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Swordfish Restaurant Review

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Swordfish
207 N Randall Rd
Batavia, IL 60510 

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Review posted 01/16/05

At the very least, Swordfishcontemporary sushi – is a feather in Batavia’s restaurant hat.  But that statement is somewhat misleading, since Batavia’s restaurant hat is, at least at this point, relatively featherless… and the statement does absolutely no justice to what both Lauren and I believe to be a simply marvelous sushi dining experience.  We have eaten at a total of seven different sushi venues in 4 different states in the past four years, and I personally thought that perhaps we had seen some of the best.  But I was very, very wrong.

Let me first state that Swordfish is very different from any of the other sushi restaurants at which we have had the pleasure of dining.  The slogan that accompanies Swordfish is “contemporary sushi”, but even that is insufficient to accurately describe the place.  I can perhaps best portray the restaurant as something of a Sushi-302 (West), because it seems almost like a fusion of sushi with one of my favorite restaurants in Geneva.  The reason for this comes not only from the feel or the ambience one experiences upon entering – the walls are a mixture of bright, yet calming colors and the music is something of a new age, light jazz – it comes as much or more from the expert chefs behind the sushi bar and certainly from the incredible and masterful presentation of the plates that are placed before you.  They seem almost too aesthetic and eye appealing to consume.

Swordfish has been open for several months and I have been yearning to give it a try.  So, on a cool and cloudy October night, the time seemed just right to stop in... 

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