Roger P.
Yelp
I never was a fan of CoCo Ichibanya. I've always thought the curry was watery and not that flavorful. But it's been years since I've had so I thought I would give it another try.
To start off, service was kind of slow. We were seated and no one came to check on us, to see if we were ready to order. Other tables that had sat down at the same time or after us had already received their food and we haven't even ordered yet. And even when I would press the call button, no one would come. Just for the check, I had to press the button 3 times (at least 5 minutes apart from each other) before someone came to us.
I ordered the Pork Culet Omelet. For some reason, these aren't available for to-go, which I don't understand. It was literally just a layer of eggs on the rice, nothing special?? The rice is set at 200g and the ratio between rice and curry was so off...I could've done with less rice. The food was just warm, closer to room temperature, as if it had been sitting out for awhile. The pork was crispy but kind of dry. The curry was just how I remembered it to be, watery and not flavorful. Now, I don't get it spicy and some people might say that's why it's not flavorful. But the curry should just be good at a base level, with the spiciness enhancing it.
For the price, it's a lot of food but mostly because of the rice, which doesn't add to the value. The pork cutlet doesn't come with a lot of pieces. There are other places in San Diego that have better Japanese curry with a much shorter wait.