Kai After Dark

Have dined here a number of times, most recent visit was this weekend after not having been for sometime. Hostess is terrible,  unaccommodating and seems to serve more as a place holder than a functioning employee. After being seated late for our reservation we waited at least 15 minutes for our server to show up. We asked twice about his presence before he finally came with the revelation that he didn't know we were there. This is a Friday night 8:15 reservation...
We ordered immediately as we had already had plenty of time to see the menu. We ordered 3 appetizers and entrees for our party of 4. We were hungry and ready for appetizers ASAP. After waiting another 50 minutes, with the waiter returning only twice to literally breeze by the table to report our food will be up shortly, we received our appetizers and entrees AT THE SAME TIME, with no acknowledgment or apology. He simply stated the kitchen was backed up and left.  I will say, our food was good. The spicy seafood soup is excellent, my dragon roll was great, my husband loves the sea bass... but, I doubt we will return to be simply handled by the waitstaff and hostess in hopes of some good food we may wait for upwards of an hour to eat.

I love going here for lunch!  I usually get the hot-and-sexy sushi combo, though I tried a bento box the last time and liked it.  Nice atmosphere upstairs, great for small group lunches with coworkers or friends.

Came here for lunch with some co-workers. This being my first visit, I ended up getting completely sidetracked by some of the Korean dishes on the menu and opted for the bulgogi lettuce wrap. For some reason, I was thinking it was going to be one lettuce wrap, not like an appetizer of lettuce wraps. In writing this, I fully know that doesn't make any sense, but I simply note it because I probably would have ordered something else had I realized what I was actually getting. The bulgogi beef was rather underwhelming, I must say, and the lettuce should have been dried a bit more before it was put on the plate. I hate a puddle of water on my plate from it. It was ok but nothing special.

Also, unrelated to the food: I understand this is supposed to be a cool night spot, but my god, the red plush velvet and what not just read as tacky to me. You know what, this actually is somewhat related to the food. Whenever I've enjoyed good quality sushi, it has consistently come from places that didn't fuss over flashy, err tacky decorations. I honestly will admit that the decorations--coupled with the menu of non-Japanese items--kind of swayed me from trying the sushi on my trip here.

Basically, all I can say is that Kai was ok, but I don't foresee myself jumping up and down and begging to eat here anytime in the near future. In any case, I will be sure to update my review when I actually try the sushi here.