First time dining here. The ambiance and service were okay. The food was fine but I didn't like it…read morethat much. Maybe it's the dishes we chose that's the problem. We tried their dumpling, tempura, beef wrapped around the mushroom, rice, yakisoba, spicy salmon sashimi, manmaru sushi, miso soup, raw fish egg, raw squid and mixed raw tuna, salmon & squid that we didnt finish because we didn't like it. We ordered drinks because water is paid (mango & pineapple shakes).

Finally, finally got to try Manmaru dine-in. I've been ordering from them through FoodPanda/Grab…read morefor the last six years and have never dined in because the line is always ridiculously long when we go. We finally got lucky and got seated immediately. The food is just as I expected but of course better than delivery. The beef teppan is forever my favorite here. Their nirigi were also high quality. Service from wait staff is great. They've narrowed down the busy restaurant workflow. I will of course recommend eating here when you have a chance, otherwise ordering online is ok too!

One of the newer unlimited grilled or barbecue places in the area, the place is well lit, well…read moreventilated and offers seafood as well (which is quite different from others). Between the 599 and 499 options, the 599 is definitely a better deal. We basically tried all the meats, and would advise that you get the beef platter as it comes with five different flavoured meats. The quality of meat is better than many others (in my opinion). The cheese is sumptuous, but their kimchi isn't great. Overall, I'd recommend the restaurant especially if you've grown tired of all the rest.

From the owner: Our restaurant will give you both Japanese cuisine and Korean Grill satisfaction with a wide…read morevariety of side dishes, appetizers, soups and 22 kinds of meats and seafood.

Food is flavourful and reasonably priced. Sushi is made fresh, the gyudon beef is tender and…read moredelicious. Service was quick except for the grilled items which took around 25 minutes. We were properly informed of the wait time

Japanese's restaurant was so great experience.. The food was…read moredelicious, serve really hot, soup was so yummy and i was so admire and happy for the ambiance was so great and I really enjoyed the atmosphere. I'll definitely be back!" I had a wonderful experience and I would highly recommend this restaurant to others.

Great food. Ordered beef yakiniku and some chicken tebasaki wings. The sashimi was great too. Great…read morecustomer service. The ambiance was energetic and fun.

Warmly greeted and seated upon entering. Ordered popular yakitori and ebi tempura. Everything was…read morewell seasoned and cooked to order. Loved the cold/hot house tea. Service was initially slow but later made up for it with attentive water and tea refills.

All the food here is on point full of flavor. The fish comes with sauce that balances out the fishy…read moreflavor. The ambiance is fine and the space is quite small so better to reserve

Are you kidding me? This little sushi joint that could did it!!!! During my vacation weeks ago in…read moreManila and just so happens the condo we were staying at is around the corner from Keizo. Once I dined I was hooked. The food was authentic Japanese cuisine, the specials rotate daily and the portion size was ample for the order. Not to mention great sushi preparation. The staff were friendly and the owner is a soft spoken gentleman who keeps an eye of plates coming out to be served. He is a sushi chef himself from what I've learned and he takes pride with his day to day operation in this wonderful mighty small establishment. It was refreshing to find a sushi restaurant that is this amazing. I think this place is a gem.

Upon a recommendation of a friend, we tried Nihonkai Tsukiji at the Tuscany Estates. The outside…read morelooked like an extravagant Japanese restaurant with cherry blossoms and all things Japanese. The inside is a little small, however, they have a second floor. The store has good ambiance and a good Japanese feel. When you enter, a sushi bar greets you. Just by looking at the menu alone, you will notice that it is a no-frills, authentic Japanese restaurant. We had most of everything on their menu: - Green Salad - your favorite greens with carrots on a roasted sesame dressing. Normal but not overpowering. - Ebi Tempura - Crunchy but the breading is too thick and bread-y at the same time. - Yaki Soba - right balance of sourness and sweetness. Good for sharing. - Unagi Don - love the rice as they use real short grain rice. The eel is enough for the rice. - Chicken Teriyaki Don - rice is good. Chicken has good flavor but quite dry. - Chicken Katsu - tender and doesn't have sharp breading. - Uni Tempura - takes awhile to serve but serving of uni is generous. - Salmon Sashimi - a bit too frozen for me. Overall, a good place to dine with friends especially if you are craving for good Japanese food. A bit pricey, but pays for quality. Service is impeccable.

