"The Shota might be the quietest restaurant in SF. That’s because when you eat at this 15-course, $180 Japanese tasting menu spot, the only thing you’ll be able to think about is how good the food is - and in the process, forget to talk. The menu here is a mix of traditional kaiseki and omakase sushi, and you get everything from intricate profiterole sandwiches with uni pate and the most perfect raw scallop nigiri, to handrolls with fatty tuna that melts in your mouth almost instantly. When you finally remember that you can speak, your first word will probably be “wow,” and your first full conversation will probably be about how you need to find an excuse to come back." - will kamensky