Hachi's Kitchen

Hello. Today we will be reviewing Hachi's Kitchen located in the heart of logan square on California Ave. (just south of Logan Blvd).

Ruben:
The minute i walked in i knew it was gonna be good. This was my first time at Hachi's but Max and Otto are regulars so they know everyone who works there. I was greeted very nicely and when i sat down i was presented with a steaming hot towel so nice and relaxing. the boys didn't tell me about that so that was a surprise and let me say it was a good one. I loved the atmosphere, and the look of the place. it felt very welcoming and friendly but at the same time cool and modern. We started off with some pot stickers and they were amazing crispy dough on the outside and fresh meat and veggies on the inside. very good. After the pot stickers we had some Miso Soup and it was probably the best Miso Soup i have ever had. very flavorful and i loved the broth. For my main course i had the classic California Roll i really liked it. The crab was okay nothing special but it was still decent and the veggies were also decent. I also had a bite of Otto's teriyaki chicken and that is what i'm getting next time cause that homemade teriyaki sauce OMG was it good. Hachi's kitchen is a great sushi joint and i would love to go back i give it 5 plates.

Otto:
I've been going to Hachi's Kitchen for years, and it is one of my favorite restaurants, even though I always get the same thing: the chicken teriyaki with rice or sometimes just the rice and teriyaki sauce. Their teriyaki sauce is the best I have ever had, and I've tried to find anything existing that is as good. We have bought many different brands, and we don't like anything as much as theirs. Sometimes we just order sides of the sauce and take it home with us so that we can make rice and teriyaki sauce at home. The pork pot stickers are pretty good too, although I didn't finish mine. I really like their miso soup, although I only eat the broth. The broth is delicious. I would give this place 6 plates if I could, but since there are only 5 to give, I'll give it 5.

Max:
I love this restaurant! I've been wanting to review this place for a whole long time now. I've been going here since I was very small. And it might just be the best sushi in Chicago. First off, I love the atmosphere, and the Japanese feel of the restaurant is so authentic and fancy. They also give you a hot towel for washing your hands before you eat. The restrooms are some of the nicest I've seen in a restaurant. And right outside of the restroom there's a huge wall of real roses that you can smell, that's right, roses. But now moving on to the food. I got the Soft Shell Crab Maki. It was delicious. I love how the crab legs were sticking out of the crab rolls. And they are also very fun to eat. The crab legs were fried, and I don't eat that much fried crab. And this was awesome! I also tried some of the Rainbow Roll. Its salmon, tuna, avocado, and yellow tail wrapped around a crab stick. That was also very good. Almost all the dishes they serve here come with ginger and wasabi. And that's good for me because I like my food pretty spicy. But not SPICY! just spicy. I love Hachi's Kitchen, so I give them 5 plates.

Outside.

Pot Stickers.

Max's Soft Shell Crab Maki

Otto's Chicken Teriyaki

Rainbow roll.

Circle Sushi Bar & Grill

Hello, today we will be reviewing Circle Sushi Bar & Grill.

Max:
Ok so i have had some really good sushi in the past. but this... this was just sad. they were playing really bad lounge covers of pop and rock songs, which we didn't like, but at the same time it was extremely hilarious and weird (they played covers of stuff like Nirvana And The Police). their sushi was way too SPICY! and that's really saying something because i usually love spicy food. in fact, i have eaten a block of wasabi, but this was like the tip of your tongue on fire! i also noticed all of their sushi had the same SPICY!NESS! and the SPICY! sauce looked the same on the top. you see they use the same SPICY! sauce on all of their SPICY! meals, which is very boring. i had the Spicy Salmon and Spicy Tako. and no, not Taco. Tako is Octopus. and also they had some pretty cool wall art if you go downstairs, which was actually a "relatively" good thing about the restaurant.
the service was fine and our waitress even brought me non-Spicy California rolls when i felt sick after the EXTREME SPICY!NESS!!! of the Spicy Tako and Spicy Salmon. and yes their meals were so spicy that it made me feel sick. and even at one point, made me feel like i had to throw-up, but i didn't, luckily. by the way the Non-SPICY! California rolls felt like a cure. so, yeah, our waitress was very nice, and the atmosphere was Kinda Cool, But their food was just... ick, on taste and on SPICY!NESS! one more thing. their sushi was really pretty, as a matter of fact their sushi was the most beautiful sushi i have ever seen. but the taste and SPICY!NESS! were just not alright. not too be mean, but i would not go back.

Otto:
My chicken satay was fine, not amazing but not bad. The teriyaki sauce was better than some I've tried at some places, but still not the best I've tried. The miso soup was good but kind of cool in temperature. They used lots of stuff from Ikea to decorate, and that part was actually pretty good. At least in our experience, things looked better than they tasted.

Ruben:
Well i wouldn't say this place was terrible just in-between okay and bad. so i'll start with the pros. i liked the atmosphere very nice location and furniture kinda a modern look. also our waitress was very nice. there was also some very cool wall art down stairs by the bathroom. also the water came in mason jars so that was pretty cool. all the sushi was presented beautifully but it looked better than it tasted. cons: my spicy shrimp roll was okay a little too spicy for me and all the rolls had the same creamy sauce it was not that good and boring since it was on all the rolls. the california roll was okay nothing exciting just a average. also the rolls weren't wrapped tightly enough so literally some of my rolls fell apart when i took a bite or picked it up with my chop sticks. I'm sorry to say this but i do not think i would go back here but thats just the way it is. sometimes things are good but sometimes they're bad.

Wall art

Sushi is served.

Chicken Satay

California Roll and Spicy Shrimp

Spicy Tuna Crunch and Spicy Scallop

Spicy Tako (left) Spicy Salmon (right)

Replacement California Roll