I’ve been coming here for years but never got around to leaving a review. This place serves delicious, authentic Japanese food. We usually come for the drinks, skewers, and overall vibe—it’s perfect for a date night or a hangout with friends.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jeffrey Lim
This is a go to place for my family. We eat here a lot. The menu has all kindsa Japanese foods from robata, udon, various rice dishes. They have sushi and sashimi. Their beer on tap and in the bottle and they have an extensive sake selection as well. We really enjoy this place very much. Enough that we go 2+ times per month. The service is excellent and the food and drink are spot on!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Linda Fernandez
The food here is absolutely amazing!!! We came on a quiet Saturday, early afternoon. Parking was not a problem. The waiter made great suggestions!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
MKJ 99
Best ramen in town. Small but cozy place. Clean. The atmosphere is the whole vibe while eating your ramen. Service is so efficient. Everything on the menu is nothing to complained of.❤️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
MR. P.
Clean and welcoming setting with freindly service and delicious food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chad Milam
The most authentic Japanese curry I’ve had outside of Japan itself. The yakisoba was also spot on. Get a cup of hot tea and enjoy!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alexis Osorio-Maldonado
Really great food! Some of the best Japanese cuisine I’ve ever had. The portion sizes were generous for the price — I ordered two appetizers and two main dishes, and the total came out to about $45. The service was also excellent; the staff were kind, attentive, and regularly checked in to make sure we had everything we needed and kept the table clean. 10/10 — I’ll definitely be coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A Miranda
This place has great food..but the music is odd for the afterwork crowd that comes in. They have alot of older people but bump kpop, lolz.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Olivia Ganbat
I liked it! The fish was fresh and i like how they had good amount of fish and rice! Sometimes i feel like poke will be 90% rice which is crazy. I’m excited to come back and try the other dishes
Food: 5
Juliana Yue
Poke was good. Decent fish. However didn’t come with wasabi and had to ask which kinda makes it less authentic. But maybe I’m just picky. Overall good food and atmosphere and will come back.
Service can improve. Waiter was nice but could be more involved.
Lovely, went with my bff before the weekend concert it was some what empty but the place is gorgeous, the service was great and food was perfect. I loved this place, I'll be coming back for suree!!!!!! 😣😣😣
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Art Sales
New Ramen place to try. I will give it a 5 start because everything was great except the chicken ramen was not the best. I think I like my chicken Inside the ramen better but the food looks great too. I will have to come back to try something else.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wissarut Wijitrmektong
I think this is so far one of the two ramen restaurants I love. Been here 3 times, and I can't get away from the black garlic ramen. Thick and intense, not salty. Full of ingredients. Love it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kathleen OToole
Love this place! I like ordering little different bites then a soup. Here are some: Croquette Tezukury Chilean seabass Pork belly Tomatoes cheese Ramen (soup) large size, enough for 2 people. Everything is top notch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Evan Lu
Was excited to go to one of Houston's few yakitori-specialized restaurants. The interior is very well decorated and definitely had a lot of effort put into it, loved the ambience. We came away disappointed overall, albeit with maybe high expectations. The service was attentive but lacking at the same time, due to there being only one server for 10+ tables during a late lunch rush. Did two separate orders of small bites and then yakitori.
Small bites: Hamachi sashimi 4/5 - 4 large pieces, good quality for the price you pay. Spicy Cold Tofu 5/5 - The best overall pound for pound dish we had. Tofu had great texture, dashi was flavorful, and the spice level will satisfy the biggest spice-head like myself. Chicken Gyoza 4/5 - Satisfying but uninspired, likely frozen. Okonomiyaki 3/5 - Uninspired, outside was not crispy. Bacon was too mushy and hard to cut with the provided spatula. Overall it was tasty due to the kewpie, but expected more.
Yakitori: Beef with daikon and ponzu 1/5 - one of the worst things I've ever ordered at a restaurant. It tasted like day-old reheated meat. Awful cut and texture. Did not get a hint of charcoal and question if it was even cooked over the charcoal or just microwaved. Unagi 3/5 - Very fishy unagi. Taste and sauce were good. Bonus service points for splitting a single in half for us 2 Chicken Wing 5/5 - Hard to detect charcoal flavor in this one but wing was split well and grilled very well. Chicken Thigh 4/5 - No skin on the thigh and could have been grilled hotter for a better char. You could smell a SIGNIFICANT amount of charcoal on this skewer. I am confident the previous skewers were not grilled over charcoal after having this one. Chicken Breast 3/5 - overcooked and uninspired, but great charcoal flavor.
What this feels like to me are two different chefs of various skill levels making different dishes in the back. The chicken wing was fantastic, and if the thigh was prepped with skin and green onion, would have been a home run. I think another issue is that this restaurant, while yakitori-focused, needs to maintain a large menu to be viable, resulting in the downgrade of dishes overall and succumbs to over-prepping to maintain reasonable service times. I wish I had a better experience here overall and was so excited to try this, but an inconsistent kitchen and understaffing were its downfall.
