Kai Ola Sushi — Restaurant in Solana Beach

We loved our first visit to Kai Ola on Cedros so much that I posted about it on Facebook along with photos. The Hawaiian special had been beautifully plated with orchids and sauces that were swirled into a beautiful design, and the flavors were amazing. The second visit, unfortunately, was disappointing. The fish was grossly chewy and the rice wasn’t sticky and fell apart, so the rice from my tuna maguro ended up in the soy sauce bowl and the tuna got soaked so was overly salty. My friend’s tuna roll wasn’t impressive either and fell apart when we tried to share it. Worse, the service was horrendous. We tried to flag down our waitress many times and in most cases gave up and just asked our sushi chef to relay a message for us. We had asked her in the beginning for separate checks, and of course we’e presented with one in the end.

I’d give it another chance, but was sorely disappointed. I know it’s not up to the quality of our past visits to their sister restaurant in Leucadia. Only posting because I think the owner should be aware of it since he...

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