Sushiology — Restaurant in Kennesaw

I very rarely write bad reviews but this place really disappointed me. I went there to order their "Poké Don" which was listed for $17 and came with shrimp, salmon, and tuna. I am allergic to shrimp and asked them to substitute it with tuna instead. They said it would be a $4 upcharge. That in itself is baffling and I've not experienced a restaurant that upcharges so much to replace with more of an ingredient that is ALREADY in the meal. I decided to just go without the extra tuna.

If you've ever eaten Poké then you know it comes in a round bowl with about 2 or more scoops of rice and a bed of veggies before the sushi is added. This poké is very small for having paid $17 for it. At an actual poké restaurant I could get twice the amount of food for the same price. That said, the poke was delicious. Just not good enough for me to want to come back at those prices.

I also ordered the chicken bao for $9. I absolutely love bao and expected it to come with fresh meat and some sort of cabbage or veggie slaw. Please explain to me why it's it's made with a processed meat patty and round slices of cucumber. Fresh fried chicken is so cheap and easy to make and they really said let me go to Costco and buy these patties in bulk and upcharge people for lunch meat. To add insult to injury, the patty didn't even taste good. As for the cucumber slices... I don't get why they didn't just buy a premade slaw while they were at Costco and slapped it in there. The upside to this dish was the bao bun which can also be bought premade and the sauce. The sauce slaps.

All in all, this place is massively overpriced and disappointing. Get your sushi fix elsewhere until they can cook their own food or match their price with...

Came here earlier this afternoon at peak hours with high expectations due to largely 5 star reviews and generous praise. Was unfortunately largely let down, although not 100% disappointed. Sampled a wide variety of their menu through the sushinomics deal. Appetizers were good, in general, especially fried options. In particular, the calamari was very tender and the squid itself delicious, compared to other restaurants, although I did not care for the wasabi sauce it was served with. However, when it came to the quality of the nigiri options I was very disappointed. Most of the fish I was served was clearly not fresh, or even close. In particular, the mackerel was bland and nearly beyond shelf life. I will credit them the walu - it was delicious, but was honestly the only one out of maybe 10 other fish options I tried that was acceptable. The eel was not cut well, also, and neither was the mackerel. Quality aside, the scope of selection for fish was decent and portions were consistently generous. The atmosphere is very tightly packed and chaotic during peak hours, with music loud enough to be clearly heard over the consistent roar of other people talking and the clanking of dishes. Entirely open area, not really any private seating options. The service was quite slow, although our server was very amicable and helpful when he was available. Again, I visited during peak hours, so I cannot really comment on promptness. Pricing is typical, nothing outrageously expensive or particularly cheap, when portion size is considered. I would return to eat nothing but the walu and drink sake, but consider sampling the fish first before you break your bank here. It may or may not...

I just can't give a good review to this place. They are so disorganized, lack the ability to communicate and provide a solution to a problem they created. I called ahead and asked a few questions about the menu and then told the hostess "ok we will be there in about 45 minutes". I GUESS the whole problem is I DIDN'T ASK and assumed she would have said "you need a reservation and we are full" BUT she never mentioned reservations or a wait. So I picked up our friends and looked forward to eating at this cool / trendy new place. When we arrived there was really no one seated inside so it looked empty. It turns out people were eating out in the courtyard but not inside the restaurant. I told them we needed a table for 4. There were multiple employees standing around appearing to be doing nothing. Almost like there were 3 hostess? The staff standing around all looked at each other and said "what's the name?" and we gave our name but followed it up with "we don't have a reservation, do we need one?" and the girl said "yes we are full"???? NO apologies, not ideas, no solution. I said I called and not one mentioned anything to me about a reservation or there was already a crowd. There only response was "yeah we are full sorry". Nothing like try to work us in since the hostess didn't fill us in. Nothing. I was really awkward and unpleasant. I will just continue to go to Thaicoon's on the square and Okinawa Hibachi & Sushi in West Cobb BECAUSE it is good AND they treat customers as valued!! Also just FYI we did ask for the manager / owner and was told they were too busy! This happened on Oct 18th...