DELICIOUS fried mackerel ochazuke! I love love love this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Daisy W
Food was too salty
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Ksenia Popova
So good!! The onigiri were huge and delicious. We really liked the California and spicy tuna. Agedashi tofu was a delightful surprise too. Lychee iced tea was on the sweet side but also very refreshing. So glad to have visited! The wait for 2 wasn’t bad at all, and there’s a nice outdoor waiting area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Evyn Fong
Get the Yaki onigiri it’s amazing
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Daisy H.
We ordered quite a lot of stuff. Nothing was fresh..
Brittany Knight
Overall terrible. The wait time was awful inside and outside the restaurant, my food was sloppy and mostly flavorless, and they lie about the wait times to keep you around. Not worth the time at all. We were a group of 4 told there would be a 20 minute wait for a table, then 35-40. Then after 40 minutes they came up to us and started to outright lie and said they had a table but were cleaning it off so we stayed. They kept saying this until an hour and 20 minutes passed, we were upset, and about to leave. We finally get seated, ordered, waited another 40 minutes, and then I had to wait an extra 15 minutes after everyone else's food came out to get mine. Everyone was pretty much done with their more complex meals when I finally got my onigiri. My husband's food was good but my onigiri was bland, plain rice, not sushi rice as if the cook forgot to add anything to the rice. One of the two onigiri wasn't even wrapped, I had to wrap it myself which is something my friend didn't have to do with his. The unagi had decent flavor but that was it. Absolutely not worth the 2+ hour total wait to get my food. I wouldn't have been upset about the wait if they had been honest with us but they lied for an extra 40 minutes and that was absolutely unacceptable.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
R B
Water nasty, onigiri flavorless and with the wrong rice (they didn’t even add the vinegar one normally adds), microwaved food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Emma
Food was mediocre. The broth for Salmon Ochazuke was too salty. The Tofu side dish was not bad. The main complaint I have is the service. One of their servers was impatient and unprofessional. They had a soft voice and didn’t repeat our order to us. I ordered the salmon Ochazuke and they brought us the plum Ochazuke. They were impatient and kept trying to convince us that’s what we ordered even though we specifically asked for the Sake Ochazuke when we ordered. They finally agreed to bring us the Salmon Ochazuke. It was such an unpleasant experience. I originally was going to come back to try their origini but after this I would never come back again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
Athena Lai
Special mentaiko onigiri: like the one in NYC more, but love the cheese + mentaiko combination. Cheese does get cold fast
Tori karaage: not a fan, it was either too citrusy or salty and I can’t tell which one is it. Batter is good tho
Environment: limited space and gets busy. I recommend coming right when they open
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mark Trinidad
I will always remember the ramen I ate here. It was one of the best, if not the greatest ramen in seattle. It was sad to hear it closed. I do hope to try the new style someday.
Very long wait outside for a table, but worth it for an interesting Japanese food experience that was not sushi. :)
Roja
Taste real Japanese and good👍
Paul Cranston Rice
A fun and delicious Japanese food experience; the onigiri are the feature: I had mentaiko with cheese, it was something I couldn't have imagined, and it tasted amazing, the cheese was like a ballroom dress for the perfectly-seasoned roe. I also got the spam and egg musubi because I am incapable of not ordering spam musubi when it is an option. Lastly, the dashi ochakuze with shrimp tempura (I wanted salmon and salmon roe but they were out) was a new experience for me. It was so refreshing, and the secret star were the pickles that came with, hands down the best Japanese style pickles I've ever had. Love this place so much!
Tomoko Clark
These days, it's rare to find a Japanese restaurant serving real Japanese tastes. Yes, we will be back!!
Seon
Love the vibe and food! The wait on a Saturday night was only 20 minutes or so.
DELICIOUS fried mackerel ochazuke! I love love love this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was too salty
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
So good!! The onigiri were huge and delicious. We really liked the California and spicy tuna. Agedashi tofu was a delightful surprise too. Lychee iced tea was on the sweet side but also very refreshing. So glad to have visited! The wait for 2 wasn’t bad at all, and there’s a nice outdoor waiting area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Get the Yaki onigiri it’s amazing
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We ordered quite a lot of stuff. Nothing was fresh..
Overall terrible. The wait time was awful inside and outside the restaurant, my food was sloppy and mostly flavorless, and they lie about the wait times to keep you around. Not worth the time at all. We were a group of 4 told there would be a 20 minute wait for a table, then 35-40. Then after 40 minutes they came up to us and started to outright lie and said they had a table but were cleaning it off so we stayed. They kept saying this until an hour and 20 minutes passed, we were upset, and about to leave. We finally get seated, ordered, waited another 40 minutes, and then I had to wait an extra 15 minutes after everyone else's food came out to get mine. Everyone was pretty much done with their more complex meals when I finally got my onigiri. My husband's food was good but my onigiri was bland, plain rice, not sushi rice as if the cook forgot to add anything to the rice. One of the two onigiri wasn't even wrapped, I had to wrap it myself which is something my friend didn't have to do with his. The unagi had decent flavor but that was it. Absolutely not worth the 2+ hour total wait to get my food. I wouldn't have been upset about the wait if they had been honest with us but they lied for an extra 40 minutes and that was absolutely unacceptable.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Water nasty, onigiri flavorless and with the wrong rice (they didn’t even add the vinegar one normally adds), microwaved food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Food was mediocre. The broth for Salmon Ochazuke was too salty. The Tofu side dish was not bad. The main complaint I have is the service. One of their servers was impatient and unprofessional. They had a soft voice and didn’t repeat our order to us. I ordered the salmon Ochazuke and they brought us the plum Ochazuke. They were impatient and kept trying to convince us that’s what we ordered even though we specifically asked for the Sake Ochazuke when we ordered. They finally agreed to bring us the Salmon Ochazuke. It was such an unpleasant experience. I originally was going to come back to try their origini but after this I would never come back again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
Special mentaiko onigiri: like the one in NYC more, but love the cheese + mentaiko combination. Cheese does get cold fast
Tori karaage: not a fan, it was either too citrusy or salty and I can’t tell which one is it. Batter is good tho
Environment: limited space and gets busy. I recommend coming right when they open
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
I will always remember the ramen I ate here. It was one of the best, if not the greatest ramen in seattle. It was sad to hear it closed. I do hope to try the new style someday.
Restaurantji Recommends
Very long wait outside for a table, but worth it for an interesting Japanese food experience that was not sushi. :)
Taste real Japanese and good👍
A fun and delicious Japanese food experience; the onigiri are the feature: I had mentaiko with cheese, it was something I couldn't have imagined, and it tasted amazing, the cheese was like a ballroom dress for the perfectly-seasoned roe. I also got the spam and egg musubi because I am incapable of not ordering spam musubi when it is an option. Lastly, the dashi ochakuze with shrimp tempura (I wanted salmon and salmon roe but they were out) was a new experience for me. It was so refreshing, and the secret star were the pickles that came with, hands down the best Japanese style pickles I've ever had. Love this place so much!
These days, it's rare to find a Japanese restaurant serving real Japanese tastes. Yes, we will be back!!
Love the vibe and food! The wait on a Saturday night was only 20 minutes or so.
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