I’ve been coming since 2014 and I’ve never had a bad experience. The food is great and the service is phenomenal. Try the shrimp fried rice. It’s so good!
G Xu
The food is pretty good, the service is decent, and tipping is compulsory. It’s the first time I’ve seen a Gratuity Guideline.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Sam Lin
I used to love this place, but the quality of the food and service went downhill. The portion here got smaller than before, and today found two hairs on two dishes, showed to the manager and he didn’t take any action besides said sorry and left. Won’t come here again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Rosemary Gibson
A lot of the food we ordered really wasn’t that good -takoyaki was soggy Katsudon was really one of the worst I’ve had. If you cone here really just stick to the skewers.The atmosphere and service were great.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Stephen Kwok
Amongst all the restaurants on this block, this one is sort of a hidden gem. Not necessarily out of sight, this one makes you feel like you're at a Japanese bar in those Asian dramas. The atmosphere is busy and welcoming. You'll notice immediately how small and cramp the place is. I cannot tell if the design of the place also factors in, but the sounds travels in weird directions and frequency, making chats kind of difficult. On the up side, the food is superb. All the dishes are readonly priced given their size. All the fried fritters and karaage are hot, crispy, and crunchy! The onigiri are also filling and bigger than you expect. If you're uncertain, definitely ask because you'll may be deceived by the size based solely on the pictures.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Golan Kendler
Good yakitori and lots of other Japanese dishes.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Anna
Immediate no. Had an issue with an item we ordered, server was so rude and unhelpful. The okonomiyaki wasn’t good and chicken skewers did not come out hot. I sincerely doubt this is Japanese owned, which is fine, but the place is not even good lol.Side note- $3 for one green onion skewer? There’s plenty of other Japanese restaurants down the street.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
yt liu
Wheelchair accessibility: Not wheelchair friendly space. A few steps down for entering restaurant.
Food was amazing, but Unfourtanetly never going back. Told me and my girlfriend “not to come back” after not tipping. The servers that said this didn’t even serve us which is the funny part. They wanted us to give them a tip just for bringing our receipt. I would understand a bit if it was the server that served us. Gotta hustle like the rest of us for your money.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Isabella Pelle
This was a huge disappointment. We ordered beef, beef tongue, chicken, and 2 vegetable skewers. They had just opened, so everything should have been fresh, but most of the skewers arrived cold. Nothing was seasoned. The tongue was poorly cooked, the chicken was dry and flavorless. Would not recommend this to anyone.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Yakitori
Tina C
Really bad experience.Their service was terrible. One of their Asian services ( I don’t know his name) forced us to give 18% tip when I just paid the bill and waiting for the change.I was really angry with his attitude. Then he started yelling at me that he need the money, and keep saying we must give 18% tip and it is the rule.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Shannon Li
I USED to like this place and would recommend it to people, but I wouldn't anymore.1. The quality went downhill. The salmon cream Yaki soba I always get was SO DRY! Pork belly skewers were super salty.2. They forgot to make one of my friends’ orders, so we had to cancel it.3. The place was much more packed than I last remembered. They added more tables at the back, which made the eating experience really uncomfortable. This place made me claustrophobic.4. Their tipping suggestion at the bottom receipt was a trick. If you calculate their suggested tip of 18%, you would realize it is actually 20% of your total. I didn't realize until I got home that I had paid more than I intended.Will not be coming back!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jenn Liu
always wanted to try this place! finally got to on a friday night :). we ordered set A skewers, but only really enjoyed the gizzard and meatball stick! will come back to try more menu items~ quick service and waitlist, was able to get seated right away at 7:30 pm.
My fav japanese street
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
I’ve been coming since 2014 and I’ve never had a bad experience. The food is great and the service is phenomenal. Try the shrimp fried rice. It’s so good!
The food is pretty good, the service is decent, and tipping is compulsory. It’s the first time I’ve seen a Gratuity Guideline.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
I used to love this place, but the quality of the food and service went downhill. The portion here got smaller than before, and today found two hairs on two dishes, showed to the manager and he didn’t take any action besides said sorry and left. Won’t come here again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
A lot of the food we ordered really wasn’t that good -takoyaki was soggy Katsudon was really one of the worst I’ve had. If you cone here really just stick to the skewers.The atmosphere and service were great.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Amongst all the restaurants on this block, this one is sort of a hidden gem. Not necessarily out of sight, this one makes you feel like you're at a Japanese bar in those Asian dramas. The atmosphere is busy and welcoming. You'll notice immediately how small and cramp the place is. I cannot tell if the design of the place also factors in, but the sounds travels in weird directions and frequency, making chats kind of difficult. On the up side, the food is superb. All the dishes are readonly priced given their size. All the fried fritters and karaage are hot, crispy, and crunchy! The onigiri are also filling and bigger than you expect. If you're uncertain, definitely ask because you'll may be deceived by the size based solely on the pictures.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good yakitori and lots of other Japanese dishes.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Immediate no. Had an issue with an item we ordered, server was so rude and unhelpful. The okonomiyaki wasn’t good and chicken skewers did not come out hot. I sincerely doubt this is Japanese owned, which is fine, but the place is not even good lol.Side note- $3 for one green onion skewer? There’s plenty of other Japanese restaurants down the street.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Wheelchair accessibility: Not wheelchair friendly space. A few steps down for entering restaurant.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Great everything for the price.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Yakitori Platter, Yakitori
Restaurantji Recommends
Food was amazing, but Unfourtanetly never going back. Told me and my girlfriend “not to come back” after not tipping. The servers that said this didn’t even serve us which is the funny part. They wanted us to give them a tip just for bringing our receipt. I would understand a bit if it was the server that served us. Gotta hustle like the rest of us for your money.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
This was a huge disappointment. We ordered beef, beef tongue, chicken, and 2 vegetable skewers. They had just opened, so everything should have been fresh, but most of the skewers arrived cold. Nothing was seasoned. The tongue was poorly cooked, the chicken was dry and flavorless. Would not recommend this to anyone.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Yakitori
Really bad experience.Their service was terrible. One of their Asian services ( I don’t know his name) forced us to give 18% tip when I just paid the bill and waiting for the change.I was really angry with his attitude. Then he started yelling at me that he need the money, and keep saying we must give 18% tip and it is the rule.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
I USED to like this place and would recommend it to people, but I wouldn't anymore.1. The quality went downhill. The salmon cream Yaki soba I always get was SO DRY! Pork belly skewers were super salty.2. They forgot to make one of my friends’ orders, so we had to cancel it.3. The place was much more packed than I last remembered. They added more tables at the back, which made the eating experience really uncomfortable. This place made me claustrophobic.4. Their tipping suggestion at the bottom receipt was a trick. If you calculate their suggested tip of 18%, you would realize it is actually 20% of your total. I didn't realize until I got home that I had paid more than I intended.Will not be coming back!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
always wanted to try this place! finally got to on a friday night :). we ordered set A skewers, but only really enjoyed the gizzard and meatball stick! will come back to try more menu items~ quick service and waitlist, was able to get seated right away at 7:30 pm.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5