Sushi Mac - on Sawtelle

Rating: GAP chungbajee

Sushi Mac is basically cheap sushi. Probably as cheap as you can get unless you go to some buffet with ghetto sushi pieces. I went to Hye Young here one night. It is like revolving sushi, but not really. There is only sushi bar seating. You order from a menu and sushi chefs make the sushi for you. But you pay by the plate, just like rotating sushi. This concept seems better than rotating sushi, because at least you get fresh sushi and not dishes that have been going around and around the belt all night. I think each dish is 2.75. The rolls are huge. 2.75 for a full roll is pretty darn good as far as price goes. But once again, cheap sushi. The pieces of actual fish is minimal. The only thing that was really worth eating was the dynamite roll. The orignial, not the spicy. It's fairly decent. But it's just the dynamite sauce. No scallops like in real dynamite rolls.

This place seems to be considered 'trendy." Dance music is pumpin in the background. I can't even say background, because it is practically blaring. The crowd is college to yuppie types. Who else would go to a restaurant that sounds like a club.

I would go back to have cheap sushi and a beer with a friend. If you are one of those people that like sushi and only eat rolls because you are not too into raw fish, this is the place for you. If you are a sushi connoisseur, don't go here.

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