Misako

We’re from out of town and were told this is a new place. So we expected some «bugs» in the service but there were quite a few.
— Agedashi dofu — soggy exterior (oil must have been cold), four pieces served but one was missing it’s tofu and was just a shell of cornstarch. So three pieces for a side order is a VERY small order.
— I asked the server to bring my two sides with everyone else’s main course. Instead, he brought them with everyone’s appetizers so I sat there without food during everyone else’s main course.
— Drinks took a long time to come out and then the food came out sort of randomly. Not well timed. After dessert, we were asked if we wanted coffee or green tea — we didn’t — but then the check never came — but we saw our server doing all sorts of «side work» back by the kitchen. He wasn’t busy with other orders — he had just forgotten about us.
— There is no children’s menu and not a lot of things that are great for kids. No children sized desserts either — three balls of ice cream is way too much for a child. The vanilla ice cream tasted really «off», too. Dessert menu said «mochi» but doesn’t clarify if they’re real mochi or mochi ice cream. Some finessing necessary.
— Menu is «Asian Fusion» — borrows from Japanese, Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc. Menus like this scare me as they try to cover too much ground and then typically fail at being excellent at all of them. As I mentioned above, my agedashi dofu (Japanese) was soggy. My friend’s shrimp teriyaki came «teppan yaki» style (also Japanese). I worked in a Japanese restaurant for years and I’ve never heard of combining teriyaki and teppan yaki — unexpected and I’m not sure it worked (but this is Asian fusion, so I guess you can do whatever you want, eh?)
Misc:
There are two tatami rooms that seat about 6 each.
Menu doesn’t have alcohol — but they let you BYOB — nice feature.
We’ll come back next time we’re in town because this place is SO MUCH BETTER than the crappy Sushi Shop chain across the street but we hope that in the interim they iron out the wrinkles.