Ijji 2 — Restaurant in Reno

UPDATE: My first review was of the all you can eat sushi side of the restaurant (which was amazing)! Tonight's review is of the Hibachi side of the restaurant. I went in skeptical... Yes I did. I will admit. I had every doubt in my mind (not wanting my food cut up for me, not wanting to watch my food being cooked... Every excuse in the book. I blame it on the bad day I had). We were invited to a friend's birthday dinner and this is where her husband surprised her. We all met up outside the restaurant and on our way back to the Hibachi dining room, I was jealous watching the others eating at the sushi bar. Yes, I was THAT A-Hole... and boy was I. I am very sorry that I ever had any doubts because this place is effing ridiculous!! It's interactive entertainment and delicious food all rolled up into one experience that everybody should at least have once in their lifetime. The servers were super friendly and fast and our chef, Yogi was super talented. His fire skills are on point and he's also a comedian. He squirts Sake into your mouth and also throws food into your mouth. But let's not forget his biggest talent of all... His cooking. My filet mignon was a perfectly cooked medium-, rare and his grill skills are very impressive. Yes, it's expensive. But I feel that you are not only paying for quality food but you're also paying for the entertainment... So yeah, it's worth it.

One of the best sushi experiences I've ever had. Not to mention the stellar service. From the moment we walked in until we left, amazing experience.... Especially for it being on a busy Saturday night at dinner time. The rolls were big and fresh. And the flavors were delicious. Our server was attentive, fast, and very friendly. Best Ijji's I've been to and it will be the only one I ever go to from this point on. I'll drive the longer...

Just left here a few minutes ago. Ended up here after trying to go to two other places. So this wasn’t our first choice. But we have had okay experiences here with AYCE sushi. Tomorrow is my birthday so this was supposed to be my birthday dinner. And I’m very disappointed. First of all the hibachi chef was a bit boring. The thing that kept us interested was that my two year old was having fun watching the food cooking on the grill. The food was mediocre tasting. I paid for the lobster, shrimp, steak meal and didn’t get much steak at all. And two small pieces of lobster. The thing that upset me is that the menu says gratuity is added for parties of 6 or more (my mom and grandma were on one bill and my husband and I on another). But that is a lie, because our bill had the tip added and when my husband paid he had no idea so he added another tip on there. When he came back to me I asked why it was so much and he said he wasn’t sure. So then we asked and found out that the tip was added without our knowledge! So I was paying double the tip amount I wanted to. So long story short we ended up being able to cancel adding our tip at least. But then we found out the staff doesn’t even get their tips! What’s the point of tipping if the staff doesn’t receive it?! I don’t mind tipping but putting one thing on the menu and then doing something different is wrong. We were also told that the manager adds gratuity for parties of 2 or more! Another thing is I didn’t get a special dessert or a discount for my birthday or anything. Which is not a big deal but when you are paying that much maybe give a small discount to make your customers feel special and want to return. Not that that matters because we are not going back. And I never have issues anywhere I go because I am not that type of person. Too bad Ichiban couldn’t take us because we probably would’ve had a...

As an American, I love all-you-can-eat. I love to say, "Ayce". Like, it's an "Ayce" in the hole. Now, slap in there some raw fish and I'm Aycing this program!

Look, these guys destroy presentation. My family can annihilate so much nigiri, we should be punished for our crimes against Nemo and his pals. The blending of sauces, deep fried stuff, and the freshness is unbelievable. Me and the boys at the table are usually tasked with cleaning up every plate, and although I feel like an awful person for stuffing my face with so much fish and rice, I will feel like that dude in the back went HAM on that dish and we loved it.

We did make a reservation and that ended up not happening. Reservations are not written down. Our host led us to the steakhouse, which I'd love to get down on when I can afford to finally do some lame recreation of "The Hangover" where we rent suits and do some tempenyaki thing and look cool doing stuff like dudes do. But, it was family night where we all wanted to get down on "The Sush." I feel like even though we clearly looked like we were spending some Skrill, we felt like we were ignored sometimes. My family wants to stuff half the Pacific Ocean in our faces and drink premium beverages. Helpful tip to the staff, I may look like just some poor dude, but I'm a chef. You got your 18% auto-grat. My beer was empty, we felt like a pain to the staff, and everyone seemed confused that people were sitting at a table asking for stuff.

Will be back next week, because I'm a sucker for great food and great presentation and even though I've never seen the movie, Nemo is probably a bad guy and I...