Heart Rock Sushi

Critic's Review

Review 8/6/14

Heart Rock Sushi

I'd never been to heart rock sushi before. It took me 6 years to go to Sushi Rock, even with all of the hype, and I couldn't stand the place. There's a running assumption that all of the "Rock" sushi places are related, but they're not. There's no relationship between this place and Sushi Rock on Las Olas.

I really had no idea what it was like inside; it's really rather nice. Certainly nicer than Sushi Rock, which is like going into a back room at a Vegas Strip club.

Heart Rock Sushi Interior

On June 12, someone crashed a car into the place, and now one of the windows is covered with plywood and a pillar is covered and under repair.

Car Driven into Heart Rock Sushi (c/o Sun-Sentinel)

It happened early afternoon just about where I was sitting, so it's a good thing that I didn't go on that day.

They have a sushi bar and another bar in the rear in the long, narrow room.

Heart Rock Sushi Bar

I ordered iced tea and they actually had lemon; no Splenda however. I asked for more lemon a bit later when I placed my order.

Heart Rock Ice Tea

I ordered the Sushi and Sashimi combo, which comes with 4 pieces Sashimi, 3 sushi, 1/2 california roll and 1 shumai (pork dumpling). I also got a choice of miso soup or a salad; I tried the peanut sauce since I don't care for ginger.

The salad came out right away.

Heart Rock Salad with Peanut Sauce

Typical asian salad with bad dressing. They really can't get some ranch or thousand island? Asian dressings are just awful. I fought my way through,eating about 1/ 2 the salad.

They play decent music, I recognized "Sweet Dreams" and something by Fleetwood Mac. A dude brought out the combo without too much of a wait.

Heart Rock Sushi and Sashimi Combo

I pretended to know how to use chopsticks; actually I insist on using them correctly rather than use the pinch method use by many cretins. I actually could eat everything here with chopsticks; I can't eat rice unless I want to spend 3 hours at the table.

The "sashimi" was sliced kind of thick; I would have preferred if they sliced the salmon in half and gave me 9 pieces (no extra cost). The Nigiri was sliced thiner. The fish didn't seem to be great quality. The california roll wasn't very good either; the rice wasn't moist or sticky and the it didn't have much taste. The roll I had at

I did like the noodles, which taste a lot better than a bland bowl of rice. Of course I'm not doing carbs so I only had a taste.

Even the Ginger seemed old. I guess it doesn't go bad but there was something withered about it.

Nice place, but I wonder about the quality of the food.