Ishiyaki Steak ZEI Toyama Marutto — Local services in Toyama

A fun but slightly mad experience. Steaks are served on searing hot plates and continue to cook away as you eat. This is a nice concept but generates a huge amount of spray on fattier steaks. They do, thankfully, provide aprons to deal with this - although the table wipedown after each meal must be some chore! Lots of pictures as is standard in Japan. The Japanese terms for explaining how well 'done' you want your steak are loanwords so you can just tell the staff in English (repeat the words Japanese-style if they don't understand - that really does work, usually). Steaks are good but look better than they taste. Sides are pretty nice. Probably not somewhere I would go twice but definitely worth going at least once for a...

Very tasty steak with set meal options (rice + soup). The combo with sirloin and hamburger steak was perfect for having a reasonably sized portion while still being relatively affordable.

The meat is served rare on a bed of onions on a burning piece of stone, so you can cook the meat longer to your preference, and the cooked onions are a nice bonus.

Menu has English and some waiters can speak it too, so ordering is easy for foreigners. If there is a line, they have a machine where you can queue up, but that doesn’t seem to have English on it.

Restaurant is on the 4F of a shopping mall/hotel...

Had a great meal!

Dropped in from literally upstairs as our room is in the same building.

Ordered the Volume Meat special and wife just had a steak.

Ordered the cheesy potatoes too, cause, that's what your do.

Service was excellent, had an English menu and a helpful waitstaff. Food was delicious and horseradish sauce was ballin'.

Two full steak dinners for less then $50. Cannot be beat. Great food, great service, great...