So, for my birthday dinner, I went to Tadashi. It's a sizable restaurant near Pearl Ridge, by Kuru-Kuru Sushi. And we went there for..... sushi. (Kuru-Kuru was PACKED.) And, I have some critiques.

Tadashi is a fairly large restaurant, one of the bigger ones on the small chain of shops that it's located in. The atmosphere is similar to a traditional Japanese Restaurant, in that the sushi is prepared in the open, there is a sit-down counter, and Japanese art plasters the walls all around. Even the windowsills sport Buddhas and Lucky Bamboo.

However, the furniture could use some improvement. The tables were WAY too small for my legs; I couldn't stretch them out without hitting my Mom's legs on the other side. It was quite annoying, to say the least.

When the food came, the waiter was very nice. She went through her normal routine, using terminology such as "Here you are," "Do you require anything else?" and "Enjoy your meal!!!" However, it was with a sort of monotonish tone of voice, and when my Mom asked her a question about one of the employees, her responses switched from "Yes," "No," and "I do not recall" to "Yeah," "Nah," and "I don't remember." It seems that being taken out of her scripted waitress lines caught her by surprise and left her fumbling over her tongue.

The food was good, but not exceptional. As my sister stated, "I can't tell the difference between the two. (Kuru-kuru and Tadashi.)"

When my sister ordered another Tekamaki because she was still hungry from the person who filled our waters, (The portion of her udon was terrible) we waited for about 10 minutes, to find that they had not received the order. The excuse was "Oh, you must have told the new guy."

The HUGE, blaring thing, though, was the cost. Sure, the food is supposedly high-quality, but $20 for a chirashi bowl? $15 for Tekamaki??? $17 for Udon??? That food must have some pretty darn good nutritional value for THOSE prices.

Overall, I would not recommend this restaurant for first choice, but maybe a second or third resort.