Problem: What would be an example of an positive review?

Answer: Great atmosphere and great sushi! I wanted to take my friend from out of town down south side and be on the classier side of things. We strolled around and decided on nakama. We love sushi and wanted a good cocktail! How could we go wrong here? We sat at the sushi bar and were waited on quickly. Our waitress was great and attentive but not annoying. She was considerate and asked us if we wanted separate checks which I always forget to ask upfront. My friend got the nakama Cosmo which she thought had too much sour mix. I had the French kiss, it was great. Sweet and sour but not overly sweet. We then split three sushi rolls and seaweed salad. Love seaweed salad. Sweet and vinegary with a good crunch. We got the basic salmon roll, Hawaiian roll and haiku roll. They were so delicious and very fresh. Came quickly too on a very busy Saturday night. Great place to get hibachi with a group of friends or intimate for a date! Not the cheapest option for good sushi is south side but the atmosphere makes it very worthwhile!

Problem: What would be an example of an negative review?

Answer: What a mess! Showed up here on a Thursday night starving to see a line practically out the door. As we were waiting to get a table people a few ahead of us were told that they were closing. We looked at our watches and it was about 10 until 9 and they said they closed at 9. You might want to close when you say and not earlier because it almost caused a riot. We decided to sit at the bar instead of waiting for the bottom to fall out of the mess at the front. Sat down and the bartender was pretty quick and really personable. He was the best part about this whole place. First let me say that this place is terrible. I went to their website and it was voted 'Best of' for several things that were totally NOT best of anything. Worst of, yes. Best of, stop using that phrase with this restaurant. Does not go. First up was chips and salsa. The salsa really was actually right on. It was fresh and had a nice kick to it, but the chips? They must of run out of their 'best of' chips because these tasted like stale Tostitos. Oh man, stale Tostitos would have been an improvement, actually. We then ordered the spicy queso bean dip and instantly regretted it. It was so bland and so un-queso-y that we pushed it away and waited for our entrees. I ordered vegetable fajitas which you THINK you couldn't mess up. Oh, guess what? Yeah. My friend ordered some shrimp dish that I refused to try so I'm not sure if it was good or not. I wouldn't eat here again unless the world was wiped out by an atomic bomb and only because the food here would survive.

Problem: What would be an example of an negative review?

Answer:
2 1/2 to 3 stars. This place is a very strange hybrid of 3 restaurants: an AYCE sushi place, a hawaiin plate lunch grill, and a poke bar. We went in with a Hawaiin friend of mine who raves about this place for the plate lunch. The sushi section was packed. Hubs and I shared the eggplant plate and the mochico chicken and shrimp plate. The eggplant had great flavor but was insanely oily...it just sat in an inch of bright orange oil in my Styrofoam box. The chicken and shrimp were nothing special. The meals were served with a scoop of white rice and mac salad as expected. Everything was fine but I've definitely experienced better. Maybe the sushi is where it is at?