Kyoto Japanese Restaurant

Kyoto serves the best sushi I've had in the Crystal Lake area.  It isn't the best sushi ever, but it's a good as it gets in these here parts.  I haven't eaten on the Hibachi side of the restaurant, so please take that into account.  

Prices: Not cheap, but not crazy expensive.  Expect to pay about $50-60 for dinner for 2 with drinks.  Lunch specials are the way to go.  For $10, you can get a bowl of Miso soup and two orders of rolls.

Ambiance:  Feels a little like an 80's Japanese disco.  (Not that I've ever been to one, but that's how I imagine it would be).  They like black paint and neon lights.

Food/Drinks: The rolls are fresh, and tasty.  There is a decent selection of cooked and raw sushi.  The house salad is served with a really tasty ginger dressing.  My only complaint is that the lettuce always seems excessively wet, which makes the dressing kind of slide off.  They serve some fun martinis with interesting flavors, and sake of course!

Service: Nothing to complain about, but not much to compliment either.  Fairly standard.

Great sushi and drinks. It's a bit small and get really crazy on a Saturday night, but the people are very friendly and efficient.

I hate this restaurant and they have given me many opportunities to hate them. Many years ago (5 or so) I used to go there and order green tea with my meal. Our waitress would NEVER bring me green tea. Ever. And we always got the same awful waitress whenever we went. One time we got a different waitress, I ordered green tea, but before she could bring me the tea, the other waitress took our table and refused to bring me tea. This always happened to me and it became a joke. The waitress was always really rude to me too. Eventually we stopped going there, but then a group of co-workers wanted to go there for a Christmas party two years ago. I protested, but I was told that there were new owners who were supposedly very nice. So I went. Big mistake. I ordered from the same lunch menu as everyone else. They brought me the check, I reviewed it, I gave them my credit card, and then an older waitress brought me back a NEW BILL FOR $10 MORE! $10 dollars more than anyone else at my table paid for lunch. I already had a bill, but they decided to bring me another bill. Everyone at the table was shocked that they would treat a customer this way. No apologies from the owners. This place SUCKS!!!!!!! I will NEVER set foot in this hole again.