TiffanyChang

The food was heavenly at kiss. The prix fix I ordered was a 6 course dinner, including pickled goods, sushi, sashimi, grilled fish, some cold noodle and miso soup at the end. There was also this soft tofu stew thingy with fish that was so effing good that I couldn’t stop eating and almost burnt my tongue. The meal was $42, and my friend and I split a large Sapporo, and a raw octopus sashimi appetizer (never had RAW octopus, though it was only so-so). On my part I paid $70. I almost never over tip but I felt the mom and pop team working the entire restaurant deserved it.

The price was on the expensive side for me, but once in a while it is totally doable, given the experience was so amazingly positive last night.

Reservation is a must because they only do two rounds of seating every night, and they easily turn away customers without reservation. They gauge cooking time to accept your omakase orders. And it makes sense, because even the miso soup was made right in front of me, with extra goodies in it.

Contrary to the Yelp reviews on its service, I had a fantastic experience (hence the over-tipping). The wife/waitress was very accommodating when my friend needed to change her order, and never rushed us to finish up when other customers showed for their reservation.

Delicious sage infused mojito. Delicious seared Ono. No water for 20 minutes after having seated. Will come back for the food and give service one more chance.

Is it ironic that all the food tend to be a little too salty? Didn’t like the foie gras there. Didn’t like the detached service. The food was quite forgettable, as i have no more to write about this place.

Loved all the raw fish dishes. Excellent cocktails. Gracious hostess and a nice view into the kitchen.

True fine dining experience. Loved everything when i was there. Maybe except for the bill.

Good enough ramen, better grilled Izakaya items, and mediocre service.

I go there (or used to go there when my rent was cheaper at a few blocks away from the restaurant) for the guarantee on certain items I love so much. Black cod. Live scallops. The entire Aji prepared from head to tail. Incomparably fresh Uni (or live Uni from time to time, if you’re lucky ). And once in a while I throw in Kobe beef sashmi and some salmon belly. Or any other interesting fish that is on the special board that day. I have not been disappointed.

To be able to indulge ridiculously fresh fish that many other restaurants will just outrightly tell you that they don’t have it because people don’t eat that here… I don’t consider the price at Ebisu ridiculously high.