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| - Wow. My previous 2-star review was removed at the request of the "Yelp community". However, I can venture a guess that the Yelp community was actually the owner himself.
The owner private messaged me after I posted my 2-star review (not this one; the one that was deleted and you won't be able to find). He wanted to know why the 2-star and I took my time to reply - explaining why I rated his restaurant the way I did.
Since the "Yelp community" requested my previous non-compliance review be removed, I will explain to the "Yelp community" the justification of the 2-star rating based on the review guidelines.
We visited two Sundays ago. Once we were seated and given our water, it took a while for the staff to return to take our order. That's fine.
Between the two of us, we ordered the following:
Cod fish - two pieces of bite-size fish. It was the highlight of our meal. However, not the most bang for your buck.
Grilled squid - overpriced; it's the same type of grilled squid you get at other izakaya restaurants. However, they put this ginger sauce on top and it really does not do the squid's justice. Unnecessary.
Squid ink rice with uni - nothing spectacular. It's basically risotto stirred with squid ink with a couple pieces of uni on top. It was a tad too salty for my taste. Nothing to write home about. I have had squid ink pasta with uni at different restaurants in town that were not too salty but still has that seafood freshness. This dish did not achieve that.
Thai flavor chicken wings - as far as flavors go, this was good. If you like chicken wings, order these.
Okra and beef tongue skewers - nothing spectacular about okra skewers, but then again, I guess you shouldn't have too high of an expectation about okra skewers. The beef tongues were actually thinly sliced tongue like at the korean bbq. Not typical of izakaya, in my opinion. They also drown these tongues in this sauce that completely overpowered the flavors of the tongues. I've had better. Also, as far as their skewers selection goes, it's very limited. There were no gizzards, hearts or anything like that. Keep that in mind if that's your cup of tea.
There were another squid dish we ordered, but I can't, for the life of me, remember what it was... Must not have been that memorable.
As far as service goes, the night we visited, there were only two people servicing the 4 tables. The service was slower than we would like, but it's not a huge deal.
The decor of the restaurant is nice; the walls are hung with interesting paintings.
With that said, I feel there are other izakaya, or similarly themed restaurants, in town that offer better tasting food at a better price. I personally would not recommend this restaurant simply because of that. While I understand the owner's intention to maintain the 4 or 5 star rating of this restaurants, as a Yelp user, you might want to consider the validity of this restaurant's rating since it appears this business will do whatever they can to remove sub-standard reviews...
And I know what you're thinking, I am just writing this review to be spiteful. However, the only reason for this review is to provide the TRUE Yelp community about my experience with this business. And if I was to be spiteful, I would have given this second review a 1 star instead of maintaining my stand on the 2 star.
Think for yourself. Don't be a sheep.
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