As a fairly keen sushi fan, I'm always on the look out for new options. I was quite interested when I first saw the opening of Momoto in Garden City, promising a more upmarket rendition of kaiten sushi with premium prices to match. However, I decided to sit it out a bit when I noted a slew of sponsored content, I decided to wait a bit to see some genuine reviews before going. So it languished on my list for a while until they made their way onto eatclub. With Dr L running an errand nearby, we finally tried it out.
It was fairly busy when we went and we grabbed a corner seat, just outside the kitchen. The train was fairly well stocked but we opted to order on the ipad. Per my usual reviews of kaiten sushi stores, my descriptions will be brief due to the number of dishes.
Starting off with the scallop, these were fairly ordinary. They were moderately fresh but not overly sweet. I wouldn't consider it particularly different to the offerings at other kaiten sushi.
Ika was a bit better. With a generous thick cut that was sliced with a chewy and sticky texture, this was quite enjoyable
Lobster salad and salmon wasn't particularly outstanding. Lobster salad was of the variety you would get at an asian grocery store. I could probably recreate this at home without too much difficulty.
We had two salmon belly and avocado takosu. These are all the rage now, standing in for a more traditional temaki. Portions were small for the price ($8.60 each) and decidedly underwhelming. Quality of ingredients was fairly standard.
The anago was a more unique find on their menu. Each portion came with only one piece. Toppings were generous and the anago was fine, but it was considerably expensive for what was provided.
At least the unagi came with two pieces. This was also fairly standard and doesn't stand out from the competition when the prices are higher.
We had a serve of grilled wagyu. This was decidedly a let down, being overcooked and quite tough.
Not sure I was necessarily expecting anything different but we ordered the crab stick with avocado and it was exactly as we envisaged and nothing more.
Noting another unique piece, we ordered the jack mackerel. This was the stand out for me, thick cut, fresh and garnished with ginger and some spring onions it was a delicious mouthful.
Salmon tobiko was also fine. Nothing wrong with it but nothing that stood out either. Salmon was adequately cut but not really thick.
Rounding out our meal we had the trusty avocado salmon. The portion of avocado was a bit less than I would have liked. Salmon was very standard and didn't impress.
Overall I would say I was glad to finally have tried out momoto to satisfy my curiosity. Having said that, our final bill for two was approx $100 even with a 25% eat club discount and no drinks so it was definitely not cheap. On average, I would say some dishes were better than sushi edo quality, but prices were nearly double. If you want particular unique pieces of fish that you couldn't get at sushi edo or sushi train then maybe come here, otherwise it's not worth the value propositoin at all.
Price range: $45 - $55pp
Taste: 7.5/10
Value: 5/10
Service: 7/10
Environment: 7/10
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