Emy Moore

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All vegan and gluten free!

Amjad Aman

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We loved everything here! Really appreciate the all vegan and largely gluten free menu! Delicious food and great service.

Mersedes Alonzo

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Where do I even start ? First off I was say a huge thank you to our AMAZING server shar. He was so accommodating and caring about our allergies! He took his time to go double check with all the ingredients to ensure none of would get sick and was very knowledgeable about cross contamination. He truly cared & was extremely cautious. Everything tasted exquisite & delicious. I’ll always come back and request shar and feel comfortable and confident that I won’t get sick from the food due to my annoying allergies. Was also so educated about celiac disease which made me even more comfortable with dining here. He also made amazing recommendations on fine wine. I loved the wine he selected so much that we enjoyed 2 bottles while dining. Thank you so much for being courteous and patient. Truly a sweetheart & bright light. Good luck to you shar with all your dreams & ambitions. Will be back to see you 👏

Ravi Chopra

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FINAL EDIT: Finally got in touch with the manager who invited us to return for some of her favorite dishes. The experience was much better. To start, the place was hopping. Service was excellent as always and they're very helpful with dietary restrictions and allergies (we had a person with celiac disease in our party). We were brought the following: Edamame, which was excellent - served warm with large flakes of sea salt. Hit the table at the perfect temperature and doneness - delicious. Chu-toro - this was a tough spot for us last time. Today it was excellent with the silky softness that comes with a mid-fatty tuna. Very fresh, no "fishiness". Fried rice with short-rib - not a super complicated dish, but generous in portion and delicious when you got all the components in every bite. Filling and well-balanced in flavors. Kobe sliders with fries - these guys know how to make sliders and fries. Easy to recommend. Perfectly cooked and luscious. Sekushi maki - this is the sort of roll we normally steer clear of as too-cute, losing the essence of the fish, and generally not great to eat. They strongly recommended it though so we gave it a shot. It has salmon, scallop, truffle aioli, avocado and pear. I'm just going to say it - this was delicious - way better than it had any business being. While I'd consider it more of a composed dish including raw fish than a traditional maki, this still brought forward the flavors of the seafood without them being buried in sauces and other components. I'd 100% order this again. I don't know what the issue was when we were here before - maybe we just came when the fish wasn't fresh. We were told it had come in the day we dined this time (Friday) so all was very fresh. We didn't have the wagyu this time so can't comment on whether that's improved or not. This is a meat that's really meant to be seared quickly and served immediately so if it's coming cold it wouldn't be my first choice. Regardless, the setting is still cool, the music is good but unobtrusive, the service is excellent, and the food we had was all very good. Not cheap but a good option for special company. ORIGINAL REVIEW: The setting is cool and comfortable, the service is good, but the food is a real mixed bag of good to seriously disappointing, with what should be the most luxurious (and expensive) items on the menu being a real disappointment. On the good side, the crab salad, the tempura rock shrimp, and the nigiri/sashimi bluefin, hamachi, and salmon all were quite good. On the disappointing side, the rest of the fish (o-toro, chu-toro, branzino, scallop, octopus) all came across as nearly flavorless. The ikura had a funny flavor and darker-than-normal color - maybe they marinate it in something? I don't know, but it wasn't good. O-toro is fatty tuna, but the 3 (very expensive) pieces neither looked nor tasted fatty. The entire point of Miyazaki A5 wagyu is that it's a luxurious and fatty cut of beef. The (again, extremely expensive) pieces that came to us were cooked to within an inch of their lives and as nearly fatless as any steak I've ever seen. I wish I could say better as their sister-restaurant, Zao Jun is generally excellent. Sadly, this location does not live up to the promise.

Louanne Allison

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The couch that I initially sat on was the worst! I did switch to a regular chair, so problem solved. They had several gluten free items which was wonderful. Cute atmosphere. Birmingham is a delightful town and great location for this restaurant.

Alan Hoffmann

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Server was very helpful with gluten free. Same high service and quality when I came here 9 years ago. Definitely coming back next time I'm in town.

Amy Dulgerian

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We sat on the patio. The wait staff was very accommodating and professional. The kitchen was out of one ingredient and couldn't fill my order so they custom made me a gluten free salad (suggested by the waiter). The food and ambiance were wonderful, but it is the wait staff who made me want to write this review. They are outstanding and you will want to come back.