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Visited on a regular weeknight. Managed to make a reservation just before arriving, but the restaurant was fully booked.
【Highlights】
- High-quality meat sourced from Marufu Shouten
- Especially delicious top-grade tongue salt and triangle top loin
- Wide variety of side dishes and closing dishes
- During busy times, the poor operation stands out, making it difficult to even place an order
- Operation: One chef, two waitstaff
- Customer base: Diverse
- Payment: PayPay accepted
- Charge, service fee: None?
- Online reservations: Available
- No lunchtime service
- Visiting alone: Seems difficult?
- Google rating: 4.3
- Tabelog current rating and impression: 3.18
- Notes: 30% PayPay return campaign in Sumida Ward in the summer of 2023
【About the Restaurant】
Located under the elevated tracks in Kinshicho, this yakiniku restaurant offers surprisingly high-quality meat despite its location and atmosphere. They also have a variety of side dishes such as sashimi, chijimi, closing rice, and noodles. The owner is a former employee of the prestigious meat wholesaler Marufu Shouten, from which they source their meat. It is conveniently close to the station.
【Inside the Restaurant】
There are table seats and sunken kotatsu seats. The restaurant is compact with a decent number of seats. The ventilation seems good as there is not too much smoke. The spacing between seats can be narrow depending on the seat. In some cases, large tables are separated only by menus, creating a shared seating style for families or groups, so please be aware. Despite being a weekday, the restaurant was fully booked, possibly due to the PayPay effect. However, with only two waitstaff and one chef, the operation was chaotic. It was difficult to even place an order, as the staff were not easy to flag down. The first drink order took a while to arrive, and although the meat was served relatively promptly, it was a struggle to get the attention of the staff. We ended up only having our first order and then finally managed to pay and leave. Towards the end, our drinks ran out, but with no one coming to check, we ended up just eating the meat without anything to drink. The staff were constantly busy, and it was almost pitiful that they couldn't respond even when called. This seems to be more of a problem with the restaurant's system, and ultimately, the owner. This situation is quite uncommon. Since the restaurant has participated in the PayPay campaign multiple times, they should have anticipated this situation. If it is difficult to increase staff, they should be able to refuse new customers. They accept all customers, from those like us who made use of the last-minute online reservation to walk-ins without reservations (who had to wait for about 20 minutes at the entrance due to the cleanup), and it was bewildering.
【Food】
I had a medium-sized beer and the following:
- Top-grade tongue salt
- Top liver
- Triangle top loin with sauce
- Top harami with salt
- Vegetable grill
【Food Impressions】
The meat is very delicious. The harami was ordinary, but the top-grade tongue salt and triangle top loin were particularly delicious. The top-grade tongue salt was tender and crispy, with good fat content. The seasoning was addictive, a type of spring onion salt sauce. The liver was firm and fresh, and delicious with two types of sauce, sesame salt oil, and garlic soy sauce. The triangle top loin was moist and tender, not as fatty as it looks, and had a light texture. It was flavorful and one of the best top loins I've had recently. The top harami was meaty and good, but it would have been even better with a bit more juiciness. It was more like sagari than harami. I had it with wasabi soy sauce. I wanted to try the chijimi and rice, but since we couldn't place an order and even if we could, it seemed like a long wait, we decided to leave after this. It's a shame considering how delicious the meat was. Additionally, they have fewer types of yakiniku and more side dishes, making it convenient for a second stop for drinks rather than a hearty first stop.