Cava Resturant - Rockville

Location: 9713 Traville Gateway Drive, Rockville, MD 20850

DISAPPOINTING. I have been here a couple of time for lunch, but never for dinner until last night. I walked away extremely upset and disgusted. They do not take reservations on Saturday nights. I went in and put my name down. They ran out of buzzers we had to check in 20 minutes to get a buzzer. After checking in, we got a buzzer and waited 40 more minutes till it went off. We went to the hostess and she was going to seat us outside. Problem is...when I put my name down, I specifically said we wanted to sit inside. I told the hostess this and she asked for my name again, and immediately she look worried. She looked at the paper with the list of people waiting to be seated, then said, "Sorry I buzzed another couple at the same time, I will seat you IMMEDIATELY." As she said that, the other couple that was buzzed "at the same time" came up from the bar. Problem is, from the looks of her face, she had already crossed our names off the list. From what I remember, the couple that came up from the bar arrived no more than 15 minutes ago from being called. We were supposed to be seated a LONG TIME AGO. Thank you. Waiter was nice and had a happy attitude. We ordered oyster skordalia, saganaki, seared sushi grade yellowtail, scallop mushroom risotto and lamb chops (served in that order). We were given pita and three different sauces to dip it in: olive oil with a zesty flavor, olive oli with olives and a spicy tomato dip. It was decently good. Oyster skordalia was delicious and flavorful.  Saganaki was the "flaming" cheese. It was comparable to eating a block of salt. After the BLOCK OF SALT, everything for me was downhill. Everything else I ate tasted like salt, salt and salt. Halfway through, my stomach felt uneasy. Recommendation, DO NOT GET THE SAGANAKI. Apart from not being able to taste anything, risotto could have been softer. I cannot tell you about the other dishes we had, taste-wise, because everything tasted like SALT. I drank 2 cups of water to try to rid the salt-taste too. (Note: It takes alot for me to HATE something that I ate. This was one of the worst).

In short, (1) wait in front of the hostess. (2) DO NOT get the saganaki . Ratings: 2/5. EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. Also, went home thirsty as shit. too much MSG.  Cava. You are NOT GOOD for DINNER, but I may come back for lunch some other day.

Oyster skordalia

 

Saganaki 

 Seared sushi grade yellowtail

 

Scallop Mushroom Risotto

 

Lamb Chops

Urban Burger Company

Location: 5566 Norbeck Rd. Rockville, MD 20853

If your craving for a good burger. I definitely recommend this place. How it works, you first pick a type of burger, then add a style (+$1), and any additional toppings (+.50). I ordered a black Angus burger (medium rare) with the Blazin Saddle style. According to the menu, the Blazin Saddle style was spicy two-alarm chili, cheddar-jack cheese, and green onions. There is an additional condiments section with tomato, pickles, onions, lettuce..etc. It was a mess to eat, but so worth that mess. They provide wet naps along with the condiments, get alot! I mean ALOT! I also had fries, they were so-so, my order had many short fries..it seems like I got the end of the fries...but, this place is great. I would go back anytime! (: They make a GREAT burger. 5/5! YUM!

Karma Resturant

Location: 9811 Washingtonian Blvd,, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
 
This is a Indian-Malaysian restaurant located along the boardwalk in Washingtonian Rio. The Roti Canai is good. I would definelty recommend it as an appetizer! I also tried the Roti Telur. I proably wouldnt get it again, it was basically the roti canai with eggs and onion. It was decent, but I would have rather ordered an extra roti canai. For the main course, I decided on the Masak Nenas. This was bascially chicken with pineapple chunks, lemon grass, mint, and red onion in a spicy curry sauce. The curry sauce was not quite spicy as the menu stated. The entree was served in half of a pineapple. Overall, it was decent. Not great. Not horrible. Good. I probably  wouldn't return if I was in the area...I would probably only go back for the roti canai...3/5.

