Consistently great sushi and service. My new go-to sushi place, for both take out and sit down meals.
I'm going to be completely honest. Giving three stars to this place is generous. First of all, I walked into the extremely busy spot to look at the wait times. Dine in wait time was 90-175 minutes. I saw a lot of to go orders on the counter, so I decided to order to go as well. They told me the wait would be 30 minutes. So I ordered my food and came back in about 15 minutes to use the bathroom. Lo and behold, my food is already ready, so they shoo me out the door. I didn't even receive a text message saying that my order was ready, so I could have wasted an extra 15 minutes just standing around. I sat down outside to eat while watching all the people wait to get in the store, and I expected to be met with a huge pop of flavors from the sushi. The sushi was definitely mediocre at best. And I've eaten a lot of sushi. It all tasted bland and tasted the same, which is weird because I got 5 different types of fish. All I can say is I don't get why this place has so much hype, and I won't be eating here again. There are way better sushi spots in OC. I actually was still so hungry I went to eat somewhere else after. It was truly disappointing. If you're going to eat, just order to go. There's no reason to wait so long to dine in.
I was disappointed on several levels from this highly rated restaurant. Rolls that were listed on the menu as being 8 pieces were only 6. The hot tea was cheap bagged tea. The ginger was sickly sweet. And the rolls themselves were mediocre at best. Truly a disappointing experience.
Great sushi restaurant, not an American style sushi roll restaurant with large portions. It is a Japanese-style restaurant with small portions and quality. There was an hour wait since it was a weekend, but it was worth it.