Osaka — Restaurant in Antwerp

First off, the food was absolutely delicious and for this reason I would go back. However (1) the portions were tiny and even after a meal of 100€ for two people we were left quite hungry and (2) the service was extremely slow and inefficient. Some more quick notes on the service: first of all you had to order via an app and you could not order to a waiter (which in my opinion is already quite annoying because you don’t get recommendations or advice on the portions - which were way smaller than we expected - and in general subtracts from the experience); secondly, it was extremely slow and while the table next to us arrived later than us they had gotten 3 more dishes than us - when we asked whether there was maybe a mistake after waiting for 30-45 mins with no food, the waiter came back to tell us that unfortunately one of our dishes was sold out and if we wanted to order something different via the app (ironically the people that come after us but received the food before us did get that dish). Overall, it has so much potential given that the food is great and the chef is obviously talented, but the service leaves a lot...

The last time I visited Osaka, it was still a Japanese restaurant. Even though it's around the corner from where we live, it still took us a couple of years to visit this quirkily restyled hipster hotspot.

This is a no-nonsense wine bar/tapas place where you can easily place an order by scanning the QR code on your table (a printed menu is also available). The waiters are very responsive and eager to lend a hand if you have trouble deciding.

We decided on a light dinner with four dishes to share, almost all of which were exquisite and original.

Their wine selection contains almost exclusively natural wines, which I'm not necessarily a fan of, but the ones I tried were...

This neighborhood eatery serves up very tasty small dishes to share in an industrial looking setting. While the food was very good, the gnocchi in particular stood out as did the bread that we used to soak up sauces of various dishes, the price was rather high considering the quantity. Lively atmosphere (i.e., loud music) and our group was squeezed into a booth (fortunately we were all friends). Cool concept of going to a refrigerated case to select your wine, which many were...