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    Cafe Sushi

    4.1 (25 reviews)
    ModerateSushi Bars
    Closed • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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    Sushi dinner 'A' and Santa Fe roll
    Steve L.

    Go ahead, coastal snobs, snicker all you want about a sushi bar 1000 miles from the ocean and a mile and half above sea level. The sushi here is top notch, always very fresh, expertly prepared, and in generous portions: big three-inch long, quarter-inch thick slabs of fish, not those paper-thin little slices a lot of places serve. (And by the way, US food safety regulations require that all sushi everywhere be frozen before being served, in order to kill parasites, so those 1000 horizontal and 1.5 vertical miles don't mean much in this day and age.) Spicy tuna salad is particularly tasty, with a generous pile of big chunks of sashimi tuna and an excellent sesame/vinegar/spice sauce. Shrimp and octopus salads are great too. Service is always friendly and welcoming in this mom-and-pop operation. I'd give this place five stars and then some, because the food is truly excellent. But I'm knocking off a star for their ridiculously short hours - an hour and a half for (early) lunch, and an hour and a half for (extremely early) dinner. Who ever heard of a restaurant that stops serving dinner at 6:30? I normally don't even start thinking about dinner until about 7. So, much as I love their food, I rarely manage to eat here. Pretty much the only time I do is if (1) I miss lunch so that I'm hungry early, and (2) I can somehow get off work early. Too bad, they could do a booming business if they wanted to.

    Lunch Sashimi set with side order of dempura roll.  Was expected more than 6 cuts, consider it was almost $8.

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    This is an awesome if unassuming sushi spot. Best advice is to get there when they open because it tends to fill up fast.

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    11 years ago

    A wonderful surprise in the mountains of Northern New Mexico. The menu is limited. However, the food and service are fantastic!

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    Flavor was there, but the rice in the rolls was not cooked properly. Half of them where falling apart and the presentation looked sloppy.

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    15 years ago

    The best spicy tuna rolls I've found in New Mexico. The Chef makes them different then you usually find. Prices good also.

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    “Started with a deliciously unique seaweed salad and then had the Santa Fe roll and the seafood futomaki roll.”

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    izanami

    izanami

    3.9(519 reviews)
    27.2 mi
    •$$$

    Solid Japanese food, but if you're visiting from a city like San Francisco or New York, it's not…read moregoing to be better than what you can get at home. That being said, it's great option if you want a break from New Mexican / Mexican food while in Santa Fe. We got: - chutoro sashimi - This wasn't worth it, we much preferred the hamachi - hamachi sashimi - Multiple people commented this was their favorite dish of the night - miso eggplant - Another favorite for many, although I found it too saucy for me - daikon salad - Light and vinegary, one of my friends loved this dish - yuba pappardelle - Really interesting - it worked better than I expected although I'm not a big fan of those flavors (I'd rather have Asian flavors with my yuba). The yuba itself was excellent in texture. - tako plate - Well executed and not too fishy - black sesame noodles - Solid, I liked that this came with a bunch of vegetables (burdock, carrot). - mango panna cotta - fine, but not my favorite panna cotta texture (more on the yogurty side of texture) My friends also loved the namazake.

    I organized a special group outing for seven for the spa and planned our lunch here before a 1:00…read morePM spa appointment. When booking, I called twice and was assured by two separate hosts that as long as we knew our orders upon arrival, we would have plenty of time. However, the experience was disappointing from the start. Upon arrival, the manager treated us as if we were walk-ins without a reservation and completely dismissed the information we were given over the phone stating "they'd handle the host who told us it'd be fine". Once seated, as previous calls indicated we should do, we placed our order immediately and clarified that three of us needed to leave by 12:40 PM for our appointments. By 12:45 PM, everyone had finished eating except for two people- our guest of honor and a pregnant party member- whose food still hadn't arrived despite asking if it'd be arriving soon (around 1235). When we inquired (around 1250) the server admitted they had accidentally given their dish (steak bimbibap) to another table and would have to remake it. By 1:20 PM, after the rest of our party had already left for the spa, the missing meal still hadn't arrived except for one person who was waiting to receive it. When staff finally brought out the meal- they placed it on the table (empty of people) and someone who was clearing the table accidentally threw dirty napkins directly onto the plate. They offered to remake it once more to go and removed that single dish from our bill. but the replacement steak bibimbap was extremely bland and the steak mostly fat. Throughout this entire experience, no one offered an apology; instead, the staff made us feel like we were at fault despite our planning and communication. While the spa management was kind enough to offer us a discount after hearing what happened, I cannot recommend this restaurant given the service, lack of accountability, and food quality.

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    Kohnami - Spicy Tuna Salad delicious!

    Kohnami

    3.1(124 reviews)
    25.7 mi
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    It is owned by Koreans. A Japanese restaurant, sure. Their Dolsot Bibimbap is absolutely AMAZING…read more As good as any you'll taste in Korea. Served in hot stone bowls, the egg mixed in and cooked against the bowl at your table.

    We've frequented this restaurant on and off for years, and have two recent experiences to report…read moreon. We attended a matinee performance in downtown Santa Fe on a Sunday with our teenage, twin grand-daughters. They enjoy Asian food, and requested we go to Kohnami. Everyone was happy with their meal choices, though I don't actually remember exactly what I ordered. Our food was delivered in good time, and we mostly caught up on family news while eating. Service was on top of things, as we were out in the main dining area, next to the sushi bar. A few weeks later, the girls requested we go there for their 16th birthday, a family celebration. We reserved a table for 9, and were seated in the very back of the restaurant, past the tatami rooms. Unfortunately, even though it was a Wednesday evening with not many patrons on hand and a 6:30 reservation, service was glacial. It was a full fifteen minutes before we were served water, and another ten minutes before anyone came for our orders. The drink orders came out sporadically and incompletely, and then our food started arriving in very unpredictable bursts. My beef teriyaki was served early on, but it was overcooked and difficult to eat with only chopsticks. The twins ordered noodle soups and sushi, and were very happy with their choices. Their grandfather, visiting from the Midwest, eventually had to get up and go inquire with the kitchen about his missing food order. In all, it took about 40 minutes for everyone to be served. Splitting the bill at the end turned out to be another ordeal, since they don't seem to have trained people on the cash register and we had to wait for a manager to help out. I know it's very difficult to get good restaurant help in these times. But there are some very basic rules of hospitality, and on this occasion Kohnami didn't manage to adhere to them. We're not writing them off, but we'll think twice about returning since Santa Fe is a gourmand's paradise.

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