6/1/2008

We decided to give Musashi a try given the great reviews and late night happy hour,but we were disappointed. They were out of most of the sushi apps we wanted-no baby yellowtail, uni, grilled octopus salad to name a few. Given it was tSunday of Memorial Day weekend we tried to be understanding- must have been a busy weekend. We had to inquire about happy hour, as they made no mention nor introduced anything of the menu/specials. Waiter finally brought us happy hour menus. Since they were out of so many apps, decided to do tepanaki. Son wanted to do the shabu shabu but that option inot avail at tepanaki bar. Too bad they hadn’t reviewed the options prior to seating. Our chef (bro of owner) was friendly, talented and probabaly the best part of the meal. We’re doing the “low carb” thing, all ordered extra veggies in lieu of rice.  Food good, but a somewhat nice experience turned sour when we got the bill.  There were no less than 6+ “Open Food” items listed on the bill (ie no explanation of charge), plus we had been charged for several sushi items they were out of!  We’d had several sakitinis and belive they rely on tipsy guests not checking their bill. I reviewed the bill with the gentleman at register, he wanted no part of it and called waitress over.  She proceeded to immediately delete the sushi items.  When I inq about the “Open Food” I was informed that a total of $34 had been charged for “extra veggies”! When I said that no mention of an added charge for veggies in lieu of rice was made she started to argue talking through the gentleman at the register – she did not want to deal with me directly. I piped in that I refused to pay $34 for a few extra onions/mushrooms and zucchini-the gentleman at register advised her to remove it ,she did reluctantly with no apology – just walked away.  All told our $346 bill came down to $264…imagine if we’d let our tipsy, vacation mood overlook checking the bill. Shady,dishonest, rude and WE WON’T BE BACK!!

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