I'm going to write this place off as just one of those things in which Mesa patrons are just not capable of giving accurate info when it comes to sushi. \n\nOur experience? Pretty terrible. I have a few standbys I get everywhere to compare. One is a spider roll. DO you freshly fry the crab or are you lazy? This place was lazy. Not warm at all. \"Look at all that cool different stuff on the ad on the table, do you have that stuff?\" server: \"No\". wth is the point of having some goofy food distributor ad with options that you don't have? We wound up ordering much less than normal just to get out while we could so it was more like half of a meal. \n\nWe got a few other things that were all underwhelming leading me to lump it up with 90% of sushi places in town.... they fall into the DO NOT RETURN category. I have a feeling an east valley native 4 star at a sushi place is equal to a 1.5-2 star review for people not from land locked states. Minus points for no sushi bar too.\n\nNow to the best part. A fella with a heavy country accent, Wranglers and a cowboy hat rolled in with another fella. This was his time to show off and puff his chest out with how worldly he was. \"I want you to fry me some of that salmon and then put some of that sauce on it... yeah.. the panko stuff... yeah with that aoli stuff too\". Did I just hear that correctly? Take sashimi grade salmon and fry it? Maybe that is the target audience...\n\nThis is an average run of the mill place. Not good, not awful. The disappointing part was the buildup with the rave reviews. Went expecting exceptional, not underwhelming. Part of me thinks people are reviewing sushi for best prices, not best quality or flavor. If you like RA, this place will be fine. If you struggle finding good sushi, keep looking.
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