Wedashi is hidden in downtown on 18th off of J street in a building that's nondescript.
They seem to have a fairly extensive Sushi menu, but frankly it was difficult to read because the restaurant is extremely dark with poor lighting.
The bar area, which was fairly busy with late in the day pre-happy hour drinkers, has much better lighting, and if it wasn't for the uncomfortable looking bar-seats, I may have selected to sit there.
I wasn't comfortable ordering sushi because the vibe is rather odd, so I went with a safer option of the teriyaki chicken. The waitress assured me that it was really delicious.
The meal I ordered included miso soup, salad, teriyaki chicken and rice.
The miso soup was delicious. It was piping hot, filled with plenty of tofu, and really enjoyable.
The salad was in a much larger bowl than I anticipated, and I like the fact that it was cold crispy, and the dressing wasn't overly sweet, overall it was a tasty salad.
The teriyaki chicken and rice were a completely different story.
The rice was not warm, and in fact, it tasted stale. It definitely was not freshly made.
The teriyaki chicken had a very thin bland sauce over it and is not reminiscent of a properly made teriyaki chicken. The worst part was that the chicken was cold. So apparently it must've been premade and then maybe they ran it through some sauce or threw sauces on top of it. I don't know like pretty much pushed it around on my plate.
I would have let the waitress know, but she completely disappeared after the food was brought to my table.
I guess when I look like I was done pushing the food around my plate, another waitress showed up and brought me a to go container, and my check
She asked me about my meal and I let her know about the chicken and rice and she immediately apologized and said that she would bring me some chicken to replace what I had.
The customer service/ Eve made the situation better than it had been. Thank you again, Eve
When I was going over my check, I noticed that there was an undisclosed service fee that had been added onto my check. I have no idea what the service fee was for, and I don't know if it's even noted on the menu, but if it is, it must be in really fine print, and it situations like this that feel a little shady.
There was also a separate line item notating that if I wanted to pay with cash that they were offering a small amount off the tab for the cash payment.
Overall, this was just a really a strange experience, more than likely I won't be going back. read more