Excellent katsuya. Just the right amount of sauce and the pork loin (had the original pork loin katsu) broke apart easily, which is a good sign (means the meat is not chewy and is rather tender). Food-wise, everything was done perfectly. The deep fried oysters were good. Even the takoyaki balls were really good! In fact, these takoyaki balls were the best ones that I've tasted to date. It does not taste like batter, sauce was perfect, and presentation was really good.
Some things that could be better:
- We were sitting at one of the end booths and the wall was concrete. Maybe replace the concrete with pleather? Or wood? I get that they are going for that Japanese alley restaurant look but the concrete wall had me feeling very wary of it as I felt like I could accidentally scrape my arm against it.
- Service was good, but the hostess told us that the small box that she gave us for leftovers was "just enough". That small takeout box was definitely not enough to contain the food that my friend had on her plate. We ended up getting a bigger takeout box from one of the servers.
- There needs to be more rice or cabbage salad. I ended up having a lot of meat and sauce leftover (not a bad thing!) but it would be nice to have some rice or cabbage soak up some of the sauce.
I would have to say that Katsuya is one of the best places for some Japanese curry. Definitely a place to try out. There's a reason why there is always a long wait and that is due to how great this place is!