Hokkaido Restaurant

Went for our daughter’s birthday and I really wanted to enjoy my experience, because it was a special day for her and I deeply love her. —- Unfortunately, I found the food ultimately disappointing. While they did have gluten free options, they were VERY THIN pieces of fish on LARGE portions of rice. The majority of the food was rice with fish rather than fish with rice. I mentioned this to the waitress and she said they were unable to lessen the load of rice because it was all you can eat… so rice went in napkins. As well, the ability to get more food once we completed the portions given was very slow. So we didn’t eat much of a variety because we were hesitant to order a larger quantity and not be able to consume it - there is a stipulation about charging for unfinished food. It took us over an hour and a half to receive and eat four simple rolls with a hint of fish, four rice filled hand rolls, a small amount of hibachi rice and vegetables, and avocado “salad” which is sliced avocado over pieces of cucumber. That is not much for that price. For a five year old, a nine year old, and two healthy but not large appetited adults it cost us $75 all in. I want to appreciate the experience with our family there, and appreciate that we can easily afford that, however we will not return again. Consequently, I ended up repeating the food for nearly an hour after. I ate a reasonable portion and am a lean, healthy individual - possibly the oil used. FYI- we love sushi. Genuinely real sushi and took a punt on bringing our kids here based on reviews. The staff was nice and the atmosphere was kid friendly. The hibachi was able to be ordered without added rice and the shrimp were pretty good. Though we went there for the sushi experience and only got that because the sushi wasn’t particularly fulfilling. Usually, I only post when we like the food and rarely when we don’t. Cannot recommend this place.

Great gluten-free!! Very careful, celiac-friendly :)