03/16/08

Great food and ambiance

by QualityOne

We went for lunch on a beautiful weekday and were happy to find an interesting Japanese food experience. Everything we ordered was superb, although a touch on the pricier side.

08/13/07

For the Foodie, great concept!

by marqeee

Great variety of Japanese Pub Food. Reminds me of Izakaya"s in Japan where Japanese people frequent most often. Food, service and ambiance what more can you ask for.

07/02/07

Awful food, Average Service, Delusions...in every case

by rodg284

I must say we were sorely disappointed. 6 of us went there on the recommendation of 1 of our party. It turns out she was the only one who liked the place. We shared around 8 appetizers. ALL accompanied by a nasty citrus infused soy that was strong and really bitter. No one was impressed by the appetizers. The Beef hot rock was neat-o to see, but the beef was mediocre quality, stringy & gristly in places--also dredged in lemon zest and some bitter seasoning that left a strange taste in our mouths. The Kobe beef roll was slimy and sticky with no flavor, the roasted veggies tasted burned, not roasted and the crab roll was nothing special either. most of the appetizers were flavorless without soy, but the soy did not compliment or add anything but a bitter SALTY taste to the food. The fish n chips was average, as was the tempura shrimp. My ramen soup bowl was Awful. Bitter and with a smoky aftertaste that was unpleasant--like burned mushrooms. We also had 3 deserts and none were great. The choc cake was dry as dust-even with the sauce to pour on it-and it tasted strongly of having sat in the freezer. The creme brule was the WORST i have ever had and tasted of the same unpleasant aftertaste that soup had. The granita was the least awful and did, at least, get the salty soy taste out of our mouths finally. My most vivid memory of the food will be SALT. I have never eaten a meal that left my toes swollen from salt and this place left me positively puffy--NEVER AGAIN, nor can we recommend it to any one else. There are too many outstanding Asian choices in the valley to suffer with the Paul Flemming concept of it. A month after the experience, we got together at another restaurant and Taneko came up. The words SOUR, BITTER and NASTY were used over and over again. None of us will ever go back

• Pros: None--except one guest's 5 year old gets a blast out of cooking on a Hot Rock--whoopee
• Cons: terrible food