Bistro Chopstix

Reviews 10

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YoungJin Choi

Horrible, horrible experience. Ive gone to places that are cheaper, and Ive gone to top-notch places that are 100$ per person, in both asia and in the states. Ive had places that sent me to food heaven and some that made me sick. But I didnt see this one coming. Its not a high end restaurant so I didnt expect alot from it. I was just going to this place because the Buda sushi place was closed and this place was near by. First of all, we walked in, and the servers saw us, but didnt say hi nor sat us down. We stood there awkwardly for a while, then someone finally sat us down, with a crinkled menu and no water. Then we were told our waiters going to be here soon. 10-15 minutes later he made his first appearance. We told him wed like to have some water, then he disappeared for the longest time to come back with just water (by the way there was only ONE other table at the time so I have absolutely no clue what was going on). I finally got my order in, and he got us our food after a while. I took my first bite, and it was ok. It wasnt horrible but it wasnt good. I tried to cleanse my palette with a piece of ginger - a smell of old rotten sock attacked my nostrils. Wow imagine that, a sock-smelling ginger? What do you have to do to ginger to make it smell like sock? If you call that a talent thats some real talent there. I doubted myself for a second because honestly I have never in my entire life even heard of ginger smelling this way. I was way too grossed out but I didnt want to make a scene. The fish was a-ok but I didnt expect alot from such a store which cant even keep the ginger clean. When the waiter came to ask how the food was, I tried to say something, except he didnt wait for my answer. He just said "hows it going?" then turned right away and left us. He didnt even look at our faces, or else he wouldve stopped because we werent hiding our grossed out faces. Then later he came up to us and said "how was everything? do you want your check?" - yes without listening to our answers, all in one go. So when we tried to answer the question about how was everything, he just cut us off. We told him we had something to say and stopped him from just turning away, and he finally had the chance to listen to us. We told him that the ginger smelled like old socks, and ive told him to smell it himself. He himself crinkled his nose and made a face and told me that hes going to tell the manager. I said "ok, but I want the check too because this is unacceptable. Please do tell them" and he left us, talked to some people, and came back. all by himself, no manager to say a single word of apology. All he brought was check. He said "i told the manager. Theyre checking the rest of the ginger stash. Have a good rest of the day" then he turned away back into his little kitchen corner without even bothering to ask if thats ok with me. I couldnt stand sitting there by then. Im not expecting a discount, or something else, I was just hoping that the manager would at least show his/her face ( I still dont know who the manager is) and say a single word "sorry." I cant believe the service and the quality of food here. Im the type of person who pays delivery guy tips for bringing us our goods, just to acknowledge their effort, even if theyre late. We didnt leave any tip. I guess theres a first time for everything. I left the restaurant, feeling slightly sick, with the smell still in my mouth, and have wasted money.

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A Private User

I love this place, its sushi without all the bells and whistles. They have bento box, Bibimbap, sushi and other things that make your heart smile. The food is excellent, sometimes it cuts a little close with time during lunch break but thats understandable because of the crowd. The only thing that is better than the food is the people. The owner is by far the nicest woman on earth and never makes you feel bad when you or your guest are trying something new. The waiters and waitress are nice as well. I have been here multiple time since i work across the street and it has always been consistent. Great service and great food.

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Alex Kaminski

Ordered delivery through Postmates. Delivery service was exceptional, the rolls were far from. I ordered the tuna roll and Alaska roll. Dont bother ordering the tuna roll. Hardly any fish and for over six bucks a roll, terrible. The Alaska roll was ok but was so turned off by the tuna roll, my apitite was ruined. Maybe the other food on the menu is good, but if you want sushi try somewhere else.

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A Private User

This cute place has great happy hour rolls and a wonderful menu of fresh sushi and fusion Japanese & Korean cuisine. I love coming here for their great lunch specials. Everyone is so nice and the food and atmosphere is consistent. Try it once & youll be hooked for life:)

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Caitlin Springs

Disappointed that I spent $10 on this. My ginger salad had two hairs in it. And my spicy tuna roll had five rolls, when the menu says 6-8. Not very good quality tuna I can tell. Never again.

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Nate Reiter

Okay sushi. Wasabi is very, very weak. Ichiban on the south side is a hundred times better.

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Jennifer Robertson

Not the best sushi ever, will not satisfy a serious craving for it either.

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Ryan McBride

Nice place. Very nice sushi chef.

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Anastasia Curtis

Amazing options

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Marilyn Pierce

Rude

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