Chikurin

i will never go back here.

it was dinnertime on a saturday and the place was completely empty.  not a good sign at all - and i will keep kicking myself in the groin (?) every time i do that, since i've done it once at ANOTHER sushi restaurant.  shame on me.

i understand AYCE buffets.  and the "smart" thing to do, would be to make the requirement that if one person orders the buffet, the whole table has to as well.  shiroi hana does it.  house of sushi does it.  it's smart.  house of sushi has signs posted up everywhere saying, if you dont eat all your food, you pay extra!  or, everyone MUST order AYCE if one person does!  it makes sense.   at chikurin, if you dont require the entire table to order the buffet, you have to assume that it will be shared and take that risk.  the waitress gave me the STINK EYE when i even looked at my man's buffet plate.  and of course, we were the only ones in there, so she was staring the entire time.  what a TURN OFF!  

and not only was that bad, the FOOD SUCKED BALLS!  hard!  bad grade sushi, wasabi-soaked gyoza (which should never ever be served to humans).  it was nasty.  

it's the worst when mean asians stare and judge you while you eat.  *childhood flashbacks*

Fellow Yelpers, STAY AWAY!

Walked in with an open mind despite the reviews being poor. For a Saturday night at 7:30 the restaurant was completely empty. Nonetheless we were hoping the restaurant would be good and were willing to give it  a chance.

We opted for the sushi all you can eat menu and my girlfriend ordered a spider roll off the menu. The waitress was cold and unhelpful while ordering. The food took forever to come out. it was sitting on the sushi bar for a good 15 minutes before she brought it out.

When the food arrived the waitress explicitly stated that we cannot share food since my girlfriend did not order off the menu. Which was fair but her delivery of that statement was condescending and rude. She then had the audacity to stare at my girlfriend like a hawk for the next 20 minutes while we ate making sure she did not pick off my plate.

I ordered the potstickers, gyoza, dragon roll, summer seafood, and white tuna & yellowtail nigiri.

THE CHEF FORGOT THE FLAVOR! It was all BLAND!!

All the potstickers were frozen and deep fried with absolutely no flavor.
The fish was nonexistent in the rolls.
The rolls and nigiri we're padded with extra rice.
The fish in the nigiri was cut so paper thin that part of the rice was exposed through the fish.

I ate about a quarter of the order and asked for the check, i couldn't take anymore of this bland food. i politely told the waitress that we weren't too happy with the food and asked for the check.

instead of apologizing she said that her manager said to charge us an extra 1 per piece of food left over, totaling 17 dollars on top a $19.00 buffet order.

Again NO APOLOGIES from staff or management.  
So disappointed and upset.

Just purchased a gift certificate on <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurant.com&s=c5fe485af4df376130bee54f875814d79c4d7913e1258123b1206d2bdbf4873b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://restaurant.com</a> for this place. When I got here there was a sign on the door that said they no longer accept them ... I just checked and they are still listed for sale on the site. This does not make sense and is rude!

Decided not to even try the place since they pulled this on me. I will go to the other places on Division for now on. Not cool!