Roti Canai

 Roti Telur

Masak Nenas

Mrs K's Toll House

Location: 9201 Colesville Rd. Silver Spring, MD 20910
 
With my boyfriend (of course), I went to Mrs. K's Toll House Restaurant for Sunday Brunch. There was a small wait, but we were sitting fairly quickly. I think my boyfriend had made reservations though! There is a wine cellar seating in the basement..at first we were to be sat there, but my boyfriend politely asked to be seated upstairs. The wine cellar reminds me of  a dungeon...we were seated next to a window! YAY! The place is packed with people, well not packed...but filled. That's one way you can tell that this is a good place to eat at. The buffet contains foods like: mini waffles, eggs Benedict, bacon strips, home fries, oysters on the half shell, smoked salmon, snow crab legs...etc. I also ordered a custom omelet (spinach and REAL crab meat) and got meats from the hand-carving station as well. They didn't cheap me out on the crab meat either...I was given a generous lump of crab meat! The overall bunch was great. It was well worth the money ($29.99 a person). I have a major sweet tooth and one the things that I had for dessert was marshmallows from the gleaming  chocolate fountain and fresh cut fruits! There was a selection of mini cakes and cheesecakes as well. Of course, I had to have some of everything. I would definitely come back. This place is good for celebrating a special occasion. The only negatives about this place is: you need reservations, there is a wait in the buffet line. The only thing I wished was a for a larger selection of desserts. On a side note, the restaurant looks like a cottage home, bringing a really cozy and all-American home feeling. All and all, this was great! 4 out of 5 stars...

 

BlackSalt Fish Market & Restaurant

 Location: 4883 MacArthur Blvd., Washington, DC

With my boyfriend for dinner,as usual, we started with two appetizers: Bigeye Tuna Tartare and Seared Day Boat Scallops. The Tuna Tartare consists of: Avocado, Toasted Cashews, Chili Aioli, and Citrus Ponzu. It was OK but nothing so extravagant.  The avocado was placed below the tartare..so it was a bit difficult to fork it, becuase the tartare just kept falling apart. Seared Day Boat Scallops were perfectly cooked! The sauce was bold but not overpowering the scallops. I used bread and wiped the plate clean! Sauce was delish. For entree, I got the Bouillabaisse, which was in a saffron/lobster broth with: Monkfish, Sea Scallop, Oysters,Blue Shell Mussels,  Gulf Shrimp and potatoes. It was a mess to eat. I was exhausted after taking the oysters and mussels out of the shell and peeling the shrimp. When I got to the soup, again it was bold, however, after 3 spoonfuls it was unbearable to finish. I stuffed it down...bleh. On top of that potatoes were undercooked, I picked them out of the bowl.

Would I go back? No, nothing impressive. Oh, the waiter was very odd. Possibly becuase we were such a young couple...but why don't you treat us the same as any other couple,  we are paying customers! Not worth the time or money...

Rate: 2.5/5
  

 Bigeye Tuna Tartare

 

 Seared Day Boat Scallops

Bouillabaisse

Update

After getting advice from Kevin during Web Design today, I will be taking a new perspective on my blog postings. They will no longer be writing a long extensive review, instead each posting will be short and to the point. I wouldn't want reader to get too bored!

SPAGnVOLA Chocolatier

Website:http://www.spagnvola.com/
Location: 360 Main Street, Suite 100, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Hours of Operation:
Monday: Closed

Tuesday - Thursday:	11:00 am	-	8:00 pm
Friday - Saturday:	10:00 am	-	9:00 pm
Sunday:	10:00 am	-	6:00 pm

Phone: (240) 654-6972

Introduction
Taking a stroll in Kentlands after a dinner at Yoyogi, my boyfriend and I came upon SPAGnVOLA Chocolatier. At first, we walked by, noticing there were many people inside. Later on our way back, we decided why not try the place. As they say, a place that is filled with many people means that the food must be good. Plus I have a really bad sweet tooth, so I was excited to have dessert! Once inside, there is an intoxicating smell of chocolates.

Food
This place has bon bons, truffles, other chocolate desserts and gelato. Since this is a chocolatier, we decided on trying the types of chocolate gelatos. There were unique flavors such as chipotle chocolate gelato as well as vanilla bourbon gelato. The Chipotle chocolate was spicy! It had a kick to it. The vanilla bourbon one only had a hint of bourbon. I couldn't taste the bourbon, but my boyfriend could. We ended up deciding on a rum chocolate with caramel gelato and I myself, got a berry gelato.  I would have been more daring and got the chipotle chocolate gelato, but I wasn't so sure I was able to eat so much of it...Yes I know, I chickened out! The rum chocolate with caramel gelato was rather liquidity and too soft. The berry gelato was OK. Nothing speical nor great about it. They had samples of their chocolates and chocolate bars by the register. Honestly, the chocolate wasn't anything different than just a Hershey's kiss. The only thing is, it was alot softer...but for the price, to me it wasn't worth it. Eating 3 pieces of the sample saves me about $3.00. That is why we didn't get any of the pieces of chocolates.

