It was my first time here, and I was so happy I picked this restaurant to celebrate my fiancé's birthday. We both did the Kiyomizu course, and thought it was plenty of food because we were getting full when our meal was not done yet. It was relaxing and everything was timed so perfectly. The dinner was great! They even gave my fiancé a birthday gift and a card that smelled wonderful!
It was very authentic and we felt like we were back in Japan again. Everyone was so sweet there.
Interesting concept. It's a tempura omakase. However it is definitely quite pricy. Not sure if I enjoyed it enough to stop by again but it's def worth a stop if you are searching for new cuisine and/or if you really like tempura and want to see how elevated it can be.
Service was impeccable. I usually never mention this but it was so good that I felt I had to mention it.
We booked a reservation for Valentine's Day and were seated promptly only to be informed that the only pre-fixed menu option for the evening was a $250pp Valentine's Day menu. Nothing else was available, not even the a la carte menu. It would have been nice to have been notified of this change in the menu prior to confirming the booking. I asked what was included as part of the pre-fix and the server had difficulty explaining what was included. While her handwritten note was written completely in Japanese, she had difficulty translating to English and no printed menu was made available.
All in all, the meal plus two bottles of $50 sake came to a whopping $780 including tax and tip for two people. While the food was delicious and quality of ingredients was high, the chocolate berry tart dessert that concluded the meal was worse than store bought and definitely an afterthought. The berries on top were still frozen and the crust was dry. The servers kept bumping into us when busing the tables and on more than one occasion had difficulty explaining what the dishes actually were. For the steep steep price, there are definitely better fine dining experiences out there. Would not recommend.
