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Best seafood restaurant in Boston, period. I would not hesitate to bring visitors here to enjoy fresh, perfectly cooked fish and other seafood. They also have an awesome raw bar with a large variety of oysters on the half shell. Okay, I say EVERYTHING is good. That’s how much I dig this place.

Good and cheap eats – perfect for a poor college student. They offer a wide variety of sandwiches, subs, burgers, wraps and even pizza and pasta! Nothing is really outstanding, but this certainly won’t break the bank.

I’ve tried eating here 3 times on friends’ recommendations, but will never go back again on account of 3 bad meals. I’ve had half-thawed fish, a bad quail egg and basically sub-par food every time I’ve dined here – not something you’d expect from a high-end japanese restaurant. I’d rather take my business to Ginza or even Sushi Express down the street.

The sushi here is fresh but rather pricey, so I tend to stick to the cooked dishes, which they do very well. I often have the lunch specials, which range from tempura to una-don (eel on rice) to soba noodles to grilled salmon. Unlike many other Japanese restaurants in the area, the cooked food is of very high quality and not too greasy or over-seasoned. It may be a little pricey to visit on a regular basis, but definitely a nice place to enjoy a quiet dinner once in a while. Try the dobin mushi (teapot soup) if you’d like to try something different (but yummilicious!).