Hachi's Kitchen

We had not had sushi in a while so we decided to try Hachi's Kitchen. It is located in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. The address is 2521 N California Ave, Chicago. We found out about this restaurant from an episode of Check Please. We specifically picked this sushi restaurant because we had recently seen a movie called Hachi (a great movie about a super loyal dog and it is a tearjerker). For appetizers we had baked scallops and tempura tofu.

It was surprising that the scallops came served in a scallop shell. We liked the taste but it kind of looked like a pile of mush. The tofu was crispy on the outside and creamy inside. It came with a great miso sauce.

Although there were other entrees on the menus we chose to only order sushi rolls. We had the bagel maki (roll), unagi maki, a spicy white tuna crunch roll and a volcano roll.

Bagel maki & tuna crunch roll



Unagi Roll

The first 2 rolls were more basic. They tasted good but they were more standard sushi. We enjoyed the other 2 rolls better. The tuna crunch roll was the best one for Natalie because the tempura batter on the tuna gave it a good crunch plus it had the flavors of avocado and scallion. Nick liked the volcano roll the best. It was whimsically served stacked in the shape of a volcano. The entire roll had been tempura battered for more crunchiness and was a little spicier due to wasabi being in the roll itself.

Volcano Roll

Final thoughts on Hachi's kitchen:

Food - interesting but probably not necessary for us to drive that far for sushi. In fact a few months ago we tried a place near us called Ra which had great happy hour sushi deals.

Service - we went on a weekday night so it was pretty quiet in the restaurant and we got great service. It was a little disappointing to see the restaurant so empty but hopefully that is just a weeknight thing. Since there were so few people it was very relaxed and we did not feel rushed.

Atmosphere - very modern and clean looking, well lit, casual attire