I'm not a big fan of AYCE sushi joints but we were taking my mom for dinner & like most good Asian moms...she loves her Asian AYCE/buffets!\n\nWe actually found the service to be really good.  However, the layout of the restaurant is weird.  Apparently it used to be a teppan steakhouse so all the seats are set around teppan griddles in a U shape, which doesn't lend itself to conversation in a small group.  For most of our meal, we're looking at the folks eating at the U shaped table directly across from us.  Kinda awkward.\n\nNote that they include 18% grat on parties of 4 or more.  I've seen a lot of 6 or 8...but auto grat on a party of 4?\n\nI should've known we were in trouble from the beginning.  Our server recommended starting with a dozen fresh oysters.  Wow...fresh oysters at an AYCE joint?  We asked which type of oysters as Kumamotos are our favorites & this being a Japanese restaurant we thought perhaps this is what they served.  He had a blank look on his face & answered \"uhh..just order it and you'll see.\"  They came quickly and were huge.  Really huge and flavorless.  Two-bite oysters are obscene & gross...especially when they have no flavor. \n\nI prefer Japanese owned sushi joints bcuz the rice is real sushi rice...the nigiri & sashimi are cut with the precision that has been taught for 1000's of years.  Their sashimi came in odd shapes...cubed, rectangular, trapezoidal.  The sushi at times was inedible.  Some cut with the grain...some against the grain.  Uni was a shade of dark brown.  Shrimp temp was gummy...probably frozen tempura.  The tofu salad was made with Chinese tofu...not the soft Japanese tofu.\n\nI can see why people go here; however yelpers rating this restaurant 5 stars are rating with their wallets.  Even my mom said she'd never come back.