On a street with zero foot traffic. I don't see how this place will survive if it doesn't up it's marketing.
My partner noticed this place when he used this street (next to what was PCYC, now some dance studio) to cut through to the next street.
Yakiniku overall is insanely expensive and at Ren Yakiniku, it is no different. At close to $50/pp or $60/pp for "premium" all you can eat it doesn't come cheap.
We were here at a but past 8pm on a Friday night and there were only two other tables (couples) finishing up.
We sat down and were introduced to the premium menu, which we decided to go for (might as well try it all at once instead of forking up another $60 next time).
We were also advised that there is a 90 minute limit and the orders will end at the 60 minute mark.
They have a physical menu, but all items are ordered through a touch pad mounted to the wall/table. True to word, the timer on thw touchpad starts once you place your first order... I didn't like this, although usually an hour is more than enough for a meal, but the fact that there was a count down reminding you that you need to plan out what you want to eat next made it quite uncomfortable and I felt like I was in a race against time to eat everything I wanted without time to really taste and enjoy the food.
The best items were the beef tongue, and the beef that was on the premium menu.
Butter corn and butter mushroom sadly really lacked butter.
The beef tataki was tasteless, you can give this a pass.
I also now understand why there was a plate of pork belly left of the other couple's table practically untouched. This didn't taste bad... just didn't really taste like much.
Verdict: for the price, I don't think we will be going back again, especially with the 60 minute order window.
Oh, also, don't go any time after 8, at 9 or so, the chairs all around us were being turned up for the night for cleaning already. read more