I read the reviews but the food looked good and we decided to try it.
It was a Friday and they are open to 10. We got there by 8:30 so we figured we had plenty of time.
Greeting was nice but took a while to take a drink order.
We asked for the table barbecue but were told they were out of meat. Really? On a Friday night? And then they had meat if you got a dish made in the kitchen. In hindsight it seems like they thought we would take too long.
So we were finishing our sake at 9:38 and watching a close curling match between Japan and Korea. Suddenly the waiter came over and told us and another table they were closing and we would have to leave.
No warning. Just get out.
Then they promptly turned off the TV, at the end of the overtime round, and started turning off the lights.
If it were closer to 10 I could better understand. But two tables left and a close match on TV and no heads up they wanted to close early.
Food was very good, as was the service, but the manners of the managers were awful.