I went to the Alvarez location and put a to go order. Nobody was in the restaurant on a slow Wednesday afternoon. I ordered a 2 persona tabla, a Philadelphia roll, and 8 piece salmon sashimi. Yes, all for myself! They said it would take 30 minutes at most to fill the order but Chileans have a skewed perception of time and it turned out to be 45 minutes. I don't mind, might have been quicker if I ate there but maybe another day.
Their Nigiri (regular sushi with the fish on top) was not impressive, I would instead get a bowl of rice and sashimi pieces because the amount of meat on top is very thin...so thin you pretty much taste only the massive amount of rice!
The kanikama was barely edible-even on an empty stomach....but I also really don't enjoy imitation crab .
Ebi tempura was delicious and the gyosa's were almost as good as the tempura but keep in mind they are more soggy than crisp.
The regular rolls were very thick which made me happy, that is the best part of this place! Thick tabla order rolls where they don't skimp on the meat! The veggie roll was also very delicious.
However, my Philadelphia roll was a huge disappointment because in the states a Philly roll is cream cheese and salmon wrapped in seaweed with rice but they put avocado and cream cheese inside, rolled rice around it, and then the thinnest salmon layer on the outside-like you can see through the salmon! But because I had the salmon sashimi, I was able to happily eat my "Philladelphia" roll. I know-Chileans love their palta so I should just get used to it being everywhere. read more
