I love Guu, and the fact that Sakabar takes reservations makes me love it even more! Like Guu Izakaya, this restaurant is fun, loud and delicious. I brought my foodie cousins from NYC who have eaten their way through all the best restaurants from the best chefs, and they loved it too!
The staff is attentive and extremely helpful. You can tell they like working there, which definitely adds to the experience. Some personal highlights from their menu:
Takowasabi - marinated octopus with wasabi stem. I wasn't really in the mood for octopus but upon my cousin's insistence I wasn't disappointed. It had a great amount of acidity and saltiness that I love and the wasabi balanced it wonderfully. I'll definitely be ordering it again.
Kinoko Bibimbap - my cousin admittedly isn't a big bibimbap fan, but I insisted he try it. Kinoko is my favourite thing on the menu. I love the cheese, mushroom and rice combo, and in the end I converted my cousin. It was his favourite dish of the night
Also try the sashimi salad - a good assortment of fish and decent size serving
The only SLIGHT downside was that the guu carpaccio was a bit stringy and could have used a little more salt. Nonetheless, that was such a small blip in the grand scheme of things and I can't wait to go back!
*continues daydream of their salmon tataki*