05/15/06

Hartford Still Has Jazz and Here It Is

by marleneholmes

This restaurant was designed to please people who enjoy Asian food, great jazz, and an occasional dance, as well as those who want to eat out without putting on airs. Yes, you can wear your jeans, your tux or your business suit. You can order Chinese or Japanese, whichever is your pleasure. The sushi is fresh and delicious. The Chinese entrees are flavorful and the serving sizes are healthy. Here's the thing... if you want to hear jazz, it is one of the two premier jazz venues in the Greater Hartford area.

12/15/05

thank goodness for big drinks...

by martinilover

or this place might never see me again! Once walked out after sitting for 10 minutes and not one person came over... The sukiyaki is passable, the same with the sushi. the service may be the worst ever! the booths are kinda old and dirty. owner is a real nice guy, and the jazz is a cool thing. but like i said, you gotta love a huge drink...

09/01/05

Mediocre at best

by deevot

Let me preface this and all other reviews that I am a SoCal transplant, so my opinion as it relates to sushi outside of California is going to be a bit hard to impress.

Bottom line, I found my experience at Szechuan Tokyo, "tolerable". The rice was dry and almost crunchy, the fish was "normal" nothing unique in the preperation, the wasabe was extremely spicy (which I happen to enjoy), but overwhelms the overall sensation of the fish (which may be a good thing in this case); our waiter could not speak or understand english and it took us many times to clarify our order; he took my chopsticks on two seperate occasions, forcing me to ask for new ones, and my water was always empty. The sushi itself was like I said just normal, not bad, not good, just edible. The ambiance was crap!

• Pros: good parking, plenty of seats, no wait time
• Cons: dry rice, poor service, average food