Phat Boy Sushi, Kitchen & Bar - Deerfield — Restaurant in Deerfield Beach

Overall: The food was good enough but not great (-1star) and it was expensive for what we got (-1 star).

We got a couple rolls, some yakitori, and a tobanyaki. Nothing was bad, but nothing was amazing either.

The tuna and yellowtail 'basic' rolls we got had a decent size piece of fish in each piece but the rice seemed a little on the old/stale side though not horrifically so.

The eel roll had little bitty pieces of eel and was mostly filler which was disappointing.

The yakitoris we felt were a little on the salty side but otherwise good. The ribeye tobanyaki was good. But overall we felt like the portion sizes for the yakitori and tobanyaki were on the small side. And we expected some rice to come with it, but none of them did. Rice was an add on that was $2-3 per dish on top of what was already $15 for the tobanyaki and $6-7 each for the yakitori.

I was visiting the area so I don't know if there is better sushi around. But I would say that if this is the only sushi around then fine; it's a little expensive but it was ok. But if there's other options that are better, I would say go there; it's just too expensive for what you are getting here if there's another...

Service was lovely - our waitress was attentive and on point :) The sushi itself was quite good thick pieces of sashimi which were fresh with nice fat lines through the meat as you would expect. This would be a four star review if it was only sushi. The spicy miso was not liked by one of my party members who could not fathom why you would put tomatoes in miso. The shumai was overcooked and utterly tasteless once you took the small shrimp off the top of it. The ramen has to be the worst ramen I have ever tasted - the char sui pork was dry, over grilled to the point that the grilling had left it burnt and chewy like hard leather. The noodles were instant packet egg noodles which you could instantly tell was such due to the wavy-ness of the noodles, and the broth was dark clear and salty - my whole entire party compared the broth to Lipton soup. The nitamago egg was mostly cooked through - the yolk is supposed to be soft boiled. The tempura cheesecake was good - however the ice cream that was served had freezer burns (!) If you are going for sushi and only sushi - great! however if you are going for whole Japanese cuisine experience - avoid...

The food here is amazing. I dont understand how no one has introduced me to this restaurant before. As a lover of food I naturally wanted something from each section of the menu but had to restrain myself and order just a few things.

Banging Shrimp - So many restaurants make a version of this dish but Phat Boy's stands out from the rest. The light, airy tempura coating is amazing, especially to someone who is not a fan of heavy breading on seafood. And the "banging" sauce is finger-licking good, which the must know because they're not stingy with the portion.

Black Pork Sausage - At first I was like, ok fancy hot dogs, lol. My bad, these sausages are anything but regular. Very tasty and don't sleep on the spicy mustard because this is not your typical spicy mustard, someone dropped some wasabi in it.

Dragon Roll - Delicious, well prepared, exactly what you would expect.

Spicy Seafood Ramon - Hands down the best thing I ate during my visit. Great flavor, full of good veggies and plenty of seafood. The perfect amount of spice. Note, I love spicy food and it could have been spicier for me.

Needless to say, I will defintely be back to try...