Literally, a hole in the wall. You can't even see in the place because there's black...vinyl I guess? lining the windows. And some black duck tape, ha!
There was 1 person at the sushi bar when we came in, and 2 to-go orders picked up. It wasn't busy but y'all, go here! Keep them in business!
The Clear Soup was DELICIOUS! Not too salt and definitely flavorful; it wasn't watered down broth. And on the watered-down topic, the Shrimp Sauce was great too! Not too watered down and full of flavor.
My daughter ordered the Chicken Hibachi for she and I to share. Note: it was dinner time but our waitress said she'd give her the lunch portion so it would be smaller. How kind of her to offer! But we said no, we wanted to dinner. The baby loves mushrooms (strange, right?) so that was the first veggie I grabbed. I ate it. I kid you not, I am not exaggerating, it tasted 110% like Marsala Sauce. Like, Italian Food. Chicken Marsala. We were cracking up! It wasn't bad by any means, but it was NOT an expected flavor! I expected that signature hibachi flavor, not marsala. And yes, the entire dish the entire time tasted like Marsala.
My husband ordered the Teriyaki Chicken. He enjoyed it...I had a bite and their teriyaki sauce didn't jump out at me. It could have been the "marsala" was still overwhelming my palate. I didn't find it flavorful.
The fried rice my daughter wasn't crazy about. My husband and I didn't mind it; he said there was a "different" flavor to it and he was right, but neither of us could quite place what it was.
My husband would order the Teriyaki again, but I personally wouldn't order anything from the kitchen.
Sushi! YES! Absolutely a reason to come back and the BEST Sushi I've found in the Fleming Island area! All the sushi came out on one HUGE plate, which made me realize...we ordered a heck of a lot of sushi!
They brought us 3 pieces of something to start with; it was fried, it had cream cheese, and it had almost like a pepper jelly on top. Not sure if it was a chef's creation or something off the menu.
We ordered:
Spicy Tuna - it even had some crunchies in it, which was a nice touch.
Key West Roll (Raw; cucumber, conch, spicy mayo, fish egg, scallion) - my FAVORITE! And a last-minute decision to order. I had never heard of conch being eaten raw. So I ordered it, realized it was raw, scratched it out, googled to make sure conch could be eaten raw, and then decided to take the plunge and go for it.
Pepper Tuna Roll (fried shrimp, avocado, topped with peppered tuna, and eel sauce) - my least favorite, which is surprising because I am tuna obsessed. But the peppered tuna on top, as odd as this may sound, almost had a BBQ flavor to it. I wanted some PEPPER flavor, but BBQ.
Special Volcano Roll (eel, avocado, cream cheese, deep fried and topped with baked krab delight and scallop) - yum!
Pink Lobster Roll (lobster salad, crunchy, avocado, cream cheese with soy bean, spicy mayo, eel sauce) - wrapped in what I can only assume is soy bean, it came out in a pink wrapper not a seaweed wrapper.
I enjoyed the sushi, however the Special Volcano and the Pink Lobster rolls I had a hard time grasping and appreciating the full flavor due to the cream cheese. The cream cheese seemed to overpower the roll and once I bit into the cream cheese, it seemed to take over. Next time, I'll forego cream cheese all together and ask for cucumber in place.
Overall though, I was pleasantly surprised and happy to find such great sushi!
I did mention it was my husband birthday before he walked in, so they bought out a mini dessert for him. Y'all, it was Tiramisu.
So apparently this is a sushi restaurant with an Italian flair, ha! read more