I went to the hibachi with a few friends here on a weeknight, and I didn't try the sushi so I can't speak to it. It was pretty packed and indeed, it was very loud and very dark. You seriously might want to bring a flashlight to read the menu (I'm not joking). There were only 4 of us at the hibachi table, so the fun factor was pretty dulled down, but it didn't help that you couldn't really hear what the guy was trying to say anyway. The server had a hard time hearing me as well, but my order of chicken was correct. So as for the food: Salad - was well saturated with ginger dressing -I mean they must have tossed it with a good amount of dressing before bringing it out. The dressing was good, but definitely not that good. Soup - salted and fine, nothing notable. Shrimp flambe - chewy, tasteless, didn't even have the butter flavor. Rice - steamed and fine Chicken and veggies - dry dry dry chicken, veggies were good, and the flavors on the veggies were very good. Sauces - okay The ladies room: Pretty clean, and also staffed. Bottom line for me - I wouldn't come back here on my own volition - there are other places in Pgh I would try first.
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Maybe it's because I'm from upstate NY and just don't know any better but I thought Whisky River was underwhelming. First - is there an actual Whisky River that this place is named after? Because otherwise their logo looks like someone spelled Whiskey wrong before they sent everything off to the printer and that just bugs the crap out of me. We went there for lunch during the weekend of the All-Star Race, thinking it would be a happening spot - but there were only two other tables taken. It was dark in there. Good for midnight I suppose. Not so much for noon. Our server let us sit at our table for about ten minutes too long. Our drinks sat on the bar for about five minutes too long. Good bloody mary though. However, being a bloody mary fanatic, I always ask what's in the mix. If you're making them you sure as hell better know what's in them. Our waiter did not. I ordered the Carolina Pork platter and what was delivered was a pile of plain pulled pork with those fries that are super crunchy with nothing inside of them. That's it. No presentation. No garnish. No roll for the pork...wtf? I liked the pulled pork very much and sampled all three of the sauces on the table which were all delicious and made the pork that much better. The fries are just not my thing. The side salad I ordered was the same as you would get at Applebee's or Chili's. I thought the bathroom was cool.
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Place is pretty good, I havent had the food here, but some of the bouncers at the front are nasty, they say, " you gotta hit me with something if you wanna go in", even when they dont have a cover. The rating is exclusively for that.
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Ok to good food but not for the price. I'm not going to ratectge tequillas bc if a restaurant has over 50 of one kind then anyone should be able to fond at least one they like. Overall not impressed by the hype and felt more ripped off by the food. Over cooked flank steak, and the waiter even tried telling me that's how it's suppossed to be. Spoke to the manager and he refunded that entree. Very disappointing. I could have just drove to Henderson or the strip for something this pricey and over hyphed
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