Champignon de tokyo has been on our restaurant list since the beginning. We were in the mood for sushi and decided that we should do soemthing different than our usual Old City Asian Bistro. Despite all signs pointing to the fact that the night was going to be weird, we strolled down to Headhouse Square and popped our head inside Champignon.
The first sign of trouble was the waiter/hipster sushi chef who told us at 6:30 that he wasn't quite ready to serve yet. Really? Not ready at 6:30? Usually this would be prime dining time, especially on a Tuesday night. As suggested we headed next door to Headhouse, and sat at the bar. Not really sure how this operation works but Headhouse and Champignon share a bar and a menu but have two seperate kitchens.
We decided to plants ourselves and eat our sushi at the bar instead of playing musical chairs. We ordered Edamame and Veggie dumplings at 6:40 and 3 sushi rolls at 6:45.
The apps didn't roll out until 7:10ish. They were good but took too damn long to come out. There were only another 7 diners in the whole place. Our patience was wearing thin.
At 7:36 our sushi still hadn't arrived despite a reassurance from the weirdo bartender that it would be right out. We looked at the time and promised ourselves that if it wasn't out by 7:45 we were asking for the !check and walking out. Sure enough, two minutes later the california roll arrived, followed by the spicy tuna roll and finally after another five minutes the tokyo roll.
The rolls were mediocre. Too much rice and not as neatly packaged as we've seen before. Everyrthing tasted fresh,thank god!
The icing on the faux pas cake was when the bartender cleared our plates while Steve was still chewing his last bite. So it took an hour to get the food,but you can't wait two seconds before clearing? Bizarre!!
The whole atmosphere was weird, aloof waitstaff, slow service, empty dining room and the little old asian lady chef wandering around in house slippers.
We got burned, lesson learned.
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