My fiance made dinner reservations for 6:45 PM on a Wednesday night; we arrived on time. This was our first time dining at this restaurant, and it will also be our last. Food was great--the volcano roll, sea bass, and chicken teriyaki bento box were delicious! But, service was horrendous. After being seated and looking over the menu, the first thing our server said to us was, "What would you like to order?"... no "Hi, how are you? Have you dined with us before?" Nothing of that sort, just straight to business. We placed our order and received our food/cocktails thereafter. The server came to our table to ask how everything was when we first got our food (this was nice!). However, we did not receive a visit from our server at any other point throughout our meal. My fiance wanted another cocktail as he finished his mid-meal. The server only then returned when our plates were cleared around 7:30 PM. She didn't ask if we wanted anything else, and instead, she had a device in hand ready to go so we could close out our tab. She turned the device to face my fiance so we could pay, but my fiance asked for a second cocktail instead first. We were both still working on our drinks while the server returned another time around 7:45 PM, this time to rudely say, "We have another reservation. Do you mind?" The reservation she was referring to was literally being seated at the table directly behind ours as she was ultimately asking us to leave. Completely caught off guard, we just pushed our UNFINISHED drinks to the side on our table and left. We've never had this happen while eating out. Since when is it a thing that you can't stay at least ONE HOUR from your reservation time to enjoy food and drinks. If you're looking for a place that will rush you, a paying customer, out the door before you've even finished your food or drinks, I can't recommend this...
Ā Ā Ā Read moreI canāt stop thinking about how disappointing the sushi was⦠I was excited by other reviews.
Came in a week or so ago and based on a new change where it was, at least temporarily, BYOB due to some licensing changes because of ownership changes (I believe this is accurate) maybe the change in ownership is why this was so bad compared to the generally well rated reviews.
Anyway, the sushi quality was poor. Iām a sushi guy and this fish wasnāt fresh, my partner couldnāt agree more, he almost didnāt eat anything. I even had to send a roll back because it was scary to eat since it tasted spoiled, this has only happened twice in my life. Maybe I had back luck but service was also really strange, waiter excessively came by, expected us to know our order 2mins after sitting down, etc. ironically when I actually needed something she was nowhere to be found lol.
The sushi options in Lakeview leave a little to be desired in my opinion but the only place Iāve consistently had great sushi at mid tier pricing is Yellowtail on Broadway. I recommend even if you live in Southport - make the short...
Ā Ā Ā Read moreMy brother lives across the street from this place and last time I visited him I got the chicken teriyaki and it was one of the best Iāve had and at a good price for the amount of food you get. I was so excited to get it again that we got take out the first night I was here. They increased the price by $5, which I wouldāve been fine with considering how much food I got last time. Unfortunately we were incredibly disappointed. Not only did they increase the price by 25%, but the portion size is probably 75% smaller than it use to be and it wasnāt nearly as good. It was not even a full piece of chicken, they filled the container with cheap vegetables and the chicken wasnāt even in the sauce, you had to pour it on yourself. I never eat my full meal, but there was so little chicken that I ate it all and I was still hungry after. You can look back in the photos to see what the chicken teriyaki use to look like compared to now. Extremely disappointing that they changed this meal when it was so good, even if there are new owners. They made it much worse AND increased the...
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