Raku - Besthesda

The food is excellent but the setting is small and depending on where you sit you will leave smelling like the kitchen. For this reason, I asked to be seated away from the kitchen at an open booth closer to the windows. However, I was told that because there was just two of us that we would have to wait until one of the other parties finished before we could be seated even though there were other booths open. Keep in mind this was within an hour of them closing for lunch. After we were seated no one else ever came in to be seated at the four person booths that they told us we could not be seated at. For this reason if I come back I will just order to go.

Terrible! I ordered a take-out bento box from their menu for$28 and confirmed the price with the very pleasant telephone who took my order. When I went to pick it up the charge was $50+. When queried the person in charge said that the website had not been updated and insisted that their higher price was correct. I left without my food, vowing not to patronize them again.

I thought the sushi would be ok as this is kind of a fusion restaurant but honestly amazing sushi and everything else was superb as well!

Great food but need to address the flies/nats that are constantly flying around our food. Makes it feel unsanitary.

The place was very crowded on a Friday night. Service was strained at this busy time. The food was hit and miss. The Ocean Spring Rolls lacked flavor and were not helped by a sauce which can only be generously described as unhelpful. Crispy Szechuan Chicken was crispy and the sauce was spicy enough for American tastes but the addition of cilantro ruined the dish-my neighbor sent it back as horrible . Without the cilantro it would have been quite acceptable. The White Snake and Red Dragon rolls were very good. Desert was a take on La Belle Helen with a well done poached red bosc pear which I garnished with green tea ice cream instead of the proffered vanilla.