text: I was really looking forward to trying out Baku As a foodie and a sushi lover I have not been able to find any sushi place that has wowed me in Charlotte Everything is always just OK that is exactly how it was at Baku Add in slow inexperienced service and the fact that it is overpriced we will not be going back Being in the food industry myself I know how hard it is to get a restaurant flowing nicely with no kinks so some of this may be due to the fact that it is fairly new and I do hope that they will improve I called to make a reservation last Saturday and the man who answered said that would be fine When we got there I was honestly surprised at how full the restaurant was I walked up to the hostess and she told me that there was no reservation in my name She said they would try to seat us as soon as possible which they did about min I do appreciate the decor and think that it would be a cute place to grab a drink and some light appetizers but please do not spend your hard earned money on this overpriced food It honestly hurt my heart to sign my bill because we hated our food so much I was really excited about the shishito peppers because I love them and they are really hard to find in Charlotte they came topped with this weird shaving but they were still good I also ordered the grilled artichokes and the sashimi platter both BLAH My sister is the one that had real problems with her food She ordered the beef and asparagus skewers and a mushroom roll The beef skewers came out rare it is extremely unprofessional to not ask how someone would like their meat cooked Not everyone likes rare When we asked if they could cook it longer she said that the chef is weird about stuff like that so she would let us know She reluctantly took it back and it cooked to about a medium rare not a medium like my sister asked The mushroom roll took one hour and minutes to arrive at our table It was close to by the time we got it I do not really understand why it took that long the waitress kept telling us different things about it I would have liked to have seen that item comped or at least have the manager come to the table to apologize nope It would even be a little bit better if the roll was actually good which it was not I really hope that the staff and management work on fixing these issues because I really cannot see an overpriced sushi restaurant that is not even good surviving during these times