| ambiance |
91.66999816894531% positive |
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can see how suburbians wouldn't like the locale, but anyone comfortable with downtown LA will be fine. ”
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R-23 is in a very interesting part of J-town-unique art hanging from the walls, very cool cardboard chairs, romantic lighting, and soft jazz music. ”
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great ambience in interesting artisty neighborhood. ”
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love the location. ”
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Love the atmosphere and the food. ”
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Yup, the location is not the best, but I have been coming here for years and have not had any problems. ”
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This a great place for a romantic dinner with your hunnnie. ”
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The atmosphere is good. ”
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Now go for the food but enjoy the atmosphere and a great looking restaurant ”
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Yes--there's a pleasant ambience--cool furniture & paintings--smooth service--but the food? ”
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can get fresh sushi for less, and I didn't have to drive to downtown and try to find the secret location. ”
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The decor and atmosphere is very nice, and despite what others say, the service is okay. ”
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Great food,great ambience ”
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It's located in a weird location, so if you're not pa. ”
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What a great ambience! ”
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Great Sushi,great ambience,friendly service. ”
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Once you are inside R-23 it's a nice venue, but the ambiance outside leaves a bit to be desired--it's in an industrial complex in what used to be railroad warehouses. ”
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The location is great and if you go in the early evening, you'll catch a phenomenal view looking westward towards the downtown skyline. ”
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The Decor is cool it's an art gallery and all the chairs are made of corrugated Cardboard but were surprisingly comfortable. ”
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Beautiful private rooms and Gellery,comfortable lighting,nice Jazz music. ”
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Go for the atmosphere, and enjoy the ambience. ”
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The atmosphere was extremely elegant. ”
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The ambience is amazing, and the food is to die for. ”
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The ambience is ultra cool. ”
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| dessert |
100.0% positive |
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very fresh uni, anago, salmon, and unagi, 5) dessert. ”
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| food quality |
84.56000328063965% positive |
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The service was extremely slow as molasses and the sushi less than mediocre. ”
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The fresh water eel is some of the best around. ”
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Now go for the food but enjoy the atmosphere and a great looking restaurant ”
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The other sushi is very good, maybe not the best in LA, but definitely excellent. ”
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Food is ecellent, sushi is perfect. ”
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My favorite sushi in LA ”
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Great sushi for the loft crowd ”
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the cooked dishes are great (there was too much dressing on the dungeness crab salad but it was good nonetheless), and the sashimi didn't disappoint either. ”
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The prices are higher than expected for a low rent-poor sushi, overrated restaurant. ”
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Fried crabs were more for show than taste; a sauce would have been helpful, but different than any other dish around. ”
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Sushi was fresh. ”
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it's HUGE w/ greens, lots of salmon, shallot vinaigrette, 2) Lobster tempura ($38). ”
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Great sushi in hidden gem ”
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But the other dishes like Halibut wrapped mushroom Tempura or Hamachi Carpaccio were so unique and great. ”
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very fresh uni, anago, salmon, and unagi, 5) dessert. ”
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Interesting venue, good food. ”
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especially enjoy the cooked kitchen food, which is less Japanese and more fusion--there is beautiful presentation AND it is something special and out of the ordinary. ”
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Try the fresh water eel and the non-sushi items. ”
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Food was real Japanese and was best Japanese food out of Japan I ever had. ”
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Beautiful place, expensive sushi ”
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Love the atmosphere and the food. ”
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The place is full of posuers and rubes willing to shell out big bucks to eat VERY ordinary,pedestrian Japanese food,and then remind themselves how wonderful it was. ”
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We go primarily for the sushi, which are fresh, and of generous cuts. ”
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The food is ALWAYS delicious, and service is great. ”
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Great sushi in hard to find olace ”
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the quality of the fish (sushi/sashimi) that is served is very fresh and very good. ”
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The Pine Tree Mushroom soup ($17) and Yellowtail Carpaccio ($26) from the chef's menu were both amazing, and totally worth the price. ”
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good food but questionable service ”
