Have you ever been to a restaurant and you begin to notice little things that make you wonder how clean the kitchen is? That is exactly what happened to me at Kona Grill. Before I get into the details, let's back up a bit and recall that this is a Japanese restaurant. Japan.... a place where it is customary to remove one's shoes before entering a home. Japan.... the country with the highest per capita spending on antibacterial products. Japan... a place where they sell t-shirts infused with vitamin E to maintain healthy skin.\n\nNow add these cultural mores with the simplicity and precision of Japanese cuisine. Sushi by it's very nature is clean. With all of this in mind I found it unacceptable to sit down at the bar only to have my arms quickly adhere to the sticky granite surface. Personally, I find sticky surfaces quite unpleasant. It reeks of tiny, revolting microbes latching onto my skin. I would rather rest my arms on top of a surface covered in mummy dust than something sticky. Gross.\n\nWhen my sushi arrived the bartender brought out the soy sauce. The bottle was covered in translucent streaks of a white spoogy substance. So now I start thinking if the front of the house is this hygienically challenged, what does the kitchen look like. Then for the first time in years I leaned over and carefully smelled my sushi. Nothing out of the ordinary, so I began to eat my lunch (I was starving, give me a break). The food tasted fine. Generous portions of fish and the salad had just the right amount of dressing. \n\nI finished my meal and just as I was paying the tab the bartender dropped her cutting board on the floor. She picked it up and set it next to the sink. I thought Ohhhhhhh no, please, please, please wash that cutting board before you start slicing lime wedges.  Before she could clean off the cutting board the bartender walked away to take the order of a newly arrived patron. I decided not to stick around and discover the destiny of that cutting board. \n\nWith these memories sealed forever in my mind I decided not to eat here again.