I had such high hopes for this restaurant. Finally, some real genuine Asian food. That was dashed the second we walked in the door. We are local, and live down the street. We understand seasonality so we made sure to go in early. The hostess acted like he had committed 3rd degree homicide for not having a reservation. Amigos next door doesn't treat you like that. By the bar they had tons of tables with "reserved on them" which were actually not. How do I know this? Well we were sat at the bar and between the food and drinks being delayed, we sat there for two hours. Not a single table came in. Are you creating false demand? I mean I get the idea, but you need to have the food, drink and service to back it up. So silly they let 5 tables sit for 2 hours. I even went online and checked and there were open slots so the hostess just lied. Moving on. After the hostess got over the shock of not having a reservation (outside was wide open as was the bar) we sat at the bar. There were 3 bar tenders. We got our first round fast. My drink was one that needed to be shaken. I've never paid 19 bucks for a more Luke warm drink in my life. I should have sent it back, but the bar tender did not come back for 42 minutes. I clocked it. So my wife and I just put our drinks back. No water refills. Finally he came back and we put a second round in and finally our food. After waiting another 20 minutes we got our second round of drinks, I got a sidecar, and again, Luke cold at best! How can you charge that money when you can't even add the right amount of ice to the shaker to make it the right temp? I mean you can literally feel it as a bartender- I bartended for years in Tallahassee. Shake until you can't feel your fingers. Anyways, yeah, the drinks sucked. Now for the food. Mediocre at best. We made sure to try the sushi, a app, and two entrees. The sushi rice seemed like they pulled it from Publix sushi isle. Dry. Falling off. The app was the dumping and the portion was abysmal. Flavor was extremely lacking. Now for entrees, I got the king pao chicken after the server told me the pork belly "wasn't good" (nice touch) and my wife got the curry. It's curry. Hot do you make bland curry? I don't know, but Aja30a does. I get it, there's a ton of tourists and putting a little "spice" may be too much for these elderly northerners, but don't forget your local foodie base. They are what will keep you afloat during off season. Which leads me to my entree. The king pao. It was actually "decent" but it wasn't 30 bucks decent. It was Panda Express decent. Literally. I've gotten the same looking and tasting king pao from hole in the wall fast food Chinese restaurants. Overall my bill was over 250 for 2 hours of bad service, Luke warm drinks, food that took forever on a slow day, lied to, and ate bland/downright not good food. I love supporting local, and I get you're in a expensive location (I know how much rent is there thru another restaurant) but if you want to justify those prices, you need to step your game up. Everywhere. Oh, the inside had a nice ambiance. That's it. We won't return until we see improvement. If you want better food, that's cheaper, sushi rice so fluffy you could sleep on it, drive 1 minute down the road to Shaka and be treated correctly, served correctly, and actually enjoy your meal. Again I'm giving it 1 star only because the look, layout and ambiance was nice sans the hostess. I know the pictures "look" good, but when you're served warm drinks and cold food it really detracts. Just like the last restaurant that was in this location, if they don't pivot, they'll go under as well. read more