I'm not sure why this place has had such high ratings. We bought a 'Living Social' deal to this restaurant because it was close to work, and it's high ratings on Yelp. My husband and I decided the high ratings were due to 'friends'. My husband says you cannot trust the first 30 or so reviews because it has to be friends.
Anyways, the service was great. They cared a lot about the customer it seems. I did accidently flash the 'Yelp' app to the waitress, because I was looking through the pictures to figure out what to order.. so I wonder if that makes the difference, when they know I might review.
However, my husband and I... we love sushi. We are always looking for a better sushi place. When I was looking at the menu, the logo was immediately recognizable to me. (I am a visual person). Then it dawned on me that I had been to the Ashburn location also with an online deal. That time, we had ordered strictly Chinese/Thai food.. and were NOT fans. But, again this may be a different experience, because it's a different location, so not sure. But to be safe.. we went with Sushi Rolls.
This time we ordered rolls. Four rolls and an appetizer left us satisfied, not full. We ordered the Angel Roll, The Philly Roll, The Sunset Roll, Deluxe Rainbow roll, and the Thai Chicken Wraps as an appetizer. We went for dinner, and the prices were comparable to other sushi places. However, my husband and I are kind of sushi snobs. We LOVE 'Sushi Yoshi' in Vienna, and 'Yuraku' in Germantown, MD (yes, we drive an hour to go get sushi). So... for just the food itself.. I would have to give 2 stars. The service and attention bumps the place up to 3 stars.
All rolls were ok. The sunset roll was the best, perhaps because it seemed to have the most fish. I always thought sushi places were supposed to give a choice of miso soup or salad complimentary, but this place doesn't. The appetizer was good. Nothing to call home about. But it was good. When I asked for more lettuce to wrap with.. they gave us more with out any questions.
Another side note: My husband hates Asparagus. Hates it. I can't remember which roll now, but one of the rolls has asparagus. It was not in the menu description. He thought it tasted funny, I told him there was asparagus. It was simple, he just picked them out, I ate them. We mentioned this to the waitress, and she was apologetic. We asked for another roll recommendation, and she recommended the Deluxe Rainbow roll. Apparently, asparagus was in the menu description for this one, so the fault partly falls on us. So as we ate the roll, my husband again picked out the asparagus, and I ate it.
We told the waitress, she again apologized profusely.. and this other lady came over, I'm guessing she was the owner or related to the owner? And apologized, and thanked us for bringing it to their attention and stated that they would make sure to add asparagus to the menu description. No, we didn't get any discounts.. but they were nice, and apologized. So that's enough for us.
Conclusion: Sushi rolls were pretty good. But not great. Prices are ok. Not great. We expect to pay a lot when we get sushi. Service is good. But with so many other, better sushi choices in the area... it's a tough sell.
So we won't get sushi here again, but maybe return for the other Asian food to try (with a deal, of course.)? read more