"From walking in, the chefs greeting you, you feel how cosy it is; with only around sixteen seats, you feel treated that you have a place. Being shown to our table, we were given our menus, and whilst the menu is small you by no means feel limited. We went for the 3 course omakase; for us, the perfect amount of food. The first course, the fish in egg roll, with spicy mayo, highlighted the fish, but married it to other flavours without it being overpowering. By looks alone I was very impressed. The second course to me was the star of the show. Our tray with bites from salads, to sashimi, to deep fried elements, we’re exceptional. The salads small but each concentrating on key flavours; the sashimi high quality, cut to perfection notable mention goes to the toro; the deep fried elements, the rice cakes and croquets were texturally wonderful and had rich deep flavours. The soup after, to me, was confusing. A wonderful potato and dashi soup but felt marred by sharp elements of lemon pulp. Finally, we had what we thought might be the star of the show. For our mains we all ordered the Wagyu; however, I was slightly underwhelmed. Served on a hot stone, I just left thinking I’ve had better Wagyu. That wasn’t to say it was good but compared to the rest of the meal? I would have stuck with fish. That said, it came with a wonderful salad and dressing, rice cooked with mushrooms cooked to perfection, and charred vegetables. I left dreaming of the fish, but the meat? Not so much."
