Koji Yakitori Sake Bar

Talk about a place going downhill.  Koji was exciting when it first opened, and quickly became a favorite happy hour spot and dinner locale.  I loved the friendly service, strong drinks, the yakitori, and the weird music videos set to the 80s station.  I've been less and less impressed to the point of not wanting to go anymore.  The menu has changed for the worse; the yakitori a la carte no longer exists and their apps taste like they came right from the freezer and into the fry vat.  The 80s music has been replaced by whatever douche music that is now, and the saketinis are straight up gross.  Recently, a fellow at the bar who was so inebriated he could barely sit up straight was so annoyed that my friends an I didn't want to engage with him, he resorted to using words towards us that just aren't cool to say to African Americans and women.  Even more recently, we had a server who seemed like she'd never waited tables a day in her life, but tried to compensate by dressing super trashy?  She was overwhelmed and unable to remember orders, but dealt with it by acting exasperated and annoyed.  So sad when one of your favorite spots goes on the decline in every possible way.

Koji's  with me is always a hit or miss. On the hit nights the drinks and service are on point. The music is great and everyone in the place is really having a good time. On the miss nights its completelyyyyy a MISS. The music is completely weird and the only one rocking out seems to be the Dj. The drinks are watered down and  the service lacks.

I haven't been able to pin down which nights are the misses because they always scatter. :/ I can't personally comment on the food because its never called my attention to order something to eat while I'm there.  my friends and I use the location more as a night stater ..

Excellent 5-7 happy hour with decent service once we figured out who our waitress was. The interior struck me as a bit odd and worn down (with the WEIRDEST music videos playing - solidly entertaining).

We ordered a few happy hour offerings, $1 salad with ginger-avocado dressing, the "KFC" Koji fried chicken, and the Koji Roll which should have been spicy tuna and crab on the inside, tuna and salmon on the outside. (I got something covered with avocado and spicy mayo instead, hmm.)

Overall, the dining experience was fairly good but nothing to absolutely rave about. The cocktails and sake-tinis looked particularly interesting but I've given up alcohol for the month (wahhhh) so I'll have to try 'em again some other time.