This place came highly recommended from locals, so we were super disappointed. The restaurant was busy, but not packed to the gills--about 1/3 of the seats were available. Table of three ordering the Menu Niwatori (set menu) for dinner. Each course took +20 minutes to...come out, and they were tiny. (We were stuck there from 20 to almost 21.) Three people = 3 sashimi-sized pieces of tuna, 6 dumplings, 6 pieces of a glorified California roll. (Not six rolls. 1 roll cut into 6 pieces). Flavors were not bad, but not worth the price, even if accounting for bougieness. We were literally looking up back up supermarket options because it was taking so long that everything else was closed. Finally, the main course comes out...and it is burnt. Not charred, but 'the sauce tasted like charcoal and we even found chunks of it' burnt. Even the waitress looked surprised. Shockingly, the chicken wasn't sawdust, but you could find better depth of flavor (and less burn) in an instant bouillon. We were starving before, but the main actually put off our appetites, so...success? Dessert was actually quite lovely, though not worth coming back to. Hard to say how we'd judge it if the rest of the meal hadn't been a wreck. One upside: solid cocktails that came out lightning fast. However they were not solid enough to distract from the food.More
50
39
14
10
5
