Uye-Steppin’ Out Spring Break Goyemon Grubfest

Forget this place and find a different Japanese restaurant. Goyemon isn’t the worst Japanese food I have had, but wow is it bad.
We walked in, no greet from anyone. Just the waiters looking at us. Hostess not even looking, just trying to take care of people’s checks. So after waiting a while, I finally stepped up to the hostess and asked her if we could get a table. She tells me to wait. I was so close to just sitting myself. Never has a hostess been so unhelpful. It’s ridiculous.
We finally sit down and get this older Japanese waitress. She seemed cold towards my Hispanic friend, which was weird. She didn’t come back to fill our water. Another waitress started coming by checking on my sister who did AYCE. Overall, shit service.
My sister liked her sushi: tamago, spam sushi, and a spicy California. But in my opinion they all looked lame and are all easy items to make. I ordered the lunch special, chicken was lame. They served it with potato salad and a salad with a type of balsamic on it. Who thought that was a good idea? Never before have I had potato salad served to me at a Japanese restaurant. My friend ordered the spicy chicken bowl, which wasn’t very spicy to her. Food was mediocre. Nothing wowed me.
Unless you’re craving some half ass Japanese food, pass this place up. I won’t be coming back here again.

I really like the quality of the sushi, but a lot of help is needed all around.
First, the service I feel is so so, one waiter really does a all around good job, but having to ask for my glass to get refilled once its totally empty really stinks.
Second, the grill food menu is so tasty! But it was super cold when it arrived, grill = not sushi so was disappointed. I didn’t bother to complain cause it was the waitresses job and fail…
Third, quantity of the sushi on the rice ratio suffers… Mmm…
They also do not allow your toddler over the age of 2– to share with you on the all you can eat, they also do not have a extra add on for a toddler either– you have to purchase a full price meal or AYCE for them. Sad. There goes sushi night for the week–
Will be back but not as often, they have a Stamp Card program– take advantage– also nightly specials!

Just one word for this sushi buffet is «sucks». There is no sashimi, and everything is god dam salty. The shrimp tempura was fried by egg and flour outside, not real bread crumb! green tea ice cream tastes like essence…

Positive:
Sushi was delicious. Good selection for all you can eat. Uni was fresh, but tasted like the aquarium it was being held in.
Negative:
Wait is too long. Children are not half-​price. Baked Muscles was chewy and stale.
This won’t be my go-​to place for Japanese/​Sushi in Las Vegas, but it can be in the cycle.

I had a great time gorging on sushi at Nelson Q’s AYCE UYE-​Steppin’ Out Spring Break Goyemon Grubfest. It was a wonderful way to conclude Unilocal Spring Break.
Edamame: Check!
Fried Gyoza: Check!
Miso Soup: Check!
Spicy Tuna Roll: Check!
Rainbow Roll: Check!
Caterpillar Roll: Check!
Ecstasy Roll: Check!
One by one I checked off all of the above items that I ordered, and let Nelson fill in the rest of the feast. He did so masterfully, and also proved himself to be a master sushi eater (if there is such an animal!), devouring one or more pieces of sushi from every roll that came through. I pretty much did the same, but demurred on eating a shrimp head and some sauced up roe.
A plentiful supply of salted Edamame was warm and very good, as was hot and tasty Miso Soup. The Gyoza was outstanding, and my only disappointment of the evening was that a second order never arrived.
I pushed myself to try some new things; was surprised at the good nutty taste of Octopus Poke; and was especially pleased with a juicy Seaweed Salad. Pork Belly was good but fat-​laden, as expected. Sweet Shrimp was creamy white, buttery, and excellent, leaving a melt in your mouth sensation. But since scarfing down raw shrimp was foreign to me, I decided to stop at two tails. And, I especially liked the crunchy top of a very tasty and different Hurricane Roll.
Cool, perfectly ripe avocado dominated a good Rainbow Roll, a very good Ecstasy Roll enhanced by Orgasm Sauce, and an excellent Caterpillar Roll. Conc from a conch was good but I didn’t notice any aphrodisiac effects from it. A pale Tuna Roll was good; a Hamachi & Jalapeño Roll fairly good; and a Spicy Tuna Roll spicy and excellent. I adjudged bright orange Salmon Nigiri to be very good. I even liked the yellow Uni. And, grilled Corn on the Cob was a nice extra.
After successive waves of sushi, I enjoyed really tasty Vanilla Mochi and a flavorful Chocolate Mousse with light whipped cream and tasty flakes on top for dessert. Throughout the lengthy meal hot tea and water also kept coming.
The atmosphere in a private tatami room with mixed music playing overhead, and no time limit, was conducive to indulgent eating. The convivial companionship of fellow Unilocalers, and a solar eclipse transpiring just outside, made for good conversation, and the whole 2−½ hour experience was quite delightful.
My thanks go out to Nelson and Sylvia Q, for planning and hosting this excellent event; to the management, chefs, and servers of Sushi House Goyemon for making all of this possible; and to my fellow diners for making our time together pass by so pleasantly on a warm Sunday night.

