Katakana & Koko

Very rarely do I write Yelp reviews, but I feel as if I must do it for you reading this considering trying this place out. I took my boyfriend here, and we actually had a nice time--until we got food poisoning. It came on like a sneak attack 24 hours later. We hadn't eaten together since dinner at Katakana the night before, and we became very violently ill within an hour of each other the same night. Neither my boyfriend or I have ever had food poisoning before, and after that atrocious experience, I hope to never go through it again. If you still decide to go here, you're a masochist.

HORRIBLE SERVICE killed our experience. Delicious food, great presentation but severly understaffed and waitstaff needed attitude adjustment. Host was rude to our server which should NEVER happen in front of customers. Segregation is back in full force as we noticed all the walk-in clients were seated on one side and those with reservations must have been given to the premium staff on the other side.  One of our friends had a gross piece of cartiledge in her sashimi and one average sized pot of green tea was jacked to $6 a pot.  If its not complimentary in sushi restaurants it's at least  never this expensive!!!

Beautiful flavors, sad to write such a bad review.

Made a reservation for a party of 5 for a Friday night birthday dinner. We were one of 4 tables occupied.

* The service was so incredibly slow that we were there for over 3 hours.

* We called a few friends, since there was clearly space, and had to cajole the manager (or whatever he was) to allow them to join us. It was truly putting him out to shove a couple of tables together.

* Menus were masking taped together and rife with typos.

* Ambiance is confusing. Clearly a re-purposed bar, but is now aiming to be a sexy sushi spot. Maybe take down the disco balls? The flashing lights? The "Picasso" murals that actually have "his" signature painted on?

* Sushi was sub-par. Rice was akin to what I make at home, presentation was sloppy, bland flavors. Some pieces literally had no fish in them. Rice and mayonnaise, um.

* The kicker - at the end of the night the cranky manager dude brings over a desert with a candle on it. He puts it down on the table. It's a banana. On one end, 2 scoops of chocolate ice cream with chocolate drizzle. Strategically placed at the other end is a trail of whipped cream. Um.