Took a quick trip out to Palisades from Georgetown and this was recommended by a local. She actually told me about two sushi restaurants owned by the same family (cousins) and said go to XYZ sushi in the downtown area bc it was 'cheaper but basically the same rolls'. I got the two mixed up...shouldn't have had that Pinky Marg at Fidel's...but I digress.
We Uber'd over from Palisades and when I look at the prices I knew immediately we were at the wrong place (not to mention it wasn't in a cute downtowny-area. However, the price difference to Uber to the right one wouldn't have made sense...so we stayed.
They sat us next to the amazing saltwater fish tank & it was beautiful. Super Nemo-vibes and kinda sad but if a fish should be yanked, at least it should have beautiful live corals floating and thriving.
I thought the miso soup was fine-I read another review stating it was bland. It was not. I was grateful for the free miso in traditional style...no seaweed or tofu (American style).
I ordered a Purple Haze-a bit sweet for me but I drank it all. I would ask for lite Chambord next time.
My hubby and I ordered the Calamari appetizer. It was tender and delicious! The flavor was amazing. We are calamari snobs, having grown up on the coast.
We ordered about 6 rolls and two Ahi Nigiri. The rolls were the Poison Ivy, the Oni, the KA, the Dragon, and a shrimp tempura roll. My husband is a seafood snob, again from where we've grown up.
We have had sushi all over the country & Mexico and at the finest sushi houses in Denver (Maki Den, Sushi Den). This is the first time we loved every flavor, ate every bit, had no complaints. Was it expensive? YES. Was it worth it? YES It was creative and well-paired flavors. Black cod on sushi?! WHAT? But yes it was smoked and amazing.
We both had desert: green tea passion fruit ice cream and the chi-tea crème brûlée...both fantastic. The consistency of the brûlée was not the same as a true brûlée but again, my hubby the snob, LOVED IT. And he who never would stomach my green tea mochi from our go/to place back home, finished all the remainder of my GT Passionfruit ice cream. My God, it was really a great meal.
In this day and age if you're complaining about portion size, prices, wait times, etc...you've never worked in the business and you've never heard about how the economy has changed since the pandemic. We know food costs for restaurant owners has tripled..like everything else in this world. They're doing their best to survive in an almost impossible situation. So if your not willing to spend the money for quality, sustainably- sourced products, you maybe should make your own sushi at home & save the server's & bsns owner's time & efforts. I, for one, am grateful any time I get a good meal, at a fair price, with decent to high-end service. And in this case the server was REALLY great and knew how to do her job well.
This place is really good and we will be back...we probably won't even try they other place downtown. read more