- 整體 4
- 食物 5
- 服務 2
- 氛圍 4
I was seated at Table 7 (the 7th seat at the bar). There is a board with a QR code, and you order food using an app.
I ordered a Sapporo Reserve beer ($6) and started ordering food. I ordered the Special Nigiri Flight ($38), but the chef presented me with the “regular” Nigiri Flight ($26). Five pieces of sushi were seared with a blowtorch, a sauce was brushed on, then presented on a stone platter with the chef explaining the pieces (salmon, Hamachi, and three types of ahi). Each was delicious, though I wish they weren’t all seared (I should have read the menu more closely … Aburi).
I ordered three rolls: Blue Crab – Truffle Kanimiso ($9), Hamachi with shiso leaf ($7.25), and A5 Miyazaki Wagyu ($15). The Blue crab came was seared and the texture was creamy, homogeneous in composition. It tasted fine but wasn’t what I expected. The Hamachi was fine. The A5 Wagyu also came unrolled, I suppose to allow you to see the meat. It was terrific.
I wanted more, so I placed an order for the 5-piece Hamachi sashimi set ($16). I waited and waited and waited. I finally asked the chef, and he said sashimi comes from the kitchen, he just does the sushi. After an interminable wait, I got my dish and powered through it. The slices were generous but too cold.
While I was waiting for my sashimi, I checked my bill on the app and found I was charged for the special sushi flight and the regular sushi flight. I asked a server, who told me she fixed it in the back, but the app never reflected it. Had I not been paying attention, I would have been overcharged $38 (the price of the special sushi). I got a paper bill: $82.98, plus at $17 tip resulted in a $100 lunch.
Is it worth the cost? I haven’t been to a sushi bar in ages, so I don’t know what the going rate for sushi and sashimi is any more. What I was served looked and tasted fine. I think my issues with the delivery of food and problems with my check colored my experience. I’ll give Nori Bar a conditional recommendation.