Sushi Moto Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Oak Harbor

I finally decided to check out the new Japanese restaurant in Oak Harbor. Sushi Moto.

I spent a couple years in Japan. It was a small town on the outskirts of Tokyo called Atsugi. So, I have a little experience with authentic Japanese food.

I ordered gyoza appetizer with Tonkatsu entrée. I have never been a fan of sake, so I decided to just have water with my meal.

The gyoza was served just a couple minutes before the entrée, but I still managed to eat three of them. I found them to be crispy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. Very tasty! I did eat all of them, eventually.

The Tonkatsu was awesome. Thinly breaded pork cutlet that was crispy and delicious. There were two cutlets in the serving. I was delighted to see the cutlets were served on a little grate to keep the cutlets from getting soggy by sitting on the plate. So cool!

The entrée was served with steamed rice and miso soup. I am not a fan of soups, usually. But I tried the miso so I could comment on it and found it to be delicious too!

I totally enjoyed my meal at Sushi Moto, the service was friendly and efficient. I also thought the decor...

The service was top shelf and the appearance of the sushi roll (deception pass roll) was great. However, the udon noodle soup had literally about 5 pieces of beef visible that were so small, they all fit into one spoon bite. Barely any flavor and the sushi roll also lacked flavor. Very disappointed in the lack of taste and I was one of about 10 people in the entire restaurant while I watched (who I thought were the owners… as they went back and forth from the kitchen) get served by three different people and their food and drinks came out faster than mine and I literally was seated 20 minutes before they came into the restaurant. A little unprofessional and lacking in customer-priority and flavor. To add to this… no ramen on the Japanese menu and only run-of-the-mill choices for Japanese beer and NO JAPANESE HOT OIL SAUCE??? Only sriracha??? Surprisingly scant on authentic Japanese products one expects at a...

We went in a few weeks ago for dinner and the service was painfully slow. I understand that restaurants sometimes have off days, so I figured that maybe someone called in sick, or whatever. It took us 2 hours to get seated and served. We went again for late dinner and waited 10 minutes to get seated. Then we waited for 20 minutes before we decided to leave since nobody approached us with water or said anything to us. The restaurant only had 3 other tables in the main dining room so I’m not sure why service was so incredibly slow, but it seems that we were just being ignored. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t being unreasonable so I checked my phone to double-check the time that we had showed up since I had sent out a text – I had another engagement to make so couldn’t afford to wait longer and...