My cousins and I decided to grab some dinner at Uni Sushi. After looking at a couple of pictures of how small the place was, I thought it was best to make a reservation. To my surprise, there were ample seating available.
The service here was horrible from the start. Once we were seated, we ordered a round of hot tea since it was freezing outside but after about 20 minutes we still never received them. We had to flag down a waitress to remind them about our tea and that we were ready to order. Even after we ordered, the food did not come out in a reasonable time. We sat there for almost half an hour before our food started to come out. Like other Yelpers stated, it looks like they were giving priority to take out orders rather than dine in customers.
For food, we ordered a bunch to share:
- Sashimi (salmon, yellowtail, eel, and super white tuna): delicious and fresh. The pieces were very generous.
- Uni Nigiri: I don't personally like uni, but the table seemed to enjoy it. They stated it was fresh and didn't taste fishy.
- Chicago-V Maki: spring mix, sweet potato tempura, asparagus tempura, sweet omelet, and shiitake mushroom. Surprisingly, everyone enjoyed this roll since it was vegetarian. The different textures and flavors worked really well with each other.
- Godzilla Maki: shrimp tempura, crabstick, avocado and cream cheese wrapped in tempura crumbs. This roll was pretty standard with other sushi places. Nothing wrong with it, but also nothing made it stand out.
- Bears Signature Maki: salmon, spicy salmon, crunchy crispy salmon, avocado, and crunchy sweet potato. To me, there wasn't a huge difference with the different type of salmons. It just tasted like spicy salmon to me. The real star of this roll is the crunchy sweet potato. It gave the roll the crunch it desperately needed.
- Bulls Signature Maki: tuna, spicy tuna, cucumber, and sesban flour tempura. This was a simple roll. The flavors and textures were great, but I wouldn't go to as far to say this was their "signature" roll.
- Dragon Maki: shrimp tempura, cucumber, and cream cheese topped with fresh water eel and avocado. Again, nothing wrong with the roll but nothing stood out.
- Hawks Signature Maki: double yellowtail, flying fish roe, scallion, avocado, jalapeño, cilantro and spicy sauce. The yellowtail was fresh and delicious. I especially loved the extra kick the jalapeño and spicy sauce gave it.
- Uni Don: sea urchin, salmon roe, and Japanese pickles. Like previously stated, I don't really eat uni but it seems like the table's favorite. It has the same uni as the nigiri, but the salmon roe and Japanese pickles gave the entree some texture and a different flavor.
Overall, I just don't understand the wait times for the food to come out. It seems a little ridiculous that dinner would take over two hours. The food was good, especially their sashimi, but service needs a lot of work. They need to learn how to balance their take out orders AND dine in customers. I don't know if I would dine in again, but possibly order take out if I'm in the area. read more