Small place, decorated nicely. Pleasant greeting on arrival. I was the only one there for about 30…read moreminutes, though they were turning out numerous delivery orders. As time wore on a few more folk came in, though most for takeout. There's clearly an "old friends" network here, almost to a T, everyone who came in was clearly a regular, and there's a certain amount of hanging out and chatting, and sitting at tables while they wait for orders - it has a certain local charm, but at the same time, I can understand the complaints of some folk in their online reviews of feeling a bit like they're trying to eat while surrounded by people who aren't... they mill about, they come over and look at what you're eating, they talk loudly - there's not a lot of space, so they do feel like they're right on top of you.
Service, charming. Food, excellent, really. Some of the best sushi I've had in town. A little gift from the house of some agedashi tofu, perfectly prepared and flavored. Quite good goma-ae, maybe a touch sweeter than I personally like, but fresh spinach, and delicate sesame flavors. A selection of sushi - most of the rolls, and most of the nigiri, are available in whole or half orders, so you can get smaller quantities and mix and match, plus, they offer a moriawase with a quintet of nigiri - salmon, tuna, prawn, and two different white fish. All around, delicious. Minor disappointment that they didn't have the ikura, salmon egg, sushi that they feature prominently on their website (but isn't actually on the menu when you get there), but they offered up a foursome of tobiko, the flying fish roe, prepared the same way, even though it wasn't a menu item. All told, with a 230ml flask of sake (and a cubierto charge - just stop it already people, those are so antiquated), and tip, it came in at 880 pesos, nearly 100 less than Dashi, for far better and more food, and the same distance from home. Guess who wins?
