditional Sukiyaki does not. A questioned the waitress about it and she asked the owner who told me that was traditional sukiyaki. I beg to differ since my mom was born in Tokyo and I've been to Japan 14 times, I know Sukiyaki, and this was not it. The beef was overcooked, very tough. While holding it with your Chopstick you could not bite into it you basically had to grab it with your fingers and pull to get a bite. I also had a few pieces of nigiri, the eel was great, the Maguro was very small, the...
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