Bad service + tasteless, below average sashimi+ arrogant boss= worse than all-you-can-eat buffet experience.
The boss is so full of himself he kept thinking customer knows nth about Japanese cuisine. He tried to trick my group into ordering an Aji and a common fish that are overpriced at $170. Like c'mon, Inakaya/Shinobu/Jabistro/Hiro offer much greater selection and more exotic fishes at a lower price than this chinese-owned "izakaya".
Dun be fooled by their commercial Though they promoted their place to be running by a jap chef, I bet he is so bad he got kicked out of Japan. Their robayaki skewers are either dry, tasteless or bland. The grilled chicken skin are so unseasoned and dried that it became chewable like a piece of fried gum.
The omakase sashimi set was the worst. At $60 for 25-30 pieces. We at least expected some BC spot sweet shrimps, Hokkaido scallops and uni. But instead we were treated with the mediocre "dead" fishes such as salmon, tuna and octopus. The better sashimi were hamachi but those were not fresh and weirdly cut. Even the salmon were not salmon belly but just some dull-colored side cut of salmon with not much distinctive white lines of fat.
I am so surprised this place can last for even a month in this city where there are better Japanese restaurants. Just don't come here..