I can't get behind Baku.  It's not the portion size or the price but rather the quality and the taste quotient.  \n\nI'm a serious sushi guy and this places misses the mark.  \n\nI found the sashimi was either too cold or certainly not melt-in-the-mouth fresh.  The assortment was so plain I could have found more eclecticism in a grocery store and the slices were strangely extremely thick cuts, not at all expertly done.  Served on a giant block of ice this was boorish sushi 101.  \n\nThey claimed to have fresh wasabi, but apparently don't know what this means as it was the powdery fake stuff.  I even asked the server and they thought it was fresh.  I didn't bemoan it in person because I didn't want to be *that guy* but the servers should at least be educated on the cuisine.\n\nThe Baku salad is the best thing to order here as the greens are fresh and the dressing light and sweet. \n\nThe edamame was disappointing and had a freeze-dried texture to it--eew!\n\nAs I'm a glutton for punishment I tried the miso-glazed black cod.  Even though I had pointed out to my server that I wanted to do a healthy meal, he didn't mention their miso cod is basically butter cod!!\n\nI almost forgot the kumamoto oysters which were one step away from being off and garishly presented with giant watermelon bubbles which looked like some sort of sick growth.