From the outside Luckyfish has all of the trappings of a hidden gem. Nice modern design, clean tabletops, service people nicely tailored and bright-eyed. The restaurant is inviting and you are immediately captured by the conveyors and covered plates. Then it hits you: is the high-tech conveyor enough to defeat every negative experience you've had at a robata, sushi 'boat' style restaurant outside of Tokyo. The answer sadly is NO. Great sushi has a shelf life of 10 minutes or less and you find yourself watching for the chefs to put the next dish onto the conveyor so you can grab it - far from a wonderful, casual experience that you want when you eat sushi. Some of those dishes clearly have been rotating for 1/2 an hour, oggled yet rejected by throngs of other sushi eaters around the table. The portions are less than generous and sadly lacking the personal touch of a sushi chef that creates your next raw, savory morsel to order. We tried to order some sushi off the menu from the chefs and it took a frustrating 1/2 an hour to get our food despite the restaurant being practically empty. Go to Whole Foods or Ralphs if you want B+ sushi without the aggravation. On the plus side, our server was attentive and very helpful getting our drinks to us. Unfortunately the booze did not mask the rest of our experience, we will not return again.
Pros: Clean, nice and modern space. Staff is great. Marketing pieces are beautiful.
Cons: Supermarket quality sushi. Small cuts of fish. Nothing exciting. Sushi ages poorly on conveyor.
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