Karen D.
Yelp
I would come here for a sake, but not to eat.
Sake was refreshing, and they had great selection (Star 1)
Service was good- the people serving us were attentive. (Star 2)
The food was disappointing.
We got:
Nori Chips - I'm fairly sure these weren't made in house, rather directly from a bag. Not any remote sign of being warm, or fresh. Good, but definitely not worth the $7 when you can saunter next door to the Japanese market and get a bag with double the amount for $4.
Crunch Soy Wings- Decent, nothing special and at $9 for 6 wings, not worth it
Hokkaido Ikura Don - Small portion, but probably the best thing we ordered. Fish tasted fresh.
Mentaiko Udon - noodles were surely packaged. Creamy and sweet, but not enough roe.
Matcha Soba noodles -skip this. Noodles were not fresh. The tsuya sauce was incredibly salty - tasted basically like soy sauce- and drowned out any favour of the daikon, scallions, ginger, sesame, bonito, wasabi, and the noodles.
Salmon Ochazuke - here's my major qualm: we ordered this because there was a blogger/photographer taking photos next to us, and hers looked really good: large-ish portion of salmon, piping hot tea served on the side to be poured over at the time of consumption. Ours, however, came out luke warm, with the tea already poured in, salmon was under grilled (more like steamed) and broken up in several places.
Soggy, soggy mess.
Matcha Tiramisu - creamy lady finger cake. it was fine, but not really a tiramisu - no liquor flavour, nothing but sweet and creamy and a little matcha.