Bento Cafe, Sand Lake

I had dinner at this Japanese version of Pei Wei on Wednesday. The experience was the antithesis of my earlier meal at J. Alexander's. The place was dirty (can you vacuum a rug or wipe off a table?) and the room bore visible scars of what ever used to be here. The service was slow. It took forever to order. It took forever to get the food. They have that bullshit process in which you have to go to them to order and then they bring out the food (except your drinks). Either have everything take place at the table or nothing. I hope people aren't tipping as if it's full service. They probably aren't and that's why the service is not materializing. They have noodle bowls and salads and sushi (on seperate menus so you might not realize it - dumb). I had a sushi sampler (because I could sense this would be a mistake) for $8. It had 4 pieces of a california roll plus 4 pieces of any other and 4 pieces of another. I chose yellowtail and rainbow. The pieces were small. the fish was tasteless and paper thin. There was a distinct taste of cleaning fluid (something was cut with an unwashed knife) in the sushi. Horrible. the place seats about 60. Unfortunately (for us) it was full. The space is poorly laid out (lots of empty space). Prices were high. With all the choices for sushi in the area, I implore their customers to switch allegiances.