Overall rating - 3.5 - The meal was satisfactory, but I would not choose to return, nor would I return if someone else suggested it.
I’ve been coming here for years but never got around to leaving a review. This place serves delicious, authentic Japanese food. We usually come for the drinks, skewers, and overall vibe—it’s perfect for a date night or a hangout with friends.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is a go to place for my family. We eat here a lot. The menu has all kindsa Japanese foods from robata, udon, various rice dishes. They have sushi and sashimi. Their beer on tap and in the bottle and they have an extensive sake selection as well. We really enjoy this place very much. Enough that we go 2+ times per month. The service is excellent and the food and drink are spot on!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food here is absolutely amazing!!! We came on a quiet Saturday, early afternoon. Parking was not a problem. The waiter made great suggestions!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best ramen in town. Small but cozy place. Clean. The atmosphere is the whole vibe while eating your ramen. Service is so efficient. Everything on the menu is nothing to complained of.❤️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Clean and welcoming setting with freindly service and delicious food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The most authentic Japanese curry I’ve had outside of Japan itself. The yakisoba was also spot on. Get a cup of hot tea and enjoy!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really great food! Some of the best Japanese cuisine I’ve ever had. The portion sizes were generous for the price — I ordered two appetizers and two main dishes, and the total came out to about $45. The service was also excellent; the staff were kind, attentive, and regularly checked in to make sure we had everything we needed and kept the table clean. 10/10 — I’ll definitely be coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place has great food..but the music is odd for the afterwork crowd that comes in. They have alot of older people but bump kpop, lolz.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I liked it! The fish was fresh and i like how they had good amount of fish and rice! Sometimes i feel like poke will be 90% rice which is crazy. I’m excited to come back and try the other dishes
Food: 5
Poke was good. Decent fish. However didn’t come with wasabi and had to ask which kinda makes it less authentic. But maybe I’m just picky. Overall good food and atmosphere and will come back.
Service can improve. Waiter was nice but could be more involved.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
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Lovely, went with my bff before the weekend concert it was some what empty but the place is gorgeous, the service was great and food was perfect. I loved this place, I'll be coming back for suree!!!!!! 😣😣😣
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
New Ramen place to try. I will give it a 5 start because everything was great except the chicken ramen was not the best. I think I like my chicken Inside the ramen better but the food looks great too. I will have to come back to try something else.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I think this is so far one of the two ramen restaurants I love. Been here 3 times, and I can't get away from the black garlic ramen. Thick and intense, not salty. Full of ingredients. Love it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love this place! I like ordering little different bites then a soup. Here are some:
Croquette Tezukury
Chilean seabass
Pork belly
Tomatoes cheese Ramen (soup) large size, enough for 2 people.
Everything is top notch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Was excited to go to one of Houston's few yakitori-specialized restaurants. The interior is very well decorated and definitely had a lot of effort put into it, loved the ambience. We came away disappointed overall, albeit with maybe high expectations. The service was attentive but lacking at the same time, due to there being only one server for 10+ tables during a late lunch rush. Did two separate orders of small bites and then yakitori.
Small bites:
Hamachi sashimi 4/5 - 4 large pieces, good quality for the price you pay.
Spicy Cold Tofu 5/5 - The best overall pound for pound dish we had. Tofu had great texture, dashi was flavorful, and the spice level will satisfy the biggest spice-head like myself.
Chicken Gyoza 4/5 - Satisfying but uninspired, likely frozen.
Okonomiyaki 3/5 - Uninspired, outside was not crispy. Bacon was too mushy and hard to cut with the provided spatula. Overall it was tasty due to the kewpie, but expected more.
Yakitori:
Beef with daikon and ponzu 1/5 - one of the worst things I've ever ordered at a restaurant. It tasted like day-old reheated meat. Awful cut and texture. Did not get a hint of charcoal and question if it was even cooked over the charcoal or just microwaved.
Unagi 3/5 - Very fishy unagi. Taste and sauce were good. Bonus service points for splitting a single in half for us 2
Chicken Wing 5/5 - Hard to detect charcoal flavor in this one but wing was split well and grilled very well.
Chicken Thigh 4/5 - No skin on the thigh and could have been grilled hotter for a better char. You could smell a SIGNIFICANT amount of charcoal on this skewer. I am confident the previous skewers were not grilled over charcoal after having this one.
Chicken Breast 3/5 - overcooked and uninspired, but great charcoal flavor.
What this feels like to me are two different chefs of various skill levels making different dishes in the back. The chicken wing was fantastic, and if the thigh was prepped with skin and green onion, would have been a home run. I think another issue is that this restaurant, while yakitori-focused, needs to maintain a large menu to be viable, resulting in the downgrade of dishes overall and succumbs to over-prepping to maintain reasonable service times. I wish I had a better experience here overall and was so excited to try this, but an inconsistent kitchen and understaffing were its downfall.
Overall rating - 3.5 - The meal was satisfactory, but I would not choose to return, nor would I return if someone else suggested it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
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