Tsunami

[Gaspar]

Don't know how Nordaggio's could go out of business.  They have great coffee, great service, awesome gelato, and it's become a wholesome hangout for the Jenks kids.

[bigdtottown]

My wife and I really enjoyed the Riverwalk which opened a little while before we moved, but we were really surprised that Tsunami, when it first opened, did not serve sushi!!!  This made no sense to me but I assume they had their reasons.  We've been to the Mexican place time after time and the food was never anything to brag about.  Still, when the weather is nice it's hard to beat sitting at the cabana drinking a cold beer.  If the service is as poor as some have experienced that's too bad.  We tended to go to In The Raw for sushi anyway since it was about 5 minutes from us.

[Conan71]

I've never felt the service is all that great at the downtown Tsunami unless you sit at the sushi bar.  Never ate at the one out south, never looked like they had much traffic there.

[cannon_fodder]

quote:Originally posted by ARGUS

Mr. Cannon Fodder, the "so I heard" was an internet forum disclosure.
What IF I had stated that it was a certain fact? This is still an internet forum rife with rumor even when the poster states an absolute fact.
Verify away please.
Other than that I do agree with your responce and would never wish ill-will.
Peace out and GO TULSA!(city)
BOOMER SOONER!

I like to try and get it from a horses mouth, but I do appreciate the full disclosure.

Go Tulsa (city and university).

GOLDEN HURRICANE!
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[wordherder]

Just called both places.   Nordagio's is open, but the number for Tsunami is no longer in service.

A few months back Tsunami got busted by the health department for failing inspection, but I don't know if that's the reason it closed.  Certainly not a good sign, anyway.

[jne]

quote:Originally posted by joiei

Basically, Riverwalk is boring.  Too boring to make the drive that far down on a weekday evening for dinner.  Plus all the restaurants are lame.  There are too many better places between here and there to bother going that far.   If they improve the mix then maybe.  I would rather go to King's landing across the river, they have a better mix of better restaurants.  And the parking is better.

word.  We went there a few times early on and saw some good bands play to bewildered passers by.  The Mexican place was full of suburban 30 and 40 somethings acting like HS kids at their first beer party.  We went into Tsunami to find there was no sushi - that was it for us. I've had a gift certificate to the movie theater there for 2 years now.  If I lived in Jenks, I might be glad to have it, but I have no reason to go down there.

[JoeMommaBlake]

It's funny. When I've talked to people about opening a new restaurant downtown, they often look at me like I'm a naive child that doesn't know about the bad situation I'm about to get myself in to.

Somewhere in the conversation they say something like, You should really look at that Riverwalk out in Jenks. That's where the money is."

I actually did look at that site a while back, then I decided not to do it.

Ever notice that the restaurant turnover is the supposed "great parts of town for restaurants" is about 10 times that of our "struggling" downtown?

Ask Tony Roma's, Tia's, Coach's, Okie Dokie's, Smokey Bones, Jazmo's, etc. how well they like restaurant row.

As for me, I'll put my money on downtown.

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by JoeMommaBlake

It's funny. When I've talked to people about opening a new restaurant downtown, they often look at me like I'm a naive child that doesn't know about the bad situation I'm about to get myself in to.

Somewhere in the conversation they say something like, You should really look at that Riverwalk out in Jenks. That's where the money is."

I actually did look at that site a while back, then I decided not to do it.

Ever notice that the restaurant turnover is the supposed "great parts of town for restaurants" is about 10 times that of our "struggling" downtown?

Ask Tony Roma's, Tia's, Coach's, Okie Dokie's, Smokey Bones, Jazmo's, etc. how well they like restaurant row.

As for me, I'll put my money on downtown.

the restuarants you mention suffered from bad management, not the fact that they couldn't make it on their food and service.  Smokey bones was shut down nationally...the local joint wasn't that bad.  THe coach's okie dokie debacle was just that....a horrible debacle run by people in the car lot business.

I've yet to see a restaurant fail along 71st because they had bad food and service.  I could open up a place along 71st that served turds and it would do well....oh wait we already have that at Obesity Factory.

[safetyguy]

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Smokey bones was shut down nationally...the local joint wasn't that bad.  [/quote]

Not all Smokey Bones were shut down. I have been to one in Orlando in the past few months. Probably just the poor performers were closed. The Smokey Bones here did have poor service, so that probably led to their demise.

[PonderInc]

I've never eaten at the Riverwalk, but I am addicted to Tsunami downtown.  All of their food is terrific, especially the sushi.  They also do something to the edamame that makes it the best I've ever tasted.  I've brought people to Tsunami from all over the country (including sushi-fiends from the west coast) and they all rave about the food at the downtown Tsunami.

I have experienced slow service nights on rare occasions.  Overall, I think the service has been good to excellent.  I wonder if the rare slow nights are related to training new sushi chefs...or when the more complex/exotic rolls are on the half-price list?   Whatever... bring good friends, enjoy the drinks and conversation, and pretend you're in Europe... where the words "fast" and "food" never appear in the same sentence.

I went to "In the Raw" a couple times down on Brookside.  Couldn't stand the meat-market, see-and-be-seen crowd.  Fuji was fine, but I haven't found anything to compare to Tsunami's sushi.  Love the food, the cool atmosphere, the downtown location, and half-price happy hour sushi.  What more could I want?

As long as the downtown location is thriving, I'm happy.

[ARGUS]

Downtown Tsunami is my favorite too.