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The food is really hit or miss. It is very inconsistent with quality. There are some great menu items like the kani salad, pork buns, gyoza, and karage. The regular sushi rolls are okay. They’re good for the price. Portions are fine, not really much to say about it. The special rolls are more inconsistent especially for the price and quality of ingredients, portions, and seaweed breakage. The worst part of eating sushi is when it falls apart before it makes it to you. Another worst experience is paying for a special roll, for example, dragon roll - filled with eel/ cucumber, topped with avocado, and have a sliver of eel and 95% cucumber filling. It is not worth the price if you’re expecting balance. This has happened 2/3 I’ve been there where rolls are poorly prepared. We ordered the katsu curry and the curry is very watery. Kinda like they took the remnants of remaining broth, poured a lot of water, didn’t mix it well because it’s weirdly chunky, and poured it over the katsu. Service is lacking. You order, get your food, and you wouldn’t see the server again - not even for water refills. I hesitantly and politely voiced my concerns about the food and I was told I was wrong.

In town visiting family. It's a tradition to go out for dinner together the night before I leave town. Taisho Bistro was recommended. The family went for dinner on a Saturday. Our server was very attentive (and fast!). Our table had Japanese fried rice with shrimp; grilled salmon; and noodles with chicken and vegetables. Everything came out hot and was delicious! For dessert we ordered fried ice cream, strawberry shortcake, and a cheesecake xangos. The fried ice cream and cheesecake xangos were delicious. The plating was really well done. I didn't care for the strawberry shortcake. The cake was not as moist as I would have expected and the strawberry filling seemed frozen. The family is looking forward to returning and trying takeout as well as other items on the menu. I am looking forward to returning the next time I am in town.

We had my favorite California roll and spicy salmon roll which was awesome, one of the best I have had. Volcano roll is a cooked sushi which was ok, May be because I prefer raw over cooked one. I tried eel for the first time which was so yummy, gonna have that again. And also hot sake was good for the cold weather. Place is cozy and clean.