The two of us arrived around 825pm on a weeknight (Monday) without a reservation and were immediately seated near the door.
Overall: it's rated very highly, but I suspect the majority of people rating it that way haven't had objectively authentic, good quality sushi before (and that's okay!). If you don't know what good sushi is supposed to taste like, I can understand the high praise for this place. Conversely: If you like the taste of American supermarket sushi, this place is your jam!
Disclaimer: I'm spoiled to have incredible sushi in Seattle, and have had many incredibly authentic sushi experiences (edomae, omakase, kaiseki, etc).
One thing I really didn't like was that the tiny teapot cost €3, and they refused to refill the water in the pot. They didn't even use real tea leaves - it was literally packet green tea. For €3, I'm sure they profited at least €2,90 on just that alone.
Anyway - we ordered a pad Thai scampi, a sushi boat (1 person), and an extra Unagi roll.
The pad Thai scampi didn't use real pad Thai sauce - seems more like a "soy" variant? It had subtle hints of pad Thai, but didn't feel authentic otherwise. Maybe the expectation is that you don't know what "real" pad Thai is?
The sushi boat for 1 - alright let's be honest this ain't that good. The sashimi was 2 pieces of salmon (refrigerated) and 1 piece of tuna (stale).
The nigiri was 1 each of ebi (shrimp), salmon, and tuna. The sushi rice was colder than body temperature (bad), and tasted like they used too little sushi rice vinegar to make it (tbh I can't have known if they used normal rice or sushi rice).
The Maki roll was definitely more Korean style than Japanese. It didn't taste "bad" if you frame it that way in your mind - but it's not technically "sushi".
The rolls on the right (baked something?) - sure the panko was nice, but it was kinda narrow - the actual piece fell apart pretty fast. The smaller roll was ok, but not memorable (a day later, I can't really add to that description - there's not much flavour there). Texture was crunchy, but it felt rushed.
The Unagi roll got charged as a marpha roll - I don't know if it was supposed to be that, but the waiter explained that "it's the same thing in English".
Service-wise, it was definitely "meh". There was one server and two people working in the back, for roughly 20-25 customers. The food didn't come out until at least 30 minutes after we got there. read more