Fantastic food in a fairly busy spot in Cushing Square. On the pricey side of things, but you definitely get what you pay for. One of the few locations with Uni, O-toro, and Hokkigai.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$30–50
Food: 5
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 4
Good food, great service and support staff, nice atmosphere.
Service
Take out
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$20–30
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Sushi and Sashimi Boat
Reading all the negative reviews about service and owner's feedbacks like "we will adjust", "we will talk to the staff", "we addressed it", "we won't disappoint next time", I decided now it is time to visit. There are A LOT of such reviews, taking into account it is a new place with ambitions. As their website says they are closing at 10pm, I stopped by at 9:05pm - I was alone there, just for a quick dinner. However, when I entered Hanami I was told that kitchen is closed. Imagine, 1 hour before the closing time! None of the places, even rural ones, closes earlier than 30min. Moreover, earlier kitchen closing time is always announced on the website. For me, it is just a lazy and disrespectful staff who doesn't want to work. The issue is that it is fully supported by owner as the staff was not even afraid to kick customers out! Such attitude is spread all other the restaurant, so they definitely don't deserve any local support - let them stay empty forever and calmly go! Neither of upscale (and not only) Japanese places nearby behave like that!
PS: Anticipating owner's response in his style "we will fix it", I'm eager to ask how? By firing the entire squad? Including himself? Though, he is probably not strong enough to provide any reasonable answer...
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Food: 1
Service: 1
Atmosphere: 1
Really fresh sushi and juicy tonkatsu pork, and attentive service staff
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$30–50
Food: 4
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Atmosphere is good. Ramen is extremely bland, it is nowhere near the authentic Japanese style Ramen. Sushi is okay. Overall quite average.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$30–50
Food: 2
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 4
Menu unclear, no vegan entree options.
Our server/bartender Gisele was great.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$30–50
Food: 3
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Fresh sushi and delicious ramen!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$30–50
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
House Special Claypot Ramen
