Most creative sushi I've eaten. The restaurant is non-descript and appears average, but the food is exceptional. I started with seaweed salad and a complimentary bowl of miso soup. Next I had the tuna stuffed, Japanese style jalapeno poppers presented with eel sauce. Delicious and unique. For an entree, the sashimi and crazy roll combo (a tuna, salmon, crab roll with cucumber wrap in place of nori) was, once again, one of a kind. The people behind me had the omakase and it looked spectacular. I was skeptical - sushi so far inland. But the reviews are accurate. Don't miss out.

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"No sign on the front means this place is going to be the shit!"-- Says my roommate. And that, it was. We began our magical thai food experience with the fresh spring rolls and mango salad, which were both DELICIOUSSSS, fresh and addictive. Then we tried the tom kua soup. As a typical favorite spicy coconut soup of mine, I knew what to expect, or so I thought. This soup, was like a warm, coconut, creamy orgasm in my mouth! Literally. We both licked the bowl clean, there was some major food porn happening over at table 5. After the coconut soup came (was that pun intended?) the pumpkin tofu curry arrived at our table with a blob of rice. SO Abso-freaking-lutely amazing! Big chunks of spicy tofu with moist pumpkin bits. We devoured that dish as well. Never had a better tofu in my life. Did I mention our bombtastic waitress/waiter/transgender thai woman/man that was so cute and bowed to us and spoke thai? So awesome! Ah. I love. I wish I could go back. Only $28 dollars for the best thai food of my life. So ridiculously cheap it's embarrassing if you live in Pittsburgh and have not been to the Smiling Banana Leaf yet... Go now! Oh and it's BYOB! God. Why did I ever move?

positive

Great lanes and seemed to have a lot of specials on drinks and games!

positive

Same old song. Not much new. I have always thought that spot has SO MUCH potential as an more exclusive, live music venue. Or maybe just a penthouse apartment. Plus, that patio is the best on Mill. It just seems redundant as far as bar concepts go. And really (at the end of the day) its on the third floor of that building, so no one will ever be there except on late weekend nights... after everything else gets too packed.
negative