For being quite a small city, Monterey has actually a lot of sushi bars. Jugem has been around a while and it got some great reviews that made us want to check it out.

This sushi bar seems to be a family run restaurant, and it comforts us always to find Japanese people eating there. The sushi chef also seemed to be in with the rest of the crowd, and it did give you the feeling of that it was a neighborhood sushi bar. But it was as if there was something wrong in the place. Again the feeling of that no one really wanted to be there. That this was an old dream gone sour kind of. I don’t know.

Since the city has several sushi bars in just walking distance, one even opening up that same week we were there, I am guessing the competition is hard.

I just really wanted to give this place a good review, because I cheer for the proper Japanese style sushi bar approach, but this place seems to have had it, but they seems to have lost something. That night the food was not inspired or inspiring, the sushi rice was hard, and the presentation just mama. Kind of disappointing.

Summary:

I wanted this place to be great. I hope it usually is.

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Price level:	Ok
Times visited:	1

General information:

Street address: 409 Alvarado St Monterey, CA 93940
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Phone number:(831) 373-6463

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