Points for being different from all the other Japanese restaurants in the area.
Cool seating area where you have to take your shoes off and sit on the floor.
Washrooms are individual rooms stocked with mouthwash to rid you of fishy breath. People shout greetings in Japanese when you arrive and when you leave. More yelling as staff shout the orders to the kitchen staff.
I really liked this place but was a little disappointed with the food. Presentation was great, but portions were small and a tad salty (like the other reviewer said; perhaps to get patrons to order more drinks).
Service was attentive.
3 main dishes plus 3 single piece items came to $36 for 2.
We ordered the mackeral, okonomiyaki and rice burger and pieces of taro, fish cake and daikon.
There weren't any line ups when we went - we wondered how long this place would last in the Annex area saturated with cheap Japanese restaurants full of $10 bento box specials.