Agami - Chicago

I chose this restaurant because it’s known to have great sushi and is very close to the Riviera. Reviews said that service is slow so I put a note on my reservation AND told the host person when being seated that we needed to finish our meal within an hour and a half. We sat for half an hour before we saw a server, but once we ordered everything and told her about the show, we got our drinks quickly and a fantastic chef’s choice sashimi/sushi dinner. We had to leave some on the table to make our show, but we only regretted that because the food was so delicious. And we got to the Riv just as Jon Batiste walked into the stage.

We sat for at least 15 minutes before a server, who was unsure if he was actually our server showed up. Because of the wait, we ordered everything at one time and said to bring it out as it’s ready. After another 10-15 minutes we received our salad (had a rubber/chemical like taste to it)…5 minutes later our miso soup, followed by our cocktails (yup ~30 minutes for drinks). Then the sushi came….wrong roll. Ordered the Ocean Drive and got an Original dragon….not impressed won’t be back.

Good sushi and great location right next to Riviera theater! A little bit of a weird ambiance—kind of feels like it used to be a weird club?

The sushi was very good! What a surprise since we didn’t have high expectations but we were blown away!

It took 25 min and asking someone that worked there to take our initial drink/food order. By 1 hour we were still waiting on our food. If it wasn’t for the sake and martini we would have never stayed. Didn’t seem understaffed, just employees looking busy and just walking around. Will not be going back.