Excellent Chirashi Don. Thick cuts, fresh quality ingredients. Service is quick and the food is…read moreprepared by a Japanese sushi chef. I ate the same thing 2 days in a row! For $11.50, this is value for your money. This is a hidden gem.

Hearing Nihonbashitei is always a delight to my ears. Shrimp tempura, Spicy Toro Maki and Grilled…read moreEel! Oh how I salivate with just the thought of it. No wonder this is also the favorite restaurant of our dear President. Says a lot about his taste in food! While I usually frequent their Pasay Road branch (where President Aquino usually dines), I find this branch a lot bigger and perhaps a lot cleaner. The food is practically the same so I find myself eating more frequently here. However, I was quite shocked to find out about the jacked up prices of my favorite eel set meal. While I do understand how difficult and expensive it must be to get a hold of and cook eel, one bite of this dish and the price is always worth it. There is perhaps no other restaurant that offers eels as yummy as this. Thanks to President Aquino for the reco!

The thing that strikes me the most about Nihonbashitei is how extensive the menu is. I don't kid…read morebecause every time I eat there, (and I eat there a lot,) there always seems like something new for me to try. The first time I read about natto, I was equal parts intrigued and disgusted by it. Given that, the one thing I was totally sure of was I had to try it. Until I came across Nihonbashitei, this bummed me out because I couldn't find a place in the metro that served it. If you're an adventurous eater looking for new Japanese dishes to try, you're going to love this place. Even if you aren't that fond of much outside the staples like sushi, yakitori, and katsu, you're still going to enjoy yourself because everything on the menu is a treat. Cheers!

We were in the BGC area and craving Japanese food ans found this restaurant. We ordered a few…read moreitems. The Tuna sashimi was delicious! Paired so well with the Ponzu sauce. I ordered the hanger steak and it was ok. The texture of the meat was good but it was missing something. The chicken teriyaki wasn't grilled but slightly battered. The tuna maki was good. The service was a little slow and there weren't that many customers in the restaurant. The restaurant is clean and has a nice ambiance.

Despite being so close to Japan, it appears to be oh so far, when it comes to getting legit…read moreJapanese food in the Philippines. So when you finally do come across a restaurant that's very authentic, you take note of it and such a place is Ogawa. It's right here in Bonafacio Global City (BGC). Their vast menu is quite impressive and the sashimi was super fresh and they had two types of sea urchin (local and from Japanese waters). We had both and by far, the imported uni from Japan was much better in texture and taste. I also enjoyed the nigiri set and I haven't had toro (fatty tuna) in soooo long, I'm glad that I splurged and had that too. That was incredibly soft and fatty. We had a party of 6, and we were able to reserve a private room, that was special. There's a big pahking lot and that's uncommon. I would definitely come back here again for a real deal, Japanese meal. Arigato Ogawa!!

My beloved husband's birthday trip to Tagaytay was a bit disappointing due to the fact that it was…read morestorming, and we couldn't see the volcano from our seat at the restaurant. So, we decided to have another try at a birthday dinner a few weeks later and came to this amazing restaurant. The first thing we always look at when we come to a teppan place is how they care for their grill, and Teppan Okochi keeps their grills spotless. We knew we were in for some well-prepared food. As an American, I am used to the circus atmosphere at teppan restaurants - you know, the onion volcanos, spatula flipping, etc. This is not that sort of teppan place. This is elegance and grace. The food here will typically set you back a few hundred bills, depending on your particular culinary selection. The particular spread in our pictures amounted to considerably more than that. But it was most definitely worth it! The service is on point, and the food is beautifully prepared and absolutely heavenly to the taste. My favorite items we chose were the wagyu beef, the garlic fried rice, and the strawberries. We ordered a tray of the strawberries to take home, in fact. My husband adored the sashimi, the crab, and the wagyu. What was quite charming was that the waitstaff presented us with some complimentary gifts of sweets before we left. My husband was quite happy with this birthday dinner experience.

