Cindy Fung

A small hidden gem for Japan inspired food and a great selection of sake.

All the servers are very knowledgeable about the sake and suggest great pairings. This place is frequent by locals and restaurant industry people.

They suggested a smoked tuna Kama and it’s meaty, fatty and lots of umami.

The ankimon is milder and softer than what I had in regular sushi restaurants.

Pickled daikon with cream cheese and chive is also something new to me and have nice surprising factors.

Seating is a bit tight but that’s usually the case for downtown restaurants. Washroom is located downstairs.

First off, the place is dirty and oily. But that’s usually how things are at most of the Chinese skewers places.

Food is not bad, reasonable price. For example, $7.5 for 4 lamb skewers.

Beer is $9 a pitcher. Only 2 types of beer.

Can BYOB with $5 corkage.

No stomach pain afterwards.

Visited this place back in 2022 Nov and haven’t got time to write review about this place. But even after so long, what stays on my memory is the food is overpriced and not even tasty. The worst dish of the night is the soup (and we ordered two because we were sharing among 4 people). The soup is very watery and so blend. We only tasted a little and just send it back. But the sever didn’t ask what happened.

The best dish is the sorbet ……

We did try a bit of everything but really not enjoying the food there. Not sure why our experience is a lot worse than other reviews on google.

Wine selection os not bad and they are knowledgeable in it.

It's located on the reserved areas so no tax is charged.

During COVID, they have checked our vaccine record and ID carefully.

The lounge is well maintained and does not have a strong nasty cigar smell.

Staff and owner are both professional and welcoming. They asked what our personal preference, and make good suggestions.

We opt for sitting down and enjoy a drink and cigar, the chairs/ sofa are comfortable and clean. We were also given free bottle water to go with our drinks.

Nice place to chill and enjoy cigar in a safe environment!

Ordered via Uber eats, app show ready to pick up but it wasn’t. The lady/ sever didn’t tell me how long I need to wait, so I asked. I was told to wait for another 10 mins, without any apology.

The man behind the sushi bar was so rude and he’s saying in Chinese that “the store just opened, how could we possibly have your food ready?”

May be he thought I don’t understand Cantonese or may be he just couldn’t care less how customer feel.

I ordered 11:30am, app show food is ready at 11:40am. If the food is not ready, then don’t click “ready” on the app .....

I ordered a sashimi on rice combo. It’s very sad looking with 2 surf clams (not too fresh), 3 slices of snapper (not too fresh either) and 2 thick slices of salmon. Rice is warm and cooked just right, which is good.

I’ll let the picture do the talking.....