"This 11-seat restaurant has considered all the details and then some. Arrive a little early and you’ll be invited to the peaceful back garden and offered a highball so carbonated that each sip makes your head feel like an inflating balloon. The meal is highly seasonal, lasts about two and a half hours, and much of it is sourced from Japan. Nigiri makes up the bulk of the evening—cuts like kinki, scallop, and sea bream marinated in cherry blossom leaves. This is a meal for people who have been mentally planning a trip to Japan since their very first paycheck." - ryan pfeffer