CHECK OTHER REVIEWS FOR THIS PLACE:
The $33 formula:
- Miso soup
- Crazy salad
- 3 appetizers (a tiny bite of each)
- 9 pieces of sashimi (I only received 4 pieces of salmon)
- Open sushi (Let’s say a few place of rice stuffed with some fish prepared in advance)
- A light relaxed ambiance with natural light entering from all sides
- Nicely designed light wood chairs and tables
- A couple of light brown sofas
- A triangular conveyor belt like the one found at Cozmo which offers the same concept at Kaiten
- The bar is relaxing since it's low at table level
- Another bar serve drinks and coffee
- Black lights pend from the ceiling over every person
- Posters of Italian origins decorate all the walls
- Two columns of brick separate the restaurant from the mall
- Cucumbers, crab and crazy salad are fresh but finishes in two small bites: A stingy portion
- Crispy California were acceptable
- All the crisps were fresh and crispy
- Crab, avocado with Philadelphia cream were light
- Rice is well cooked in some pieces and less in others
- Too much rice for a little fish
- Soy sauce bottles are not refilled. They use the original Kikkoman
- Choices are mediocre
- Rolls are prepared earlier in the day or maybe the night before
- I think you have to change your graphic designer: The menu looks so cheap and empty
For the price, choices and quality, lunch at Scoozi was not worth it. If you don't care much about good sushi and just want to nibble on something then this could be a place to consider, otherwise you will be disappointed. And here comes the best part – their "nonsense policies" to end the experience. I tried taking some images for my review just after paying; the manager then approached me to let me know that "Photos are not allowed". Dear management, we are in 2014 and one single photo on social media is a free advertisement for your restaurant or brands. Are you scared of us stealing the design? Or do you have something to hide? Please! Better review such unnecessary policies.
I am really intrigued to know how the same company, Boubess Group, manages to deliver so much inconsistency under one roof. Kaiten offers something; Cozmo offers another, while Scoozi offers something completely different... Maybe they can get their best sushi masters to train the rest to deliver the same taste around their different restaurants around town.