Kaiko

I love sushi. And I’ve had lots of sushi over the course of my life in different states, cities and countries.
Kaiko is definitely top notch (at least in Amsterdam standard). Their nigiri, sashimi, makis are all great. They are fresh, and comes in in good sized portions.
However, Kaiko’s problem is its server. The lady who works there is absolutely horrifying.
She is always mono-​toned and I swear I have never seen her smile. Nope, not even once.
Not only that, it is practically impossible to make reservations via phone. Not because Kaiko is always full, it’s because the lady can’t or doesn’t want to do her job.
When I called to make a reservation one day, she literally said «sorry, fully booked» and hung up. I called back and asked for next availability and it took a good 20 minutes trying to figure out when I can make the damn reservation — I basically had to ask her day by day.
Her english is absolutely horrible, and her Dutch is mediocre — maybe she’s okay in Japanese, who knows. OR maybe… she just doesn’t care and has absolutely zero regards to Kaiko’s customers.
Even though Kaiko’s sushi is great, her attitude totally ruins the whole dining experience. If she’s so unhappy and miserable to be working and serving there (from the looks of it), she should probably look for another occupation.

How do I love Kaiko? Let me count the ways.
Really though this is the best sushi I have had to date, hands down. The interior is very quite small and no-​frills but the service and especially the food was to die for. The prices reflect that as you may see but if you want to splurge once in a while or for a nice occasion Kaiko is the place.
We were really sure what to order so my girlfriend got the sashimi plate and I ordered the sushi set, the big one whichever that was. We even added a few appetizers because we weren’t sure what was going to come out and an extra deal, since it’s my favorites and it didn’t show up in the sushi set. Just really the freshest sushi either of us have had, with perfectly cut pieces and laid out beautifully. We also ordered a few bottles of sake which just were randomly chosen. When she brought them out in these strange square serving bowls she told us to salt the rim. Nothing we had really done before but it complemented the sake nicely.
We had a lot of funny things which came out of our mouths that night while the delicious food was going in…
After trying the omelette sushi, «every other egg in the world is bullshit».
When seeing that they made to go orders, «it’s like putting gold into Styrofoam».

Now this is good sushi! Haven’t had sushi this good since my first night in Kobe Japan. I highly recommend this spot, spend some money it’s worth it. The fatty tuna was the best I have ever had outside of Japan. Service was fast, friendly, and spoke Dutch, English and Japanese.