My recent visit to Kanda Izakaya was far below average, and it's a shame because the visits before that were great. My experience today lacked and it showed in their service and food.
My colleagues and I sat down after a table of 11 and we waited until they were finished ordering. Understandable. By the time they were done, we called on the server because we already knew what we wanted. The server never responded, brought in the next group of guests and proceeded to take their order a minute later.
It wasn't until food started coming out to the table until the server finally took our order...
Now, the food.
Soup was fine. Noodles were fine. The first thing I noticed right off the bat was the portion size of the pork belly. It looked like they tore off the meaty portion and left us with fatty leftovers. I rarely complain about the fat (because fat is flavour) but it was really chewy. It wasn't rendered properly.
And the egg was pretty alcoholic. Not what I was expecting. I can understand using a little bit, but I think it was heavy-handed.
I may consider revisiting, but that ask really comes down to if my colleagues are feeling it again.