An amazing lunch spot. Try the spaghetti with fish roe 👌
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Linda Radler
Second visit. The spaghetti and sake 5 star. Seaweed salad ok. Tuna dish good. place is small, no reservations. Atmosphere is okay but abit crowded.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Carolyn Hansen
My partner told me about this place after seeing buzz about it on TikTok. We both wanted to try it and so we dined in on a Friday night. The restaurant offers outdoor heated seating, but we opted for indoors since we brought our baby. Fortunately, the wait was not too long because it sure turned frigid fast.
As other reviewers mentioned the restaurant is quite cozy. They also have a communal high table. We were seated near the window with a high chair. We ordered the frozen beer, potstickers, chicken karaage, maguro bowl and mentai spaghetti for dinner. For dessert we had the apple tart and the Hokkaido cheesecake.
We loved the cheesecake and the spaghetti. While the other dishes were solid, the spaghetti and the cheesecake were the stars! Looking forward to coming back to try the champignon pasta.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ben Taborek
Really enjoyed my experience at this small corner Japanese bistro in the mission. Walked in with no wait (at open) and had a delicious meal with great drinks for good value.
Considering the hype this place has I don't know if I would go out of my way or wait in line, but I was very happy with the experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alex Naber
The food was delicious. I ordered the plate of the day, which was chicken with tartar sauce and rice, and it was incredibly tasty. My dad ordered the pasta, which he also enjoyed very much. I love the atmosphere here and honestly have nothing negative to say about the place itself.
However, as you can probably tell from my rating, the service is my only concern. While it was efficient and relatively quick, there was no warmth or welcoming feel from our server. I don’t know if it was just the particular waiter or waitress we had (Pang), but it seemed like they didn’t want us there—or didn’t want to be there themselves.
I also mentioned that my dad has heart problems and asked if we could wait inside since it was hot outside and he was overheating. Unfortunately, I was completely ignored and not acknowledged at all.
Visited Bon, Nene based on the buzz surrounding this Japanese spot, but left feeling underwhelmed. We ordered the Takoyaki, Maguro Bowl, and Katsucurry Rice. The atmosphere is casual with one community table setup in a compact space, which creates somewhat a cozy but cramped feeling. Service was adequate, though food delivery was notably slow. Unfortunately, I'm not sure what all the hype is about. None of our three dishes felt particularly special in terms of taste, presentation, or value. The takoyaki was quite light - while they use a different sauce than most places, it didn't elevate the dish enough to make it memorable. The Katsucurry Rice tasted like something you could easily make at home with a Golden Curry box from the grocery store. The Maguro Bowl came with a disappointingly small portion for the price point. While the food wasn't bad, nothing stood out as exceptional or worth the wait. I haven't tried their pasta dish, but based on this experience, I probably won't be returning anytime soon. There are likely better Japanese options in the area for similar or better value.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
No One
Cute tiny place with great food! We got the champignon pasta, onigiri set, and gyudon. All delicious! Definitely getting the karaage from the onigiri and pasta again!
Service is slow. Took about 15 min to get our order in. We had to get up to get checked out cause we were in rush and were already waiting for a while. One very sweet and lovely but overworked waitress for an always full restaurant.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Anirudh Rahul
Waited for 20 min, got sat and waited another 30+ min for food and the food was mid(not very warm either).
Great vibe but the food is really basic… I felt like there’s a lot of hype around this place but especially the vegetarian options are really simple to a fault (esp given restaurant prices these days)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
V. M.
Flavorful food, I recommend the karage and spaghetti.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
R R
Outstanding mentaiko spaghetti. Worth a detour.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mentaiko Spaghetti
Sunheng Taing
Absolutely love this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Davorin Robison
The gyoza are incredibly the worst gyoza I’ve ever had; they were brunt, tasteless, and served with a yuzu sauce that overpowered it. The takoyaki isn’t served with bonito flakes and lacks flavor as well. Very mushy too. Chicken karage was really chicken tenders honestly. Miso was half onion and lacked flavor. I never saw onion in miso soup before today.
The hijiki salad went kinda hard and is the reason this isn’t a one star. Actually, the chicken katsu slapped too. That and the cute large hot sake cups. I’m upping this to three stars.
This restaurant should really rework their small dishes.
