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| - Well, a restaurant had to "earn" my first review and this one sure did. Fiancé and I went out for our anniversary and picked Osaka so I made a reservation.
When we got there we were told the grill side was "too crowded" so we had to wait up front for ~10 minutes. Isn't that the point of a reservation? They finally took us back and there were already 2 people sitting at our table with drinks and apps in front of them. Not to mention these people waked in right after we did. Kind of puzzling.
Anyway, I tried to shake it off so we ordered drinks. My lady had a piña colada, I had a mojito. Hers was meh. The mojito tasted like they forgot the alcohol. I didn't get anything else after because she didn't ask.
We ordered dinner and were excited because it looked like other tables were having fun. Our waitress brought the soup (pretty good but nothing to write home about) and that was the last we saw of her. Drinks sat empty, there were empty plates and bowls, and she was M.I.A. Finally, someone else came to clear the debris (still no inquiry about drinks though).
At this point, we have been here for around 50 minutes. I should note that I have never, ever done this, but after about 15 more minutes, we walked out. I stopped up front and told them I was going to do the right thing and pay for the drinks before we left. They were slightly apologetic and charged me for both drinks (surprised they didn't charge for the soup too). She told me that the chef was about to come out to our table if we wanted to eat still. At that point, I had steam coming out of my ears and nothing would have kept me there. Over an hour and our chef wasn't even there to start dinner?!
Long story short:
- if you don't care about time, this place might be o.k.
- poor service (likely very understaffed)
- drinks weren't great
- food looked o.k. but I didn't actually eat any
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