Fancy pre fixed 15 item omakase tasting menu. Portions are intentionally petite to give taste of…read morespecially prepared dishes. Good for special occasions, not for everyday unless you like paying $128 per person.
Dining room is dark, elegant and kissed w gold metal accents. Each table has table top grill. Rest assured, you won't be doing any cooking the servers do it for you.
Aeko my first server was unpleasantly hyper, rushed and acted as if running a race. He served the 1st 3 dishes. He'd drop it off, then scurry away quickly. When I asked a question, he'd give a quick response and walk away while I'm still talking. Worst personality, I was the only diner in the entire restaurant.
The pacing was too quick, I'd barely eaten half of 1st dish, then came second, hadn't touched yet, then came 3rd dish. When waitress brought 4th dish, I had to say, hey, can you slow down, I can't enjoy anything and pointed to the uneaten food.
Food was okay, nothing stood out. Sorry, had no standout favorites. I've had American and Japanese Wagyu many times other places. Grilled Wagyu trio was fine, nothing special.
Worst dish #1:
SRF AMERICAN WAGYU BEEF TONGUE Thin Cut x2 PCS * Scallion Kosho
Tongue had an off-putting gamey smell and taste. Texture was rubbery, tough and kind of crunchy. Disgusting, one bite, spit out. Told waitress it's inedible. She admitted, yes it's supposed to be med rare and kind of crunchy. Replaced it with slice of short rib.
Worst dish #2:
A5 KAGOSHIMA RIBEYE Poached Egg * Maldon Sea Salt * Yakiniku
The egg was 75% raw and not properly poached. I told Aeko and he said that's the way it's supposed to be. I showed him the slimy raw clear egg whites that looked like mucous I just blew out of my nose, if I had a cold. Disgusting. I asked if he could exchange it for a properly poached egg w fully cooked whites and egg yolk soft, but not raw. He refused to accomodate, stated curtly, no, that's the way it's supposed to be and scurried off.
Jeffrey came to the rescue! He could see interaction was frustrating me, and offered to replace egg. Came back with new one, asked if it was satisfactory, which it was. Jeffrey had grilled my steak trio earlier. He is the best server: kind, patient, friendly and respectful. The 3 waitresses were fine, no standouts. If Jefferey hadn't intervened I would've given 1 star because Aeko was unlikeable from the beginning, rushing me, walking away while I'm still talking and refusing to replace that awful raw egg.
Dessert was 50/50.
Loved the VANILLA GELATO AND SATSUMA ORANGE GRANITA. Refreshing and delightful.
MATCHA BALL: was disappointing. Outside was like matcha white chocolate. Inside was room temp matcha tea, expected it to be cold and icy. And annoyed the blond haired Asian waitress gave me an ominous warning and said it twice as if talking to a non-obedient kid. She said, we recommend to eat Matcha Ball in One Bite with your Mouth Closed.
I said okay.
She said again, Eat in One Bite With Mouth Closed. Then said this in a Very Stern Tone with finger pointed at me: Just So You Know, You've Been Warned!