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    Big Chico

    3.3 (12 reviews)
    Closed 4:30 pm - 9:30 PM

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    Happy hour specials
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed

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    Always passed by this place but never got around to it. But it's just amazing, the food and everything My thoughts will be categorized so it'll be out of order but the numbers will tell you the order it was originally Food: 6. After heavily deciding, I chose, albacore roll, japanese taco (tuna), and oyster shooter. 9. The lady then asked me for my id. Of which I was confused. As you may have noticed if you have seen the menu, oyster shooter is on the drink menu. Turns out, theres alcohol in it. Its an actual shot with oysters in it. (For some reason I didnt compute in my head). So I just asked to remove it from my order but then they offered to just take away the alcohol from it. So I did that. Hoping the price would go down significantly. (I dont think it did but it was still good. ) 10. After more waiting, the oyster shooter came first. It was very little cause I had it with no alcohol when it was supposed to, the glass was cold and I just shot it like it was a shot (not that I drink alcohol lol) cause its a shot idk where Im going with this. It was actually really good. Caution: VERY STRONG FLAVOR. Its not super salty, its just hits you in all the right places (sounds weird). It was delicious. I shot it then, while still in my mouth, grab the oyster a little cause it got stuck at the bottom. The drink Goes down really easy. I was not sure of the taste at first but after having the after taste and all, man that was really good. It might be an acquired taste tho since the flavor is that strong. Also the money is def not in how full you get, its probably mostly from alcohol (which I didnt get) but other part flavor and that made it worth it. Rarely do I see foods that are actually worth the price because of flavor alone 11. Enough talking about oyster shooter. Next one came out was albacore roll. The wasabi was fresh. On first look, that looks like a dot, like how could that be enough, boy was I wrong, I just grabbed a little bit of wasabi onto the sushi and it was still super pungent in the right ways. So good wasabi. Another thing is the soy sauce came in this tall glass with a spout thing. Pours very well. Good sauce. 12. Ok got side tracked, albacore roll, was good. Not in flavor. Actually lacked a bit of flavor which made up for with good wasabi and soy sauce. They do give a fist full in size tho, the rolls were chunky and it definitely made me full. 7. When choosing the japanese taco, they asked me for the topping. I thought they were just the ingredients but the words below the name were actually toppings to choose. 13. Last one is japanese taco. As I've said, I chose tuna topping. It came on top of some kale it looks. The taco was delicious as well. The shell was fried and crisp. The toppings did give it a lot of flavor. Pretty good. I'd eat this again. (Tbh I expected it to be worse since usually anything I've never tried ends up being sad. Happily surprised). The kale at the bottom I also ate. Raw kale, nasty, but I pulled through thanks to a leftover tomato from the taco. Layout: 3. The front lady asked me if I wanted to sit here or the bar, I didnt know what the bar was so I just said bar for the experience. They had a second room if you walk some more. They also had an outside where you could sit outside with some fencing around but can still get the wind and sunlight. I sat in the second room not outside. And then they also told me to pick a seat so I picked the couch. 19. They did make the oyster shooter at the bar/second room. There was also a tv at the bar/second room. It was kind nice cause you get to see a little of the first room and the outside room too. Extra note: 1. On coming in at like 3:10pm ish since goog maps said it opens at 3pm, the door was locked and the lady told me that it opens at 3:30pm so either google lied, it changed, or they needed extra time. 2. When I did come in, all the servers were very nice. 18. I talked to a total of 3 workers. The front lady who always stays in the front for the most part. 2 waiters. 1 a girl and the other a guy, girl came up to me the most, maybe she owned the second room or something. But the guy did ask the same questions the girl asked some times so maaybe some communication going on. It was fine tho. 4. They gave me 3 menus, main menu (sushi and plates), happy hour menu (open time to 5pm) and drink menu. (I took pics of all 3 front and back as you can see) 5. She also gave me a glass of water almost instantly without question. Love these kinds of restaurants 8. After getting the order, I was set and they didnt take the menu so that was nice. 15. Eventually, they asked if I wanted the check, I said yea, they said I can go to the register when I'm ready so that was the last thing they said to me. 17. 5 star, would go again, didnt have a single complaint about the food. Its great service but as an introvert it did hurt some times lol. 20. Deleted some thoughts for text limit

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