Miyako Sushi Group: Spartanburg, SC

Do you ever get that craving for sushi, and the cheap stuff at your local lunch buffet just isn't going to do it for you? This is exactly what happened to me, I was fed-up with the cheap, imitation sushi we all have become accustomed too during the lunch rush (I guess I cannot speak for everyone) of our busy lives. This is why I sought out Miyako sushi Group in Downtown Spartanburg for my mid-afternoon snack. After driving around and around, sometimes going the wrong way on a one-way, I finally found a parking space just outside the front door. I was greeted by a very friendly hostess who brought me to my table in the back/side of the restaurant, just in-front of the sushi bar. It was a very small and dark environment with maybe 5 or 6 other guests.

I was then greeted by a very rude, and somewhat not interested waitress who threw some water on the table and proceeded to take my order (I get this feeling at every restaurant in downtown Spartanburg that if you are not a local/regular, you get the "special" treatment). I ordered the lunch sushi special - chefs choice $8.95 (pictured above) and added miso soup for $1.00 extra and the GREEN CAJUN (pictured below) - Tuna, shiromi, wasabi mayo, avocado, and scallions $4.75.

The soup was just your average, packaged miso soup, but had an over abundance amount of small pieces of tofu in it which was nice to see for a change. The sushi lunch was incredible along with my choice of the green cajun roll. The quality of the fish and the not so present smell of "FISH" was a nice change. The fish was so fresh, I can honestly say that this is in the top ten for best sushi I have ever tasted. And for the price, honestly, I have paid three to four times this amount for this quality of raw fish in the past. Although, not knowing what the fish was on the Lunch Combo (that would have taken the waitress an extra 10 seconds as she would have had to talk to a foreign person), it literally just melted in my mouth.

Overall, Miyako Sushi is by far the best sushi I have had in Spartanburg in the short 5 months I have been working in this city. With the exception of the "who the hell are you" service and maybe a little too much sushi rice on the Nigiri, it was a nice change from the $6.99, all-you-can-eat, imitation sushi buffet.