Reviews
Little Tokyo restaurant I highly recommend, the customer service was incredible. The environment and the outdoor seating was peaceful, quiet nice and finally the food was on Point. I ordered the chicken bento box and it was really presented nicely and the food was awesome. I would highly recommend this restaurant.
My benchmark to drop a 2 star review is if you’re at risk for ordering a dud meal. With a menu as thick as a Tolstoy novel, the restaurant struggled with perfecting each dish, especially in a dinner rush situation. Let’s start with the positives. The sushi side of the kitchen was their best feature. The sushi chef had flair and the rolls came out plated well with excellent presentation. We ordered the dragon flame roll and the volcano roll. The dragon roll was the better choice, with the spicy mayo and jalapeño accents lifting the experience. However, the sushi rice wasn’t seasoned with enough rice vinegar, and that showed in the volcano roll where the flavor of plain rice intersected with the under-seasoned cooked fish. A lot of plain, mushy texture. The hot items from the kitchen were the bigger problem. They had several Korean items listed, which are some of my favorites. I was expecting the spicy pork entree to deliver that kick of flavor you normally expect, but it was more of a salty/soy experience intermixed with softened stir-fry vegetables. It tasted like a dish you would throw together at home on a weeknight. By far the lowest point of the meal was the chicken ramen. It was so flavorless and unseasoned that you could taste the local tap water in the broth. My wife commented that she would have preferred instant noodles. The service was very slow. One server doing his best to cover the entire restaurant at dinner rush. We also received an awkward apology from the waiter because he was instructed by his manager to skip our table and take care of a few others who had arrived after us. It initially felt alarming and discriminatory, but it ended up being the least of our issues. Overall, I think this restaurant’s menu is its own worst enemy. They need to simplify and perfect a smaller number of dishes and get the flavors where they need to be. If you need to dine here, I would recommend sticking with the most popular sushi items. That could end up being a 3 or 4 star experience.
Stopped here for an early dinner based on the higher ratings but the place was empty compared to the patios around it. I appreciated the solitude and having attentive service as a result (as did my dog who got her own water bowl). Menu was extensive and the rolls were not bad but also didn't leave me wanting more. I was mostly disappointed that they seemed to be out of a lot of drinks, including the draft sake, house sake, and I overheard they were out of some beer from another patron. Overall a good experience but not a five star one.
Really tasty sashimi and rolls. Servers were very up eat and friendly. Outside seating by the creek is really nice vibes. Roll pictures is 3 star roll (that’s the name!)
Solid sushi, nice atmosphere. Service was a little slow. Menu has been updated, great additions to the sushi options.