I went in a party of 8 for a friend's birthday party. She used to go to St. Ed's but moved after freshmen year. She likes to come back to Austin for birthdays. This year she kicked it up a notch.
Imperia is an upscale sushi restaurant downtown. A place with a dark colored theme and very low light. I remember a lot of black red and gold. My guess is fancy restaurants keep the lights dim so that ladies look prettier all dressed up. When I say upscale, I mean drinks were about as expensive if not more than entrées.
My problem with upscale sushi is that if you were to go to Japan - you know that place that made sushi first - its not upscale like this. Its in a simple cafe with a rotating track that has a bunch of rolls on it. Imperia lost me somewhere in the fancy presentation. It's a roll of rice and fish in seaweed and there isn't enough on my plate. I didn't really mind. I knew it was gonna be expensive. If you are a on a college kid budget, the better sushi may be somewhere less fancy. If you have to go, order "the Bank." In the picture, I'm having a Kung Fu Cosmopolitan.
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