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Wonderful, rich food with attention to detail. ”
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the sushi was very good although rather expensive. ”
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The sushi was impecable and the crab salad was amazing. ”
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local colleague of mine suggested r23 as a great place for sushi. ”
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It is more in the mold of a Matsuhisa serving expensive small gourmet dishes. ”
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Yes, it is overpriced and yes the sashimi and sushi is fresh, but not spectacular, but it's still worth going. ”
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The rolls were excellent and the dishes were extremely tasty. ”
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While I patronize other great sushi spots, this is the one keeper I come to again and again. ”
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My favorite is their seared salmon; ask them to put some yuzu on it, and you'll be transported to an astral plane. ”
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Great service from the chef, and a great selection and freshness of fish. ”
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Sushi= great cuts, and super fresh, and also normally priced per serving, not that expensive. ”
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You can spend just as much money here as you could at Koi, however you will be paying for incredible sushi, opposed to snobby attitudes and beautiful arrogant people. ”
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The sushi was a good value for the money -- more special than my local sushi joint, but not so amazing that I'll always remember it. ”
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(I hated big fusion sushi everywhere in LA-You know Rice is CHEAP) ”
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Their crab salad is good, I will give them that, but the sushi is simply disappointing. ”
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Too expensive, the food is not even that great. ”
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Having said that though, R-23 does offer some very tasty food and sake. ”
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don't recommend it unless you want to spend a lot of money in a cool environment wid ok food. ”
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The servings of toro and octopus were especially large (although the octopus wasn't that fresh). ”
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Their Soup du Jour (menu prices were 6$) was delivered and the waitress said "this is very expensive mushrooms" If we had known! ”
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However, we usually eat at amazing but ridiculously low priced sushi places. ”
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This is what downtown, loft-living, hip artist space with great sushi should be. ”
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even the finicky uni is unfailingly fresh. ”
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The ambience is amazing, and the food is to die for. ”
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Their cooked dishes are great, as is their yellowtail carpaccio. ”
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loved original Japanese style sushi of R-23. ”
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Great food,great ambience ”
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The house sake was also very tasty. ”
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sushi is good and fresh but all the food seems overpriced for what you get, and not outstanding. ”
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can get fresh sushi for less, and I didn't have to drive to downtown and try to find the secret location. ”
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The sushi was very fresh and large cuts. ”
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WE LOVE IT and would recommend it to those who are serious about their sushi :) Love it! ”
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the crab salad is really delicious. ”
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the waiter seemed surprised that we didn't order any sushi or rolls, but kept ordering more sashimi. ”
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The rolls were also very tasty but very small. ”
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The crab salad was fresh and generously portioned. ”
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Good sushi and the shrimp tempura was enjoyable. ”
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They do really nice, fresh sushi, but they are probably better known for specialty dishes from the kitchen liked crab salad, pine mushroom soup and lobster tempura. ”
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To make this short, the food was good but not GREAT! ”
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Yes--there's a pleasant ambience--cool furniture & paintings--smooth service--but the food? ”
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| menu variety |
66.66999816894531% positive |
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Set in an artsy box of brick(read that as LOUD)With pretentious service(no prices on the tacky lucite enclosed "special menu"-an illegeble regular menu where you have to hunt for prices-a host who is very good at ignoring you),this place reminded me of th ”
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Their Soup du Jour (menu prices were 6$) was delivered and the waitress said "this is very expensive mushrooms" If we had known! ”
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The Pine Tree Mushroom soup ($17) and Yellowtail Carpaccio ($26) from the chef's menu were both amazing, and totally worth the price. ”
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Great service from the chef, and a great selection and freshness of fish. ”
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| overall |
93.33000183105469% positive |
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This a great place for a romantic dinner with your hunnnie. ”
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Now go for the food but enjoy the atmosphere and a great looking restaurant ”
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local colleague of mine suggested r23 as a great place for sushi. ”
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Set in an artsy box of brick(read that as LOUD)With pretentious service(no prices on the tacky lucite enclosed "special menu"-an illegeble regular menu where you have to hunt for prices-a host who is very good at ignoring you),this place reminded me of th ”
