Tired of spending $60 to take your girlfriend to some trendy sushi restaurant where the food is about as authentic to Japan as the Ikea-esque design? Feeling slightly creeped-out by thought of buying sushi pre-made at the grocery-store? Just looking for a comfortable and adorable neighborhood restaurant to try sushi?

Musashi's is your place.

Tucked inside a Wallingford hole-in-the-wall, Musashi's is a cramped Japanese eatery that serves some of the cheapest and most delicious sushi around.

Sound incredible? Try ordering half the menu and realizing that you've only spent $18.

What Musashi's lacks in low-lighting, stream-lined furniture and sexy atmosphere, it makes up in down-to-earth service, wonderfully free green tea and dishes that don't need fancy presentation to make them delectable.

The miso soup ($1) and edamame ($2.30 and served cold) arrive almost instantaneously and prove salty and comforting on cooler nights.

Served fresh from a small and visible central kitchen, Musashi's smoked salmon roll and spicy tuna roll (both $2.80, six pieces) are awash with delicate flavors. The spicy tuna roll offers just the right balance of a sweet sauce with a tangy kick that rejects the imposition of wasabi. The smoked salmon roll offers a subtle counterpoint without descending into the salty fishiness that so often permeates bad sushi.

The highlight of Musashi's menu, however, is its California roll ($3). Large and packed with avocado, tuna, tofu and egg, the roll is sweet and soft on the tongue, especially with a prompt dip in soy sauce and small dollop of nose-clearing wasabi.

While not the main emphasis of the menu, Musashi's does wonderful trade in teriyaki. So easily made ubiquitous by the vast number of teriyaki establishments in the area, Musashi's chicken and beef teriyaki skewers are moist and lightly seasoned with sauce. Though the beef skewer ($2.00) was better — offering a wonderful smoky flavor — the chicken ($1.80) was close behind, slid effortlessly off the bamboo stick and was not the least bit dry.

A word to the wise: Musashi's jewel box size is easily overwhelmed by hoards of Wallingford locals looking for a quick and cheap bite to eat. Come early or late to ensure a table without a wait.