A very frustrating experiance.
We made a reservation for 12 people at 6:00 for my niece's birthday. There were 6 adults and 6 kids. They told us that they would only seat a full table and that we needed to wait for another reservation of 6 to show before they would seat us. At 6:30 we asked if we could be seated at the table and have a drink while we were waiting for the 6 strangers to show up. They refused. The restaurant was less than half full so our request should have been easy to comply to and they were making us wait for other people who were late for their reservation. The 'manager' was one of the most condescending people I have ever met, I can see why this place has been going steadily downhill.
The ceilings are dirty and tattered, and the whole place looks grimy and made me question if this place has recently passed a food inspection. It is a sad shadow of the place it used to be. Much better Japanese food in the area, give this place a miss.
We decided to leave as we were hungry and they still were refusing to seat us by 6:45, we went to the place downstairs, Briggs I think, and after confirming they were not associated with JV, we ate there and it was wonderful.
We asked for the managers name and he refused to give it to us, he also refused to give us the owners name.