Overall
I would most likely never come back to this place. One thing that was unexpected was the fact that the lady who "scooped" us the gelato was  really CHEAP! Instead of piling the small cup, she made sure to take the FLAT scooper and made sure we only got an cup full. Can you say CHEAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP? Once we saw what she did, we knew we would NEVER come back. We walked away disappointed and felt ripped off. My rating for this place...1/5. Nice try. I think it will close down in 3 months if it doesn't change its customer service.

I forgot to take a picture... but here are two that I found.

Pho 95

Website:http://www.pho95md.com/
Location: 785H Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
Hours of Operation:

Sunday-Thursday: 11:00AM - 8:30 PM
Friday-Saturday: 11:00AM - 9:00PM
Tuesday: Closed

Phone: (301) 294-9391


Introduction
This place is my favorite and the best place to get Pho. The restaurant is clean and is very colorful compared to any other Pho locations. The walls are decorated with yellow and white tiles. The back walls are painted green. The chair cushions are green. In addition,the chopticks and spoons are green too!

Food
I only get three things each time I am here. First, for appetizer, I always order Vietnamese fried spring rolls and Shrimp rolls. The fried spring rolls are a must-have. If you come here, you MUST and I mean MUST order this. The fried spring rolls consists of chicken , rice noodle and vegetable wrapped in a spring roll sheet and deep fried. The spring rolls always come out fresh and hot. Never once have I been disappointed.  The fried spring rolls are complimented by fish sauce and garnished with a piece of lettuce, some shredded carrots, a slice or two of cucumber and cilantro. I am not sure, if the garnishes are to be eaten, but I dip all of the garnishes into the fish sauce and eat everything. The Shrimp rolls consists of three pieces of shrimp, rice noodles, and lettuce wrapped in rice paper. This is a cold dish and is meant to be served cold. This is just as mouth-watering. The rolls are served with a brown sweet sauce with some sriracha sauce. I don't know how else to describe these rolls. The shrimp is well cooked and NOT overcooked. The lettuce is crisp and clean. The rolls are obviously hand-made and you can tell. Finally, for the Pho, I always order #1. The #1 consists of a slice of eye-of-round steak, well-done brisket, well-done flank, fat brisket, soft tendon and tripe. This has a bit of everything, that is why I order #1. The Pho broth at is what makes this specific Pho the best. The broth at is clean, yet strong and flavorful. It has a bit sweetness to it too.  The broth is very fragrant and there is just the right amount of star anise. The serving size is just right and each time I eat here, I just want to eat more and more!

Overall
The service is great here, the waitress or waiter really attends to the customers. My boyfriend's neighbors are actually the owners of Pho 95. The wife can speak Vietnamese and Cantonese. I guess the only thing that I do not quite like about this Pho place is the fact that the restaurant's Pho scent is very very and I mean very strong. I do not wear my wool coat into this place, becuase if I did, then my coat would smell like Pho forever. Well, that wouldn't be such a bad thing, except for the fact that I will be hungry for it all day and everyday. Personally, I would rate this restaurant 5 out of 5 stars. My opinions may be biased becuase I have never ordered anything but #1 and the rolls, but they just too good. Plus, when your there, look around, almost everyone is ordering Pho and the rolls.

Vasilis Mediterranean Grill

Website:http://www.vasilisgreek.com/
Location: 353 Main Street, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Hours of Operation:

Lunch

Monday - Saturday : 11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Dinner
Monday - Thursday : 4:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Other Times

Friday and Saturday 11:00 am -10:00 pm

Phone: (301) 977-1011

Introduction
I went here with my friends from my previous workplace. Just like me, they both are major foodies! This restaurant is located in Kentlands, Gaithersburg. The restaurant is really catchy-to-the-eyes, because of its bright blue and white paints on the outside of the restaurant. Anywho, once inside, the place is decently sized, not to big and not to small. The blue colors from the outside of the restaurant is definitely brought inside, with blue colored lamps. The golden-painted walls are lined with photos of the Mediterranean to bring in the Mediterranean ambiance.

