are looking for an authentic Japanese Sushi restaurant.
DO GO if you:
are vegetarian.
are looking for inexpensive fun rolls.
are tired of going to Sushi Deli. (or getting rolls with cream cheese there)
don't really understand differences between nigiri and maki.
use wasabi to the point that your soy sauce is more like a paste.
I ordered rolls and they are decently good. Especially for the price. The rolls I ordered are:
North Park Roll (vegetarian!)
Rainbow Roll
CA Roll
All of them were good. Partially because I like the tinge of sweetness of the crab fillings in the Rainbow and CA Rolls. I did not taste, but my vegetarian Indian husband said his North Park Roll was "great." It is rare that my husband finds vegetarian sushi other than cucumber roll, so finding more than a few vegetarian options on the sushi menu was refreshing.
So, here is my problem with the restaurant. I ordered Hamachi (yellow tail) nigiri. The fish was sliced so thin that it actually had a hole in it. Seriously, it had to be as thin as 1mm (0.04 inch.) I had never had such thinly sliced fish on nigiri. Further more, amount of rice rice under the yellow tail was humongous, maybe to compensate for the small volume of the fish. Same for Unagi (eel), this was a bit thicker than Hamachi, but by not much. It was teared on the edges, again, I think it is because it was sliced too thin.
For me, its not worth the money.
So would I go back to the restaurant? Sure when I want to get quick fun rolls. But if I am craving for my usual authentic sushi, I would definitly not go there. Instead I would go other Japanese restaurant, for example Surf Side Sushi. They have never failed me.
If you want to try there, here is their website. http://www.hanaoka-restaurant.com/?cid=27 The restaurant is located on University Ave., between 30th and Ohio.