An astronomical event!
I’ve always wanted to attend one of this stepping out events from Nelson and Sylvia but they always happened on my working days which kept me from participating, but this time the stars and the moon aligned on my favor and was able to attend one on a Sunday… my fun day!
It was very nice to spend some quality time with *the group*, this was actually my first all you can eat sushi experience since usually one roll is enough for me so I prepared by starving myself for the whole day. I didn’t want to order myself and end up with the usual suspect like the California roll so I put all my trust on the sushi connoisseur and host of the event, Nelson and I was more than happy I did, for I tried so many new things I would never dare order myself, like «CONCH» for example. There was soooooooo much food I had to take a couple of breaks, went outside, saw the moon and the sun do their thing and then went back in ready for round two which I lost to Kevin and Nelson .and anyone else for that matter, I had to give up I could not eat one more fish egg or shrimp eye,…ok I had some room for dessert but not much. all I can say is that I ate like a king… or Emperor.
We walked outside at twilight and stayed there for a while talking about future and past events, I hope I get to attend another one like this, it was much fun as was nice to see Misti after all the exhausting work she’s been doing this past weekend her Unilocal spirit never fades. Thank you Nelson and Sylvia for putting this event together, hope to see you soon.
And as someone says… ALOHA!!!

I’m still full: 24 hours, 2 runs & a training session later. Only partially kidding. Had been out drinking all of the Grey Goose @ Rhodes Ranch & Silverton @ wedding and after pool party Saturday night into Sunday afternoon. Was hurting. BAD.
But, decided to be a woman of my word and leave Summahood for Goyemon. Boy, am I glad that I did. Kevin was sampling 3 sakes and I decided a hair of the proverbial dog would be a good start.
The food. It just kept coming. One fish, two fish three fish more. Two and one half hours worth of delicious gluttony. I couldn’t bring myself to eat the shrimp heads (I have acthing where I don’t like my food looking back at me) but tried everything else (until I had to hold onto Sarah-Marie’s friend Chela for support) Highlights for me were the salmon belly, hamachi w jalapeño, hurricane roll (and I’m a sashimi or nigri girl) conch (so citrusy!) and I loved loved loved the strawberry mochi.
I was amazed at the amount of food this crew can pack away! Didn’t get to visit with the other table till we went out front for an after chat, but I’m so glad I shook off my hurtin to hang with the crew. Sarah-​Marie makes me laugh & Sylvia is just so sweet (thanks for our little talk, you are a doll)
The staff was attentive and the food and laughter plentiful. Another successful UYE down. Thanks Nelson & Sylvia & everyone who shared in the fun!

I AM SO FULL!!! That one is for you Sarah Marie. I swear, whenever this group gets together I am always ready to pass out at the end. It does not matter if we are drinking, eating, or dancing. Everybody is crazy fun and I could not ask for a better group of people to share an evening with.
I came straight after work and had not eaten very much throughout the day. To say I was ready to grub was an understatement. I got there early and the staff didn’t realize we had moved the dinner up. It was on their calender, but not communicated to the night staff. We got that sorted out and as people started to trickle in I was getting anxious. I WANT TO EAT! Eventually we gave up waiting on the people and just ordered.
The food was good. The rice was progressively getting warmer as they were getting busy. It fell apart to easily at this point. If they would stock up around dinner time it would be better. Other then that, it was a very satisfying night. Thanks Nelson and Sylvia for hosting a wonderful end to a wonderful week.

Mahalo to those that came out to the Grubfest tonight. What a way to cap off the Unilocal Spring Break weekend!
15 of us had our fill of Goyemon’s eclectic offerings from the Goyemon Boyz, and we did some major damage. The service Team was great as always, and made sure all was well in the tatami room. The wait times in between orders gave people a chance for a sneak peak of the Solar Eclipse which was cool.
I understand that things come up which can lead to cancellations, but when you cancel last minute, or click «I’m In» and pull a no show with no notification whatsoever, I have no other choice, but to «waitlist» you for future UYEs in the Steppin’ Out Series. I won’t point the finger and mention any names, you know who you are… ALOHA!!!
Unilocal 365 CHALLENGE-(243/365) «Sushi and Solar Eclipses»