Food
The lunch menu consists of various seafood, dip, meat & poultry, vegetable and cheese mezedes. There are also numerous salads, hot panini, shish-kabobs, seafood entrées, other entrées and greek platters. We all decided to settle for greek platters. For the greek platters, you can decide to order just the sandwich ($7-$9) or platter ($12-$13). The platter is the sandwich  served with a Greek salad and a choice of
french fries or rice. Each lunch entrée comes with a Greek salad. The Greek salad consists of romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, red onions, olives, and feta cheese. The salad was a bit...empty...it had tiny pieces of each ingredient, except for the lettuce. It was disappointing. For the main entrée, I chose the Lamb Souvlaki. It was grilled marinated lamb served on a grilled pita with chopped lettuce, diced tomatoes, onions, feta cheese, and the house–made tzatziki, with french fries on the side! It was decent, the sandwich had about 5 pieces of lamb. I bit less than I thought...and a bit drier than what I would like. The tzatziki sauce was mouth-watering. I wanted to order a second serving of the tzatziki just so I can pour it on everything and lick the plate clean! The french fries were nothing too special, it was just like any normal french fries you could get. Dessert, however, was spectacular, we decdied to get the galaktobouriko, which was lemon custard between sheets of phyllo with light honey syrup and garnished with cocoa powder, powdered sugar and raspberry sauce on the side. It would have to be the best part of this lunch, apart from the tzatziki sauce. I wouldn't say it was very lemony though, personally, I did not taste any lemon. Everything worked well together, if I could change just one thing, I would have more raspberry sauce on the side.

Service
The waitress was patient and attentive, without being a nuisance. She was able to respond to our questions about various food items, ones where we had no idea what it was. The waitress did everything with a smile. She made us feel welcomed. At first, we had a hard time deciding whether to get dessert or not, but she made recommendations and that led us to discovering the galaktobouriko.

Overall
I would rate this place a 3 our of 5 stars. The food was OK, nothing to special. The tzatziki sauce and the dessert was the best part. Service was as expected. This was a decent place to eat at, I would love to return for the dessert once more!

Kushi Izakaya & Sushi

Website: http://eatkushi.tumblr.com/
Location: 465 K Street, NW Washington DC 20001
Hours of Operation:

Lunch

Monday - Friday : 11:30 - 2:30
Saturday - Sunday : 12:00 - 2:30
Dinner
Sunday - Thursday : 5:30 - 11:00
Late Night
Friday - Saturday : 11:00 - 1:00
Phone: (202) 682-3123

Introduction
I ate here on a Saturday night on a double date! We did not make reservations. We decided to come here becuase of a Groupon that we had and it was going to expire. There is a parking lot right across the restaurant, $5.00 to park as long as you want, and street parking. On a side note, the parking lot was pretty packed. As you walk in, there is a big curtain that you have to walk through. Once, inside, the pack is packed. There are many people standing on the side waiting for tables. You can tell, at a place so packed, you know its a good place to eat at. Instead of waiting for a table, my group sat at the bar. You can actually order off the full menu at the bar.

Food
The menu consists of sushi, sashimi, charcoal grill foods and grilled skewers. This place is a Japanese restaurant, so remember its not ALL sushi.  They have happy hour specials, which had a few items at a great deal! As a group, we ordered a few rolls and sashimi. In addition, it seemed like the skewers were popular. We ordered yakionigiri, which is a grilled rice ball that has this type of plum inside. The rice balls were off the happy hour menu, which ended shortly after we arrived. On top of that, we also ordered: buta bara/pork belly  and butter poached lobster tail skewer, ikura/salmon roe nigiri, tuna and cucumber maki and a few other items as well. (Sorry I don't quite remember everything!) The skewers are basically about 2-3 pieces of what ever you choose grilled. Yes the skewer is very tasty and perfectly grilled, but the price is a bit unreasonable. I could definitely tell that the ikura and the sushi fish were fresh. Each maki consists of six pieces. The sushi were all served with fresh grated wasabi horseradish. This was definitely a unique touch to this restaurant. Once you have real wasabi, you would never want to go back to the imitation wasabi.

Service
The two bartenders serviced us, since we sat at the bar. It's a small world, becuase talking to the bartender, one of the guys in the group turned out to have mutual friends with one of the bartender. They were really helpful in choosing what to eat and even made a few recommendations. They were always on top of things and provided great service. After we almost finished the food that we have ordered, she gave us a small dish on the house: charcoal grill Japanese eggplant. It was hot and delicious!

Overall
In all and all, the food was delish. However, I would say the downfalls of this restaurant is the quantity for the price. This place is extremely pricey, that's one reason why we ate here with a Groupon! The quality of the food and the service of the bartender is extraordinary and high end. I rate this restaurant a 3.5 out of 5 stars. The food was great, but what really killed a star and a half is looking at the charges on our tabs...I would probably come back, but only if I had another Groupon.