No flavor at all, wildly expensive for portions
An amazing lunch spot. Try the spaghetti with fish roe 👌
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Second visit. The spaghetti and sake 5 star. Seaweed salad ok. Tuna dish good. place is small, no reservations. Atmosphere is okay but abit crowded.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
My partner told me about this place after seeing buzz about it on TikTok. We both wanted to try it and so we dined in on a Friday night. The restaurant offers outdoor heated seating, but we opted for indoors since we brought our baby. Fortunately, the wait was not too long because it sure turned frigid fast.
As other reviewers mentioned the restaurant is quite cozy. They also have a communal high table. We were seated near the window with a high chair. We ordered the frozen beer, potstickers, chicken karaage, maguro bowl and mentai spaghetti for dinner. For dessert we had the apple tart and the Hokkaido cheesecake.
We loved the cheesecake and the spaghetti. While the other dishes were solid, the spaghetti and the cheesecake were the stars! Looking forward to coming back to try the champignon pasta.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really enjoyed my experience at this small corner Japanese bistro in the mission. Walked in with no wait (at open) and had a delicious meal with great drinks for good value.
Considering the hype this place has I don't know if I would go out of my way or wait in line, but I was very happy with the experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was delicious. I ordered the plate of the day, which was chicken with tartar sauce and rice, and it was incredibly tasty. My dad ordered the pasta, which he also enjoyed very much. I love the atmosphere here and honestly have nothing negative to say about the place itself.
However, as you can probably tell from my rating, the service is my only concern. While it was efficient and relatively quick, there was no warmth or welcoming feel from our server. I don’t know if it was just the particular waiter or waitress we had (Pang), but it seemed like they didn’t want us there—or didn’t want to be there themselves.
I also mentioned that my dad has heart problems and asked if we could wait inside since it was hot outside and he was overheating. Unfortunately, I was completely ignored and not acknowledged at all.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Mentaiko Spaghetti, Chicken Karaage
Visited Bon, Nene based on the buzz surrounding this Japanese spot, but left feeling underwhelmed. We ordered the Takoyaki, Maguro Bowl, and Katsucurry Rice.
The atmosphere is casual with one community table setup in a compact space, which creates somewhat a cozy but cramped feeling. Service was adequate, though food delivery was notably slow.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure what all the hype is about. None of our three dishes felt particularly special in terms of taste, presentation, or value. The takoyaki was quite light - while they use a different sauce than most places, it didn't elevate the dish enough to make it memorable. The Katsucurry Rice tasted like something you could easily make at home with a Golden Curry box from the grocery store. The Maguro Bowl came with a disappointingly small portion for the price point.
While the food wasn't bad, nothing stood out as exceptional or worth the wait. I haven't tried their pasta dish, but based on this experience, I probably won't be returning anytime soon. There are likely better Japanese options in the area for similar or better value.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Cute tiny place with great food! We got the champignon pasta, onigiri set, and gyudon. All delicious! Definitely getting the karaage from the onigiri and pasta again!
Service is slow. Took about 15 min to get our order in. We had to get up to get checked out cause we were in rush and were already waiting for a while. One very sweet and lovely but overworked waitress for an always full restaurant.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Waited for 20 min, got sat and waited another 30+ min for food and the food was mid(not very warm either).
Dessert was good
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Mentaiko pasta is soooo rich and good!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Great vibe but the food is really basic…
I felt like there’s a lot of hype around this place but especially the vegetarian options are really simple to a fault (esp given restaurant prices these days)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
Flavorful food, I recommend the karage and spaghetti.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Outstanding mentaiko spaghetti. Worth a detour.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mentaiko Spaghetti
Absolutely love this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The gyoza are incredibly the worst gyoza I’ve ever had; they were brunt, tasteless, and served with a yuzu sauce that overpowered it. The takoyaki isn’t served with bonito flakes and lacks flavor as well. Very mushy too. Chicken karage was really chicken tenders honestly. Miso was half onion and lacked flavor. I never saw onion in miso soup before today.
The hijiki salad went kinda hard and is the reason this isn’t a one star. Actually, the chicken katsu slapped too. That and the cute large hot sake cups. I’m upping this to three stars.
This restaurant should really rework their small dishes.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
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