Sakura — Establishment and food at 680 Post Road East, Westport, Connecticut.

I've been going here forever and always been a been advocate telling everyone to go there. Their sushi is excellent and if I was grading based on that alone it would be a 4 or 5 star review. However I recently went for hibachi after not being there for that service for a few years. It has gone down hill. Both the chef at our table and at the table next to use seemed to be going through the motions. Very little interaction compared to other places I have been recently. Once we were close to the end they stopped serving drinks and even water. Even though we were there for a birthday it seemed like I was aggravating him to order dessert. Clearly they were trying to get us out ASAP even though we ordered promptly and weren't lingering. The chef hadn't even finished cleaning the cooking service. Unfortunately it seems their hibachi has turned into a factory to get you in and out ASAP. I may be back for sushi, but not for hibachi.