After a pleasant afternoon at the movies we de4cided to try a place that my wife had wanted to go and eat at in Goodyear, Az. for quite some time. This was Akai Hana, a Sushi eatery. Parking was easy at this place and it...was just about completely filled at 7PM, though the outside tables were plentiful and available. The place was laid out nicely with the cooking and preparation area in plain sight and every cook/prep person busy. The place was neat and clean and we decided to eat out on the patio enclosed area. It was a bit cool outside and the heaters were not ready to be used but we managed. It was some time before we had a waiter come to our table to see what we would like. Water was not brought but they took our drink order, which was lemonade for me and just water for my wife. We carried on a conversation for the ten minutes before our drinks were brought to the table. We finally had our meal order taken, my wife tried two different dishes and I had the Tempura Mixed plate, consisting of a salad,, shrimp and vegatables, and of course, rice. I assumed that the waiter was busy with all the people eating out at the place but another 10-15 minutes went by before our meals arrived at our table. The food was good, the presentation was very nice and we had a relaxed time to eat and have conversation. The place is located just off the Pebble Creek Parkway and there was some noise with traffic but our area was located behind bushes and it was not as bad. The waiter was friendly, though quite busy, and I think the place is worth another trip there in the future. The bill came to a bit over $57 dollars, including the tip. We did have dessert and we chose Machi, a sweet rice skins with ice cream inside of it and it was as good as we expected. We did also have a cup of Miso soup before we received our food and it was very nice. You also have a card to fill out if you wish rating the waiter, service, food, etc., which I did.More