We’re looking for an impromptu dinner with sushi. This was a place I was curious about based on all of the hype it received in the press V V, probably because one of founders was Geoffrey Lee from restaurant Juni (one Michelin star) and they were expanding on the handroll concept.

This restaurant currently doesn’t take reservations, so I lined up at 4:30 (they open at 5:00), but I counted about 20 people in line ahead of me and the restaurant only seats 16. So that meant we would definitely not make the first round of seating (wait list via yelp) which was ok since neither of us was hungry yet.

So we walked over to Good Good Culture Club (less than a block away) to grab pre-dinner drinks. We had a nice time there once again which was no surprise given that we had eaten there twice in the last month or so. By 6:30, we were next in line and were ultimately seated at 6:38. We already knew we were going to go with the 10 handroll set, which basically meant we would get to try every roll.

Our food was prepped and served by the executive chef. Rolls were served very rapidly. The next room came as soon as we finished one. Even with each of us taking a trip to the restroom over the course of the meal, we were done in an hour. Practically, this was on since we started later than we might normally start dining, but it definitely had a mass production kind of feel. Everything was decent, not very distinctive…a bit a sad when the most interesting thing we found with the handroll with wagyu was the garlic chips, although the one with the smoked Hokkaido unit was quite nice to finish the meal.

By the time we left at 7:40, you could have just walked in at the restaurant. So we had a nice evening out overall (walk to and from dinner, pre-dinner cocktails, and dinner), but the food wasn’t really worth that wait.