I want to like this place since it’s in my neck of the woods, but they’ve made some very odd choices. I really don’t get making the whole downstairs a bar area, and having a very cramped upstairs sushi bar. Especially since they’re cooking everything downstairs, and then carrying it up.

We got agedashi tofu, which was nicely fried, but in a overly-sweet broth, barely lukewarm miso soup that was on par with the “just add water” packets you can get at the store, and the sushi for 2 platter. The fish was meh. Not good or bad. Just passable. Oddly, the sushi for 2 does not have 2 of each type of sushi they bring you, so there is some dining partner negotiation needed. The pickled ginger was way off…very acidic, and not edible. We also asked for green tea, and got 2 cups of hot water and some bigelow decaf green tea packets. Super weird for a Japanese restaurant.

They’re really going to have to work out some major kinks, and step up the quality to make it. And I’m betting the whole downstairs bar thing won’t last…just be a normal sushi restaurant for Chrissakes!