text: The previous reviews led me to expect something special here and from the food perspective I was not disappointednnI must admit that I was a bit underwhelmed at first It looks lovely from the outside but upon entering I felt that the duecor leans a bit more towards office waiting room than Japanese minimalist and it was also rather chilly inside After perusing the menu we began ordering the first of our two dishes containing tuna and discovered that they were out of tuna A Japanese restaurant out of tuna That is like a chippie running out of haddock I really wanted to try the seared tuna with miso dressing but maybe next timennBut The food we had was fantastic definitely a cut above your usual sushi chains We each had miso soup then we shared grilled dumplings salmon maki bean curd nigiri mackerel nigiri sea bream nigiri and prawn nigiri The delicate seasoning on the sushi rice the way the nigiri held together the delicious dumplings the depth of the miso soup Everything was top drawernnSushi can be an expensive lunch especially if you are starving to begin with and Kanpai costs about more than other places We spent ua for lunch the dishes listed above plus a beer each and could have eaten more But with Japanese food you get what you pay for I am not sure I can afford going back for lunch but I will definitely return for dinner and just order course after course until I am stuffed The sashimi platter for two has to be tried and I really want to taste that seared tuna