11318 Dance Barn Lane
Carterville, IL 62918
Williamson County
Phone: (618) 985-4447
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by Kiki E. on During my Philadelphia visit, I met with my friend whom I haven't seen in 3 years. He told me ahead of time that he was going to take me to a nice sushi joint. When he pulled up in front of Morimoto, I was just so excited. It was Saturday evening without reservation. Since the sushi bar was available immediately, we decided to take the sushi bar, rather than wait 3 hours for a table. As soon as we sat at the sushi bar, the sushi chef immediately greeted us in Japanese. Yes! A real Japanese sushi chef... We don't have those in Cleveland, so I felt like I was home already. Our server was this Asian dude who had some weird accent. I think he just wanted to sound cool. He explained their specials for the night but he explained really really fast, so I had no clue what they had. Anyway, we decided to order a bottle of Japanese white wine, Koshu. It was not too sweet, but had a crisp tangerine/grapefruits flavor. Kinda like Pinot Gris. For appetizers, we ordered hamachi with jalapeno pepper slice with ponzu sauce, and kobe beef with yuzu fused hot oil. We watched the chef prepared both appetizers and I was so impressed by his knife skills. How can he slice anything so paper-thin? The ingredients were so fresh and the presentation was elegant. For entree, we decided to get sushi chef's selection ($75). It came with 2 kinds of maki rolls (unagi and spicy tuna), 8 different kinds of nigiri sushi (2 pieces per fish), including chu-toro, salmon, red snapper, etc... Every sushi was so fresh and just a right amount of rice to fish ratio. Addition to sushi, there was a homemade kasutera (like sponge cake), which was so delicate and tasty. It was plenty for both of us and we were actually full and happy. The sushi chefs were very friendly and even though they were busy, they explained everything they were making. I think my friend was trying to impress me by taking me to Morimoto. He always jokes about how crappy Cleveland is and we don't have super fancy restaurants like in Philly. Well, I think he did a good job and yes, he impressed me with Morimoto.
by Janet Guebert on Used to go here a lot during undergrad- Its a bit small, can get super crowded but its decent place to have fun with friends. Theres parking structure right across the street so for 10 bucks you' should be able to find a relatively close parking. Different rooms throughout the club- Each room plays different kind of music. The clubs not TOO nice in decor but its dark anyways... Lots of asians-