Pork belly and butter-poached lobster skwers

Charcoal grilled Japanese eggplant

Maggiano's Little Italy - Tyson's Corner

Intro
I went here excatly a week and one day ago! I went here for a double date to celebrate an early Valentine's lunch. Our reservations were for 4:30 PM on that Saturday. That was the ONLY date avaiable after calling in a week ahead. Anywho, we got to the resturant and there was a massiave amount of people waiting around the front desk. We checked in for our reservaation and was asked to wait on the side. Walkign away from the front desk, I overheard the wait time was 2 to 2 and a half hour. Luckily for us, we had a reservation. Waiting on the side was like standing in the middle of the road of a busy market...seriously, we had to constantly move out of the way for servers, food-runners and others passing by.After about 20 minute wait, we were sat down at our table. We actually had two waiters who were going to service us. We all decide on doing the Family Style - Classic, which was only avaible for parties of 4 or more. It inculded two appetizers, two salads, four main course selections and two desserts. Family style is basically all-you-can-eat on the items you order, you just have to ask for more!

Appetizer: Mushroom Ravioli al Forno, Calamari Fritté
The calamari was the typical calamari dish that you would find at any other italian resturants. Ours was garnished with a very tiny lemon. We actually asked for another lemon, but our server never remembered to bring it to us. The calamari was crispy and hot. Like I said, tt was just the basic calamari that you can get anywhere. The Mushroom Ravioli was DA BOMB! It was hot and delicious. We had to ask for seconds of this! The ravioli had dicled mushrooms with a white cream inside of it. The cream was also generously drizzled on top. I don't know how else to explain this ravioli, but it was perfect.

Salad:  Caesar, Spinach
The Caesar salad was your typical traditional Caesar salad, with romaine lettuce, croutons, Parmesan cheese and  the Caesar dressing. The Spinach salad consists of spinach, slices of red peppers, red onions and Gorgonzola cheese, bacon and toasted pine nuts. It had an apple vinaigrette. With disappointment, there were barely pieces of red peppers, red onions and bacon. It had CHUNKS of Gorgonzola cheese. Actually, now come to think about it, there were no bacon at all. Apart from the deceiving description on the menu, the spinach salad also had to be self-tossed. It was a bit of a disappointment.

Entree: Chicken & Truffle Tortellacci, Grilled Salmon Lemon & Herb, Herb-Roasted Chicken, Mom’s Lasagna
The chicken and truffle tortellacci was just like the ravioli. Maybe my review is a bit bias, but this was definitely one of the best choices of our late-lunch. The grilled salmon was cooked jsut right. The salmon filet was a bit small, but it was good. It had a clean taste, garlic and white wine sauce, but nothing was too special about it. It wasn't actually grilled. If anything, it felt like it was steamed, but this could be just the piece that I got.The herb-roasted chicken sat on a bed of spinach and was garnished with capers. Capers and chicken is a tasty mix. The chicken pieces are served already-cut, so it was easy to get and eat. The mom's lasagna was the typical everything you think of when you think of mom's lasagna: ground meats, pasta sheet layers, ricotta cheese and the cheesy-goodness of Provolone on top! It was to die for. We got a second-serving of this.

Dessert: Tiramisu, New York Style Cheesecake
Each slice of dessert was a huge slice! The tiramisu was decent. It didnt have anything particularly great about it. Personally, I would have loved if its recipe called for more coffee and stronger coffee. The New York style cheesecake was topped with whipped cream, a mint leave and on the side there was a berry sauce with blue berries. The blueberries looked out of place on the plate. We were given two plates of each dessert, on one plate of the cheesecake, there was only about 4 blueberries and the other had about 8 blueberries. The cheesecake was average as well. Nothing wow about the dessert.

Overall
I would rate this particular restaurant 1.5 out of 5 stars. The food was overall average. The service was a below average. We had to wait around a couple times to find our waiters, to refill our water. We also ordered Italian Orange Soda, but nothing was good about that, I just tasted like orange soda with club soda. Beware, refills here are not free either. My boyfriend ordered a mojito, it was nasty. There was no sugar at all and it was just plain BLEH. He asked the waiter for sugar. It seemed like the waiters that were servicing us were constantly dropped things. During the 2 hours we were there, they dropped a plate, knifes, bottle opener. One of the waiter came by and asked how we were doing, and it seemed like there was either a blood or tomato sauce smudged across his shirt...let's just go with tomato sauce. It wasn't a small mess, if anything it was really noticeable. Personally, I wouldn't recommend anyone to come here to eat, unless you are extremely craving Italian food, especially ravioli and the tortellaci. Otherwise, you would probably die waiting for a table, unless you made reservations. I probably would not come back to this particular location either, it was packed, there was nothing so special.

