The steak was dry.
And the teriyaki didn't help much in that department.
I love rice bowl restaurants... and I'm always sad when one disappoints. I'm sure it has its awesome days and awful days and I may have just ended up arriving on one of their bad days - but first impressions were awful for me. It looked very promising, and it LOOKS like the quality of the food is great... and the food got served so quickly... it seemed really promising.
But the food wasn't really worth its price... I could tolerate the dry-er rice as I love almost all kinds of rice... but not doing so good with the steak? Don restaurants often live and die by their beef-bowls, and this one would certainly die even if you just put an average Yoshinoya next to it (and that's even considering Yoshinoya's current bad quality beef).
I wonder if this place just gets high ratings just because it's the only one of its kind (as in: not mostly sushi) for miles...
I WANT it to be good. I really do. And with the high praise others give it: I'm sure it is, in its own way, at its own time. But in a competitive sense: I'd imagine it'd disappear quickly if it had to compete. 4 stars for its promise, 2 stars removed for not delivering, +1 star just to give them the benefit of the doubt.