I am working on a project, and could use your help: how do you rate a sushi bar? The simple “4 stars!” doesn’t really work, because I firmly believe that one cannot reduce a good sushi experience to a single dimension: the food, the preparer, the server, the atmosphere, the drinks– so many elements go into a dining experience, and even more so for something as ethereal as sushi nite. And, to be blunt, I am not sure most of the unwashed masses out there can judge good sushi from great sushi (not on the fish, at least). Simply rating by 1-5 ’stars’ or whatever doesn’t work.
What goes into the decision on where to eat? If you could rate a sushi bar on maybe 3-4 dimensions, what would they be?
So, here are my initial thoughts:
1. Atmopshere:
Traditional < ---------------> Modern
2. Menu:
Fresh Fish< ---------------->Nice Sauces
3. Service/chef:
Middle-aged Japanese Men< ------------------> Good Looking Young Hipsters
What else do you consider when choosing a sushi bar? What would the different points of the dimension be?
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Let’s build it! This is a multiple category rating system just like in music (bass, medium, treble) or an RPG game (speed, power, intelligence).
also for any restaurant:
Service speed: Frantic —- deathly slow
Ambiance: Dive —- Family —- Romantic
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