Sushi 21

I went there because we were in the neighborhood and it was convenient.  It was nothing that spectacular but it was alright.  The english spoken was less than basic and the server had a real hard time understanding was was being ordered.  I would think that they would have someone fluent in english to take orders for business reasons alone.

First off I ordered California roll and waited 25 min with the place only having 3 customers. Then I watched the guy serving the soup or salad and one came back. Well I personally saw him take out a hair out something like that out of the bowl with his h hands and gave it back to the customer to eat. Which had no idea what happened because they sat behind a little wall. Then after 25min I finally got my roll and Bill!!!!! The California roll was only $4.50 my Bill came out to $8.30!  Since I added cream cheese to the roll they charged me extra $3 almost as much as the roll it self. What a waste of money and the roll was not that great! I go to down town for sushi and never pay$3 for cream cheese. I will never go back my first and last time.

We may have solved the mystery why some Yelpers said this place has expensive sushi.  DOUBLE CHECK YOUR RECEIPT!  OUR CHECK WAS PADDED!

Saturday lunch for two

The Good:
+ Friendly service

+ Clean but dated dining room (This was our fave sushi place in the late 90's when we were high school.  When we left for college, our group of friends would occassionally meet here whenever we were all home from college.  We decided to come here again to reminisce and eat good sushi (or so we thought).  The restaurant interior never changed in the 13 or so yrs.)

The Bad:
- Poor sushi quality.  What happened?  This place used to be good.  The "crunch" used in our sushi tasted and looked like pre-packaged chips. Avocado was not its fresh green color.  It was almost black.  Salmon was not its fresh pink color.  It was dark pink, close to brown.  I was hoping we wouldn't get food poisoning after our lunch here.  (We didn't, thankfully!)

- OUR CHECK WAS PADDED!  I am not sure if this was an honest mistake or it was done deliberately.  For 4 sushi rolls and a soda, our bill came up to $40.  I was surprised so I double checked our receipt.  2 sushi orders that were supposed to be $6.50, were charged as $8.50.  One sushi roll we ordered, the price was not listed in the menu so I could not dispute those.  However, I would not have been suprised if that was padded as well.  We notified the waiter and he apologized and corrected our receipt.

We appreciated the apology and the correction of our receipt.  However, this experience left a bad taste in our mouths.  Sad to say, we won't be coming back.  This officially ends our 13 or so yrs relationship with Sushi 21.  Sayonara, Sushi 21.