Kuro - Atlantic City

We were all set to go to Docs Oyster House for an anticipated great seafood dinner. Literally as we’re turning into the valet, I see I made the reservation for Docs Oyster Bar in New York! How the hell did I manage that?? AI has a long way to go, else it would have realized I was trying to go from home to New York to Atlantic City in a matter of about two hours.So we wound up here. Despite the run-of-the-mill rye and could have used a touch more of it, our Manhattans were a good start with different flavors that slid across your tongue. Tapas-style shrimp tempura maki and rib eye yakatori were a good start; the rib eye was melt in your mouth tender and the maki presented a range of flavor and textures. I wasn’t crazy about the Chilean sea bass entree, that’s just my palate and not the preparation as the wife liked it; I thought it was sweet and the sauce covered up the fish to much. I preferred the lobster instead, where the lobster was complimented by a unique butter and an array of veggies. I can't rate the food a 3.80, so 4 stars it is.Overpriced casino restaurant as expected, but it did provide good food and a nice experience with top-notch service from Jennifer. When I ordered a Kujira 12 year for dessert, we had a quick exchange on Japanese whiskey (primed from our earlier exchange on Manhattans), and how this was the bartender’s, who is a whisky geek, favorite. She walks away and the next thing we knew, the bartender was at our table telling us the story of this excellent whisky.We didn’t miss Docs.

The food is usually very good but we had the worst service ever our past visit. We had reservations. We were shoved into a corner and there were plenty of seats open. Went up to asked to be moved, well we were and it continued to go down hill. We waited over 20 minutes for someone to come over, then another 20 minutes for drinks. We would have left but we were seeing a show and short for time as it was since the service was so poor. Our food came out the same time our server was brining the drinks. Not sure why it was like this but it was not overly crowded and it seemed more servers were chatting in the back then helping customers. Food is good, limited menu. They need to try to rotate items once in a while. Not sure we will be back any time soon due to the very poor service.

Sushi was excellent. Wide variety of menu items for all tastes. FYI, this restaurant style is Asian tapas or appetizers that can be mixed and matched to create a good mix of flavors. The prices are expensive but very worth the quality of the food. Even something as simple as vegetable rolls were impressive. I will absolutely return!

Sick as a dog Chefs do not pay attention to allergy requests. Sick most of the night and missed half of a show we had tickets for.

I had dinner here tonight, I was just a walk in. My bar tender/servers, Jesus and Alex. They were both very friendly and helpful. Alex talked me through the menu as well as making some recommendations. He also made me a very tasty mocktail with Seedlip. I had some sushi, shishitos and fluffy cheesecake. All great choices. I will definitely come back if I’m in or near Atlantic City.