We misread the Yelp review and came in here really hungry expecting AYCE. Apparently hunger makes me dyslexic.
We settled on the bento boxes (combination dinners with soup salad, bento box and dessert). They're expensive at $19.95-$20.95 but the portions were larger than expected and the food quality pretty decent.
They only filled our tea cup when we first got there. We ask for more tea after finishing our bento boxes and the waiter comes back holding the pot of tea in one hand and says, "This is the last pot of tea," while patting the pot with his other hand before pouring the tea. He then goes through the same routine with the table beside us. We're absolutely bewildered. It's only 10:15 and they're open until 11:00. Whatever...maybe the city shut off their water since they couldn't pay the bills with only the four other small groups that we saw there that Friday night?
He comes around five minutes later with the bill and asks if it's ok if we pay first. After paying, he still hasn't brought around the dessert so we ask him about it and get this answer: "Well...normally we do provide dessert but we ran out." But isn't it included in our meal? It's included in the combination dinner. "Well actually it's not." It's on the menu. We paid for it.
He goes to the back and we hear him talking to someone else, presumably the owner. Two minutes later, he comes back out with green tea ice cream. Oh look at that, you didn't actually run out of dessert, did you?!
This restaurant certainly delivers a unique experience.