Tex Wasabi's Rock-n-Roll Sushi-BBQ

Name: Tex Wasabi's Rock-n-Roll Sushi-BBQ
Address: 515 4th Street, Santa Rosa, California 95401
Phone: 707-544-8399
Web site: www.texwasabis.com
Date & Time visited: Saturday, December 24, 2005, 6:40 PM
Guests: Jennifer and me
What we had: Vegas fries, Emily's roll, Tootsie roll (see menu at linked site).

The strangest concept restaurant I've ever visited, Tex Wasabi's was also highly entertaining, affordable, and open for dinner on Christmas Eve. Who knew that buffalo-hot sauce shoestring french fries went so well with tempura shrimp and crab rolls? It works and works well. The only negative was the noise level, which was rather uncomfortably high.

Service: Very good. I felt just a bit rushed towards the end of our meal--and we weren't there all that long--as if the manager might be urging the server to turn the table, but aside from that service was quite good. Drink refills met the crucial "before they were empty" standard and she came back to check on us twice.

Would we go back: Next time we're in Santa Rosa, sure.

Note: A few months after this review was posted, restaurateur and Tex Wasabi's owner Guy Fieri competed in and won season two of "The Next Food Network Star".