I guess its safe to order if you're looking for a deal for lunch and in a time crunch. I ordered a beer and 3 item bento for dinner - with karage, sukiyaki, and age dashi tofu. Also got some chu-toro sashimi. Nothing special about the food that came out. Fried chicken is fried...sauces have a nice flavor, but unfortunately ends there. The sashimi was fishy tasting and watery...probably to "wash" out the fishy-ness. Gross AF. Service here isn't great either. As the first customer to come in for dinner and only one other customer behind me, I really enjoyed how the server told me to wait before taking my order...Taking the other person's order - then giving priority to finish up takeout orders with NO ONE even waiting...and then taking my order. The only time she seemed sincere was when it was time to hand over the check. Typical. First star: because the food is edible. Second star for the sushi chef's service, which was okay. But overall - think it might be a better idea to try...
Read moreVery disappointed! Japanese food is my favorite. I came based on the reviews I read here. Not sure where the disconnect is I have had Age Dashi tofu many times and this is the first time I had it that it was not good. Very boring. I also ordered all veg tempura no broccoli or eggplant. I get my box and it has 3 pieces of broccoli. They take it back and give me only sweet potato - no other vegetables. Really - no carrot, no onion, no mushroom, no green bean. The menu says vegetable tempura not you only get broccoli and sweet potato. I like sw potato tempura, but the real problem is that it was very greasy and soggy with very little batter. The salad was very good -the best part. I definitely would NOT reccomend this restaurant and will not go back! I feel like I wasted my money that I could have used to get much better food just a few blocks away on...
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Served me rancid chu-toro, I vomitted. Fish was easily a week old. They shouldn't be in business and are padding their reviews.
I'm not from the Bay Area however if you're ever in San Diego I recommend sushi Ota. It's a decent place, and would never serve rotting fish to a customer.
How did I know it was a week old? Overpowering fishy taste, in no way reminiscent of the actual flavor of tuna. Color was off for chu-toro. Fishy smell, again not reminiscent of tuna.
To the restaurant: shame on you, you shouldn't be in business. There is no excuse to serve...
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