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The site moderator has reviewed 17 restaurants: Typhoon, Akai Hana Sushi and Coffee, Sai Cafe, Heat, Horinoya Japanese Restuarant and Sushi Bar, Sushi Doraku, Sakura Bana, Musashi's Sushi and Grill, Fuji-Ya, Wasabi, Sakura, Nohana, Matsuya, Hey Sushi, Hana Japanese Restaurant, Kabuki, Rise.

About Typhoon (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Last visited October 2001.


Promptness of service: Prompt.
Courtesy of service: Courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.
Quality of nonsushi food: Good.

About Akai Hana Sushi and Coffee (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Last visited March 2001.

Variety of sushi: Usual selection.
Freshness of sushi: Fresh.
Presentation of sushi: Average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Somewhat larger than usual.

Promptness of service: Prompt.
Courtesy of service: Courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.

About Sai Cafe (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Last visited March 2001.

Variety of sushi: Somewhat broader than average.
Freshness of sushi: Very fresh.
Presentation of sushi: Somewhat nicer than average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Somewhat larger than usual.

Promptness of service: Notably attentive.
Courtesy of service: Courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.
Cleanliness - restrooms: Clean.
Quality of nonsushi food: Very good.

About Heat (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Last visited May 2001.

Variety of sushi: Broad range of uncommon items.
Freshness of sushi: Clearly freshly caught.
Presentation of sushi: Somewhat nicer than average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Somewhat larger than usual.

Promptness of service: Notably attentive.
Courtesy of service: Very courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.
Cleanliness - restrooms: Clean.
Quality of nonsushi food: Very good.

``Expensive but worth the cost for the occasional nice meal out. Features tanks under the bar with various kinds of live seafood; fish usually sold by the pound, or shellfish by the piece.''

About Horinoya Japanese Restuarant and Sushi Bar (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
Last visited May 2002.

Variety of sushi: Somewhat broader than average.
Freshness of sushi: Very fresh.
Presentation of sushi: Somewhat nicer than average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Average.

Promptness of service: Slow.
Courtesy of service: Courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Cleaner than usual.
Cleanliness - restrooms: Cleaner than usual.
Quality of nonsushi food: Good.

``Good food, a bit more expensive than some of the other lunch options. Somewhat sluggish and rather inattentive service.''

About Sushi Doraku (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Last visited November 2001.

Variety of sushi: Somewhat broader than average.
Freshness of sushi: Very fresh.
Presentation of sushi: Somewhat nicer than average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Somewhat smaller than usual.

Promptness of service: Prompt.
Courtesy of service: Very courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.
Cleanliness - restrooms: Clean.

About Sakura Bana (Jackson, Mississippi, USA)
Last visited April 2007.

Variety of sushi: Somewhat broader than average.
Freshness of sushi: Very fresh.
Presentation of sushi: Somewhat nicer than average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Average.

Promptness of service: Notably attentive.
Courtesy of service: Courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.
Cleanliness - restrooms: Clean.

``I've stopped here a number of times when driving through Jackson, and have been impressed with both their selection and quality.''

About Musashi's Sushi and Grill (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Last visited August 2001.

Variety of sushi: Somewhat broader than average.
Freshness of sushi: Very fresh.
Presentation of sushi: Somewhat nicer than average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Very large portions.

Promptness of service: Prompt.
Courtesy of service: Courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.
Cleanliness - restrooms: Clean.
Quality of nonsushi food: Very good.

``Wonderful small storefront restaurant. The portions are very generous: I ordered what at most places would be a large meal (but not huge by any means) and could barely finish.

``There is often a waiting list for a table, and I do not believe that they take reservations. Be prepared to wait out front for a while.''

About Fuji-Ya (Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA)
Last visited March 2007.

Variety of sushi: Broad range of uncommon items.
Freshness of sushi: Very fresh.
Presentation of sushi: Somewhat nicer than average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Somewhat larger than usual.

Promptness of service: Prompt.
Courtesy of service: Very courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.
Cleanliness - restrooms: Clean.
Quality of nonsushi food: Good.

About Wasabi (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
Last visited August 2002.

Variety of sushi: Somewhat broader than average.
Freshness of sushi: Very fresh.
Presentation of sushi: Average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Somewhat larger than usual.

Promptness of service: Prompt.
Courtesy of service: Very courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.

``Very comfortable atmosphere; they were happy with our taking with our taking our time at the table after dinner.''

About Sakura (Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA)
Last visited March 2007.

Variety of sushi: Usual selection.
Freshness of sushi: Seemed stale.
Presentation of sushi: Average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Average.

Promptness of service: Prompt.
Courtesy of service: Courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.
Cleanliness - restrooms: Clean.

About Nohana (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Last visited February 2001.

Variety of sushi: Usual selection.
Freshness of sushi: Fresh.
Presentation of sushi: Average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Average.

Promptness of service: Prompt.
Courtesy of service: Courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.
Cleanliness - restrooms: Clean.
Quality of nonsushi food: Good.

About Matsuya (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Last visited January 2001.

Variety of sushi: Somewhat broader than average.
Freshness of sushi: Very fresh.
Presentation of sushi: Somewhat nicer than average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Large portions.

Promptness of service: Notably attentive.
Courtesy of service: Very courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.

About Hey Sushi (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Last visited December 2001.

Variety of sushi: Usual selection.
Freshness of sushi: Fresh.
Presentation of sushi: Somewhat nicer than average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Somewhat larger than usual.

Promptness of service: Prompt.
Courtesy of service: Very courteous.
Accuracy of service: Inaccurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.
Cleanliness - restrooms: Clean.
Quality of nonsushi food: Very good.

``Good food, nice place.

``Service was a little bit sloppy - one person's roll was on someone else's plate; another roll came quite a bit later; the combo plate I got was described in the menu as including uni but there wasn't any on the plate that came out.

``But I'd give them another try.''

About Hana Japanese Restaurant (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
Last visited July 2002.

Variety of sushi: Somewhat broader than average.
Freshness of sushi: Very fresh.
Presentation of sushi: Somewhat nicer than average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Somewhat larger than usual.

Promptness of service: Notably attentive.
Courtesy of service: Very courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.
Cleanliness - restrooms: Clean.
Quality of nonsushi food: Very good.

``Partly - but only partly - my love for this restaurant comes from having first tried, then grown to love, sushi here. The last year I was a student here, several of us from the lab made a weekly ritual of a sushi lunch, almost always to Hana.

``But I still come here because having been to dozens of different sushi restaurants, Hana ranks very well. It's a casual, comfortable place with great food.''

About Kabuki (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Last visited May 2001.

Variety of sushi: Usual selection.
Freshness of sushi: Fresh.
Presentation of sushi: Average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Average.

Promptness of service: Prompt.
Courtesy of service: Courteous.
Accuracy of service: Accurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.
Cleanliness - restrooms: Clean.

About Rise (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Last visited November 2001.

Variety of sushi: Usual selection.
Freshness of sushi: Fresh.
Presentation of sushi: Somewhat nicer than average.
Generosity of sushi portions: Large portions.

Promptness of service: Slow.
Courtesy of service: Courteous.
Accuracy of service: Inaccurate.
Cleanliness - dining and visible kitchen areas: Clean.
Cleanliness - restrooms: Clean.
Quality of nonsushi food: Very good.

``Large portions of decent (but not great) sushi. Unadventurous omakase selection. Strikingly sloppy service: slow to take and fill orders, dishes from same course brought out at different times, seemed like the slowest bar in the city. Very hip decor, but not in a comfortable or friendly way.

``All in all, an average experience at above-average prices.''

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