Matuba Restaurant

On the past Friday around 1:00PM, I went to have lunch at Matuba Restaurant with my boyfriend, which is located at 4918 Cordell Avenue Bethesda, MD. This wasn't my first time going, it actually is probably my fourth or fifth time eating here. Each time I come to Matuba, I am there for the rotary buffet, which is located in the back of the restaurant. For lunch (11:30AM-1:45PM) during the weekdays, the price is $13.50 a person. After fighting for parking in the nearby Montgomery County garage. I headed to meet my boyfriend inside.

You pay upfront first, of course, my sweetheart already covered that even before I walked in! Then, the hostess tells you to head up the stairs, walk across the small hall and to the back. Once in the back, you are to walk down the stairs and wait to be seating. Unfortunately waiting for a seat wasn't the greatest experience, the rotary bar has seats all around the bar as well as tables- for-four that connect to the bar on the right hand side. The tables-for-four had two tables that were empty, however, the waitress was hesitant to sit us there. We ended up waiting for about 5 minutes till we were seated and the place wasn't that crowded. For that 5 minutes, the waitress cleared off the tables-for-four and by that time, a couple and a single diner got up and left. They were sitting around the bar. Finally, after she ran over to clean that space up, set up napkins, chopsticks, wasabi and ginger we were seated there.

The appearance of the backroom/rotary buffet room, is quite simple. I actually don't remember anything special about it. Apart from the white walls, and papers taped to the wall, I am guessing all eyes are on the rotary bar! I did notice, one of the paper advertisements stated that they will begin opening the rotary bar buffet for dinner on Thursdays! The dress code is casual, but you will find people dressed up, I am guessing they are people who work nearby grabbing lunch here.

After waiting to be seating we quickly started grabbing food off the rotary belt. I guess that is what draws people to this place, just the fact that they have a rotary bar. There are various items that are on the belt, from sushi, sushi rolls, hand rolls, hot foods, salads, fruits and edamame. If you look off the Matuba website, you can find a total of 26 items. Looking at that list, I would have to honestly say that the bar only had about 12-13 of those items listed. That was disappointing. Each plate that had rolls, had a total of 3 pieces. The nigiri plates had 2 pieces. Remember, this is a buffet, so you could have 100 plates of the rolls if you wished! The sushi rolls are average. Almost all of the usual rolls that you can get in Japanese restaurants are all available here, such as tuna roll, Salmon/Avocado roll, eel roll, California roll..etc. The chef also made hand rolls, we had eel hand rolls and spicy tuna hand rolls. There is a good balance for those who don't eat raw fish too! As for hot foods tempura, chicken teriyaki and gyozas were fresh and hot! The waitress had to bring these out from the kitchen and place them on the belt, of course! Every so often, she brought out fruit plates, that consisted of a slice of orange, honeydew and cantaloupe.

In the middle of the rotary belt, there was a sushi chef of course. He was very friendly and nice. Apart from just standing there and making the sushi, he checked on everyone sitting around him asking us if we were enjoying and if we would like to request anything. In addition, when he made new rolls for the belt, he would frequently ask if we wanted it and directly hand the plates to us.

All and all,  I would give the restaurant 2 stars out of 5. In the past, there was a most extensive selection on the rotary belt, reflecting what the website lists. I believe, during dinner, there would be the full selection... The waitress was odd for not sitting us down as soon as possible. Actually, I feel that she wouldn't sit us in the tables-for-four becuase she was saving it for more...hefty people, who later walked in. The sushi chef was polite and great. The quality of the foods were average and, not taking the amount of varieties that there was into hand, the quality of the food here is just the way I remembered it to be each time I ate here. Would I come back? Yes, if I was ever in Bethesda and have a major craving for sushi, I would. Also for the price, its a deal, but I wouldn't go out of my way to eat here. There are better sushi buffets out there ~ But remember, this review is only on the buffet portion of the restaurant, I have not yet actually sit down at the "restaurant" part of Matuba.

First post...?

I don't know what to post for my first blog posting so....

 

isn't it cute?