2 reviews

1. Deeanna Ruddy  

       

   on April 20, 2015
   

   Overall – 3.5 stars   Food (sushi) – 4 stars   Service –  4 stars
   Minus.0.5 stars for menu pricing and substituting sushi other than listed. Read below:

   Came here for a quick lunch.  I had looked at the menu  from the yelp app before hand.  I was going to order the choose any 3,  Maki specials #2.

   Restaurant is located in downtown South Amboy.  There are plenty of street parking.  When I walked in during early lunchtime,  there were no customers,  but noticed they were sending out a bunch of phone orders.  The employees were friendly and greeted me to sit at any table.

   I was given a menu and noticed that Maki special I was going to order was not on the menu.  Also noticed they have wrote price changes on the menu. Most prices were reduced.  I saw the same rolls offered,  and didn't think much of the discrepancy, so I quickly ordered because I could only take a short lunch.

   After I placed the order, I was given a basket of fried noodles plus dipping sauce to satiate me as I waited.  I though it was odd at a Japanese restaurant,  but I wasn't surprised as most are Chinese owned.  The fried noodles didn't taste normal and think it's because there's a garlic flavor to it,  plus the dipping sauce which is usually duck sauce was very salty,  so I'd avoid that.

   The sushi itself was fresh and rolls were good. My gripe was that the triple roll was supposed to be tuna , salmon, and yellow tail as ingredients,  but the yellow tail was actually white fish,  which i really despise.  I'm almost certain of it.

   As a whole the restaurant is nice. Employees are very  friendly and food comes out at a reasonable time. Typical Japanese paintings located through out,  with a picture of venician gondolas sprinkled in,  plus old valentine's day decorations they didn't feel like taking down.  There were also decor from the restaurant that preceded Hibachi express which I think just doesn't belong.

   The bill…so,  I did not get the Maki special discount.  The price was actually $5 more with out it,  but I had to get to work and didn't bother asking,  but did grab a menu on the way out.  In the car,  the take out menu had the specials and they did not give it to me,  knowingly or unknowingly.  So,  if coming here,  grab a take out menu at the register and show them the special if ordering certain rolls, you can save some dough.  At least they give you oranges for dessert.

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2. Leonor Prudhomme  

       

   on January 17, 2016
   

   I have been ordering take out from here for awhile but I never actually sat down and ate until tonight.  
   The food is so excellent here, you would never expect to eat such great food in south Amboy.  

   First of all, I wish I took more pics, their presentation, especially for the sushi, is quite beautiful.  But before I could even think to take a pic, hubby and I were scarfing down the food as if we had never been fed before.  

   So it's byob, which we happily obliged to do.  We started out with their miso soup and salad that comes with all the dinners, great soup, love their ginger dressing.  We then had a volcano and sweet potato roll, their sushi is so great!  We are definitely going back for just sushi!   For dinner I had the "all three hibachi", which is chicken, shrimp and steak, with veggies and fried rice, I opted for the noodles instead which is a minimal up charge.   Everything was cooked perfectly, the quality of the food is right up on par with nicer much more expensive restaurants.  Hubs had the same as me with just steak.  We ended the night with fried ice cream, which was absolutely Delish!   The total of this wonderful dinner, $42!!!!!  Can you believe that???!!!   Service is wonderful, everyone there is super sweet!!!

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