Elizabeth H.
Yelp
TLDR: I think the service kinks mentioned below were ironed out because we had a fantastic meal here. 10 course tasting menu for $165! Amazing food, service, ambiance, with a couple little misses but overall so good.
SETTING: we had a reservation for 8:00pm on a Wednesday night. The restaurant is on top of a Korean steakhouse. If you're worried about the smell, don't, because I think this is the first Korean steakhouse I've ever been in that did not smell at all. This is a roomy 10 seat counter with three chefs cooking right in front of you. Perfect for a special occasion, date night, dinner with a friend or parent, etc.
FOOD: the meal was so. Damn. Good. I loved their inventive take on Korean food. My favorite dishes were the freshwater eel served with this foam made from bonito flakes (maybe the best eel I've ever had...) and the DUCK. The duck was 10 day aged and covered with a honey glaze which made the skin so crispy, and served with a duck pate. Duck on duck! I know this is the best duck I've ever had.
All the other dishes came in CLOSE, but the Dungeness crab was a tiny bit too crabby which kind of masked the flavor of the uni and salmon roe, and the hamachi was insane but the coldness of the kimchi emulsion on top kind of took away from the flavor of the fresh fish. Otherwise, NO NOTES.
SERVICE: service was smooth, friendly, and excellent. They didn't pull out our big booth seats for us when we arrived and didn't take away the hand towels for a bit into the meal but those are really tiny nits. I think this place will get a Michelin star if it works out those tiny little attention to detail type things.
VERDICT: we kept saying throughout the meal what an amazing experience this was and I know at least 3 people I want to bring here for the food. I will definitely be back. You should too before it becomes impossible to get a reservation!!