Years ago, when this place opened it was amazing; often commanding hour or longer waits.\r
Things have surely changed! The glory days are gone! The original quality, cleanliness, crisp service and overall spirit of the place has become as dark and dreary as the run down building, the disgusting restrooms, the pathetic produce and the void felt in a huge space filled with too many empty chairs.\r
Tonight my partner wanted to ""try"" the place. I saw a ""new management sign"" a while back and thought, why not? In recent years, I had been a few times and while not good enough to keep me returning, it was ""okay"" for the lunch price. It is no longer ""okay"" at any price (dinner is $14). The most descriptive word I have for the whole experience is, YUCK!\r
At 7pm on a Saturday only 6 or 7 tables had customers. You pay for your meal in advance. Service was dismal! No one came to our table to greet us or to offer us drinks (soda is included, but no one mentions it). Everything is very self-serve including pulling extra napkins off the empty tables around you, seeking out your own utensils, getting your own water and figuring out what the mislabeled dishes are. At least the oysters were clearly not ""potatoe salad"". The only customer service we received was twice, someone offering to take used plates off our table.\r
The drink/soup/rice station desperately needed service. For water, I had to select a second plastic cup to get a clean one and the ""old rice"" was not worth scraping out of the steamer. The ""salad"" area offered a small, far from fresh variety of unworthy options. Next to it sat a hot plate with some yummy broth you could add rice noodles to.\r
Also good, were a few sushi items, the cooked muscles and flat ribs. The tiny variety of sashimi was oddly fresh. \r
The tempura was horrible, the shrimp and crab were badly over-cooked and many items were greasy or simply unappealing.\r
With all the buffet and sushi options available, this place is certainly off our list.
Pros: The small variety of sashimi was oddly fresh.
Cons: Most food, ambience, service. Despite steps, outside lights were off.
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