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But it isn't going to be that one great Japanese restaurant that gets your repeat business--you'll have to look elswhere for that. ”
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| service |
64.0399980545044% positive |
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Their Soup du Jour (menu prices were 6$) was delivered and the waitress said "this is very expensive mushrooms" If we had known! ”
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Our glasses were always full and service was prompt, but we didn't have our conversation interrupted once. ”
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Great service from the chef, and a great selection and freshness of fish. ”
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so with 4 people ordering ridiculous appetizers and (splurging) $40. ”
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I'd expected a much more intimidatingly hip place, but found the host and servers friendly and welcoming. ”
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But the waiters were so nice and apologetic about it that I coudln't really get upset. ”
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The service was extremely slow as molasses and the sushi less than mediocre. ”
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You can spend just as much money here as you could at Koi, however you will be paying for incredible sushi, opposed to snobby attitudes and beautiful arrogant people. ”
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The tempura was delectable (even though our waiter initially told us that they would not serve my vegetarian girlfriend a veggie only version. ”
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Great Sushi,great ambience,friendly service. ”
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The service was friendly, but slow and inattentive. ”
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Set in an artsy box of brick(read that as LOUD)With pretentious service(no prices on the tacky lucite enclosed "special menu"-an illegeble regular menu where you have to hunt for prices-a host who is very good at ignoring you),this place reminded me of th ”
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the waiter seemed surprised that we didn't order any sushi or rolls, but kept ordering more sashimi. ”
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The decor and atmosphere is very nice, and despite what others say, the service is okay. ”
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good food but questionable service ”
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The food is ALWAYS delicious, and service is great. ”
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the service was slow; we ordered some additional sashimi and it took about 15 minutes to arrive, at which point we had lost our appetites. ”
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The art on the walls is cool, the staff friendly and then there's the famous Gehry cardboard-looking chairs! ”
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Yes--there's a pleasant ambience--cool furniture & paintings--smooth service--but the food? ”
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| value |
63.540000915527344% positive |
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We go primarily for the sushi, which are fresh, and of generous cuts. ”
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Their Soup du Jour (menu prices were 6$) was delivered and the waitress said "this is very expensive mushrooms" If we had known! ”
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Sushi= great cuts, and super fresh, and also normally priced per serving, not that expensive. ”
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The sushi was a good value for the money -- more special than my local sushi joint, but not so amazing that I'll always remember it. ”
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The Pine Tree Mushroom soup ($17) and Yellowtail Carpaccio ($26) from the chef's menu were both amazing, and totally worth the price. ”
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It is more in the mold of a Matsuhisa serving expensive small gourmet dishes. ”
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the sushi was very good although rather expensive. ”
- “
Set in an artsy box of brick(read that as LOUD)With pretentious service(no prices on the tacky lucite enclosed "special menu"-an illegeble regular menu where you have to hunt for prices-a host who is very good at ignoring you),this place reminded me of th ”
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The place is full of posuers and rubes willing to shell out big bucks to eat VERY ordinary,pedestrian Japanese food,and then remind themselves how wonderful it was. ”
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sushi is good and fresh but all the food seems overpriced for what you get, and not outstanding. ”
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The prices are higher than expected for a low rent-poor sushi, overrated restaurant. ”
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You can spend just as much money here as you could at Koi, however you will be paying for incredible sushi, opposed to snobby attitudes and beautiful arrogant people. ”
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Yes, it is overpriced and yes the sashimi and sushi is fresh, but not spectacular, but it's still worth going. ”
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don't recommend it unless you want to spend a lot of money in a cool environment wid ok food. ”
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Too expensive, the food is not even that great. ”
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Beautiful place, expensive sushi ”
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| wait time |
50.0% positive |
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The service was extremely slow as molasses and the sushi less than mediocre. ”
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The service was friendly, but slow and inattentive. ”
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went with several friends for a bachelorette dinner and I found the place really pretty and clean; however, the most important thing, THE FOOD, took soooo long to come out AND they forgot my order. ”
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Granted I've never waited more than 2 minutes being seated before, I don't think many restaurants of this caliber would be this nice. ”
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the service was slow; we ordered some additional sashimi and it took about 15 minutes to arrive, at which point we had lost our appetites. ”
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