I've been here twice now, once for lunch and once for dinner. When we went for lunch, we sat by the…read moreteppan area, the service was fantastic, and the food was delicious. The second time we went for dinner and sat in the private room area. The food was still delicious, but the service was so slow. We spent almost 2 hours there as each dish came out. It may have just been an off day for them, or maybe because we were tucked away in the room. Despite the lousy service the second time, I'd give this place another try.

Nice. Very nice. The ambiance is great. Good food quality for its price. Will be back again.read more

OK, it's been a while since I've had some decent sushi and I was craving for some "good ass" sushi,…read moreFound It! Now, comparably speaking, I would have to say one of the better sushi places I've been to. I stumbled upon this place on yelp as I happened to go to another Japanese restaurant that was closed partially because I didn't look for their hours before going and partially because their hours we not listed on yelp yet, boo. What I did stumble upon was a photo... of Foie Gras sushi, which 1) I heart Foie Gras and 2) was reminiscent of my time in Hawaii when I was able to enjoy foie gras sushi my first time ever. Soooooo Off We GO to the new Sensei Sushi! Quite possibly one of the better decisions we will make this weekend in regards to cuisine. Service was good, but I did notice a drop off as the place got more and more busy with customers. The staff was very friendly and accommodating. The server kept recommending things, which was good and bad, as in my opinion if I wanted some recommendations, I would simply ask and I've been to more than my share of sushi joints and usually know what to order. Nonetheless, overall very helpful. As for the food. One word, Yummy comes to mind, delicious, tasty, fresh-er than most places. OK, that's 7. I usually don't order cooked food at a sushi place, so my review is a mix of their raw and cooked menu. Seared Chutoro Sushi: Well prepared, well cut, not the absolute best part of the tuna belly compared to Otoro, but certainly a delicious treat! Chutoro Sushi: same as above, delicious, very satisfying for those who love that fatty goodness tuna belly has to offer. Foie gras Sushi: great cut, larger than most places I've had this similar dish. Seared perfectly, in my opinion. NOT burnt like most places here in the PH that over sear their foie gras, including Antonio's. MUST TRY! Amaebi: Looked and tasted very fresh. Color was gorgeous and sweet as it should be. Not too much wasabi to spoil it, perfectly balanced in my opinion. Oh! and they deep fry the heads so they can be eaten! Proper! Japanese Uni Sashimi: Color was much better than almost every place I've been in the PH. Looked and tasted fresh-er than most, there was 1 small brownish piece at the bottom, but overlooked it because at most other places, all the pieces are brown. Snaps for the nice yellow Uni to Sensei Sushi! Color wasn't eye popping yellow as it would be when super fresh, yet I'll take it over so many others in Metro Manila. Fish Tacos: Actually quite scrumptious. I wasn't prepared to have good fish tacos, but I saw them on the menu and couldn't resist. They were delicious. Ikura Sushi: A bit disappointed, color was a bit dark and wasn't super fresh, however, that's simply an opinion. I DO KNOW, there are many different grades of ikura, I'm just used to the bright orange color with more of a traditional salted caviar taste, this one just tasted like there was something else I wasn't familiar with. Seared Salmon Belly Suhsi: Another treat I was not expecting. I wasn't expecting a salmon belly so fatty similarly to their chutoro. Overall, very good. Tuna Dynamite Roll: For a roll, quite good. A nice filler, taste was on point with what you would expect in a more than decent roll. I forget the name of the last dish: it was thin strips of beef with chopped foie gras and uni. Quite honestly my first attempt at this dish was head on, meat, foie gras, uni. So sorry not quite what I had expected. THEN however, I deconstructed it, Uni by itself, which the uni on this dish we're I think local, was a bit fishy. BUT then, the foie gras and steak alone, darn it if that wasn't reminiscent to a filet topped with seared foie gras from Central Park Bistro in San Francisco! All that was missing was a perfectly balanced '12 Opus One red to cap it off. Overall: with the exceptions above... I will be back for more! A la cuisine! Stay Hungry My Friends