'Hope Sushi' was the venue chosen for our last dinner out, during a recent 3-night stay in Hope - and was a first-time dining experience. We arrived at the restaurant about 5 pm.
- Service: what little service was actually provided by our server, from start to end, was basically non-conversant, rather 'chilly', not helpful, and totally inattentive. The dishes ordered, were brought to our table in silence, and she never once returned to ask us how anything, or everything was, and came to refill our tea cups only after being asked to do so, and only that one time. Dishes arrived from kitchen to table in a decent order and timely-sequence though - the only positive thing about the service we received.
- Food: Appetizers: agedashi tofu, gyoza (10 pc) -- Tempura: yam & prawn -- Rolls: combo plate of three kinds -- Noodles: chicken yakisoba. Presentations: nothing particularly negative, or exciting. Preparations: everything rather negative, and very unexciting -- 'tofu' - small, hard pieces of "what was that?" -- 'gyoza' - edible, but whether it was the sauce used, or ingredients, it tasted very strange -- 'tempura' - very large pieces of yam, small prawns - but thin batter, and ingredients not overcooked -- 'rolls' - seemed to include poor ingredients and preparation - rolls hard, lacking flavour & taste, quite disgusting -- 'yakisoba' - hot & sizzling presentation to the table, with ingredients mostly "well-torched" (= "glued") to the hot plate!! chicken pieces were tender, but what we attempted to try of the overall dish, totally lacked anything in good, distinctive flavour and taste.
Personally, I thought this meal, and total dining experience was one of the worst encountered in a good long while. Good grief, I had not expected to receive 'the' best ever sushi, just some decent service, meal, and enjoyable dining experience -- we received none of the three!! And most of the food ordered, remained on our table uneaten, when I went over to the service counter, paid the bill, with no words spoken, and left the restaurant. Soon to be forgotten, and not to be repeated. read more