IMO In Alessandria

Until a year ago, I considered it the best. I returned a few weeks ago (life sometimes changes habits) and noticed a decline in the quality of the food. The seaweed in the sushi wasn't crunchy, but limp and made it difficult to chew. I also found the flavors to be more bland, and there were slightly fewer ingredients per dish (much less tobiko in the tobiko gunkan, for example). I'm sorry, but I hope the next time I return, I'll find the quality that brought me back so often in the past.

Dinner, a table of 8. Everything was good. The service was so-so; appetizers arrived with desserts, served 2-3 people at a time, and the others waited up to 15 minutes for a single dish...

For years, I've been a sincere fan of IMO 2 (I don't know if it was under the same ownership or what), but when that one closed, I decided to try its original sibling. While the food wasn't bad, in my humble opinion, the quality at IMO 2 was quite different. A little more attention to service wouldn't hurt either (serving cutlery on a tray that wasn't entirely clean and decidedly old isn't the best). In any case, considering it's an all-you-can-eat restaurant, I'd definitely recommend it.