Exterior is unassuming, and you walk in to an immediate brick wall before entering the sushi bar. Very awkward. Japanese kitchen area is separate, did not go into it during my visit.\n\nLunch menu til 4PM allowed me to score half-portion (and half-price) rolls for me and my guy, along with a salad and an app for around $40. Score!\n\nThe signature rolls on the menu are very Americanized, so expect lots of sauces. Their sashimi and specials menu have some high-quality traditional stuff though- may try the live scallops on another visit.\n\nOrdered the tuna poke salad and shrimp shumai, along with half-rolls of the White Tiger, Oh Kamisama, California, and Kai's special.\n\nTuna poke salad ($8) was tasty, shrimp shumai ($5) was okay but didn't hit that craving-dim-sum spot that I hoped it would, wonder if they'd consider adding chives by request?\n\nSushi was all surprisingly good- fish was fresh, flavors were on point, and only one single piece fell apart, and even then I'm convinced it was more because it was sitting in sauce rather than not rolled tightly.\n\nBF and I were torn between picking favorites among the rolls: his was the White Tiger (shrimp, takuan, avocado, cucumber, topped with lightly seared super white tuna, soy sauce, bansai sauce) while mine was the Kai's special (eel, spicy tuna, avocado, cream cheese, eel sauce). The Cali roll was as expected, and the Oh Kamisama was good too (shrimp tempura, spicy tuna, topped with seared salmon, tataki, banzai sauce).\n\nDefinitely going to have to come here again- the Osaka rice dish looks great, and the menu photos on loop on the screen by the sushi bar almost persuaded us to add several other items to our order. \n\nService was attentive up until our bill came- then our guy disappeared for a solid ten minutes for no apparent reason. We were the only patrons present in that part of the restaurant.
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