Q: I've been to Todai in Fairfax and i liked it a lot. When i heard thay they had Todai in Vegas, i was excited and finally decided to do something about my sushi roll addiction. We were seated right away as it was lunch on a Thursday. To my surprise, the restaurant wasn't busy at all even compared to other restaurants inside the Planet Hollywood. All that aside, I rushed to grab my first plate. My first plate consisted of different kinds of rolls they had and some nigiri. They had your everyday california roll to spider roll, dragon roll, spicy tuna roll, caterpillar roll, and even 'chef's special' roll. All the rolls were good, although nothing special. I did like one of their rolls but I cannot remember what it was called. It was shrimp tempura stuffed with rice and something else, but it was pretty good. All the fish used for nigiri sushi was fresh and it wasn't too overloaded with rice which is very important in my opinion when it comes to sushi. For my second plate, I got everything else they had besides rolls. They had several kinds of tempura (shrimp and vegetables), chicken and beef variations, fried rice and noodles, and, to my surprise, turkey (random). Their tempura was good, as it was crispy and not so greasy, just how I like them. They also had Teppanyaki station, but I didn't get to try because I was already stuffed. Now their udon is the good stuff. I don't expect much when eating udon at a buffet after trying udon at Makino at the Premium Outlet on Charleston (their soup for udon was terrible). Todai's udon was great! Their soup was very well flavored, without overusing artificial flavor (not sure about this but it didn't taste like artificial flavor loaded soup). Their desserts are not bad. I had some green tea ice cream which was good and 2 dollar coffee with refills? not bad not bad. Overall, very satisfied. Food was great, service was good, and ambiance...not bad. I would like to go back in the near future.

A: positive

Q: IMO, nothing beats NY Chinese food...and this is it. I haven't been able to find decent Chinese food since moving out here, I spotted this place one day and saw it was called New York Chinese and went "We'll see about that... " *cut to me ordering take out* Oh. My. Gad. I'm friggin' home. It's reeeeally good and exactly what I'm used to. No, it's nothing like Pei Wei or Panda or any of those sup par cat food places. Stop comparing it. Just go here. Now. The wonton soup alone is freaking amazing.

A: positive

Q: We came here on a Saturday afternoon. The place didn't seem very busy when we came in. But the hostess did not acknowledge us for at least 10 minutes before we were finally asked how many and another few minutes before we were seated and when we were seated, the server never came. We had to leave after 20 minutes of sitting with no drink order & no server coming to the table. It was terrible and we won't be going to the Gilbert location at San Tan any longer. after we left, we went to the Chandler location and the service was excellent! :)

A: negative

Q: Everything was incredible but I'll highlight my favorites. The smoked salmon with dill sauce and the butterscotch pudding alone make it worth a jaunt from the Phoenix airport. The Caesar salad was imaginative, thank you. Even the roasted beets, not only gorgeous but good (I'm not usually a fan of bets but prepared this way with goat cheese, yes). You can hardly go wrong here. Came with bloggers for a conference, met the chef even. Will find a way to go back.

A:
positive