We had a dinner here one Friday evening around 6pm. My first impression of the restaurant was that it looked very nice. The server was prompt and quickly led us to our seats. I think it's worth it to mention that their chairs are some of the most comfortable I've experienced in a restaurant. It's not an unimportant detail that I think many restauranteurs tend to give minimal attention to.
We ordered the much praised Cognac Duck and the Cod Delight. The Cod Delight is listed as spicy, so I asked the server if it could be made NOT spicy to which she replied that it could. The Cognac Duck, at $11 for around seven portions of duck, was very tasty albeit on the slightly higher side of pricey. The cod arrived spicy and so I asked again if it was possible to prepare it not spicy. I would have been happy to order something else. The server confirmed it was possible and took it back. What returned was a pretty plain looking piece of white cod. It did, though, turn out to have a hidden flavor which was fine.
For dessert (or according to their needs-a-little-proof-reading menu, "Desert") we had their touted Crepe Cake. It was, again, tasty, but not necessarily $9 tasty. I've had $9+ worth of tasty dessert and that wasn't it.
Altogether, you'll definitely have a fairly good meal in a comfortable chair at Taiga, But the odd detail here and there (i.e. gouges on the surface of your tables do matter) will prevent it from being a four or five star experience. You can tell that an effort is being made, so perhaps, with some time, it'll get better.
P.S. Although it calls itself a Japanese and Thai restaurant. It is more primarily a Thai restaurant than a Japanese one. Clearly, their culinary expertise extends itself more towards the Thai side of things than Japanese.