Kagami

An unexpected little Japanese place with high ambition.
The staff here was lovely, took care of our jackets at the door and the host came over to chat with us for a bit to make us feel welcome.
We came for dinner on a Monday and concluded this might be a better place for drinks at the end of a week? The bar looked like the better place to hang with it sunk down seating and leafy drinks, than the glass 90s café-​style tables.
Two areas in the restaurant had kneeling style seating and yes– there is a samurai statue.
The interior here is impossible to photograph with a cellphone — red carpet and mirrors top to bottom! Everywhere — Even the bathroom :) now this might sound like a bad idea but it does manage to make the space unique.
So to the food. The prix fixe menus are steep: 500‑1200 per head. Wine is at 350 – 500. And unfortunately, although filling, not very exciting. Somehow the food reminded me more of Chinese than Japanese? More fat that crisp flavor and texture: Edamame in butter, tempura shrimp drenched in mayo and so on. The salmon sushi got the highest and only praise of the total 12 dishes we tried.
Oh, a last note– don’t miss out on the all mirror bathroom and bathtub sized waterfall basin — you will leave wishing you had a better camera and flash on you phone!