Hyaku Mizu - Asian Restaurant — Restaurant in Magdeburg

Absolutely awful and disgusting experience. I last visited this town in 1989 - nothing has changed. We were met by a snippy guy, full of himself who probably thought he was being funny - he wasn’t, he was just stupid and beyond inappropriate. We should have turned around and walked away. The place is ok, ambience wise - it was super icy and both doors (he insisted) were kept wide open (what for you’ll never know), so one sat in the iciest of winds … menu is extensive, food reached and was alright - until I found a giant, long, thick, Asian, black hair in mine … I alerted same guy (I stayed beyond calm what my family took with surprise …), who wordlessly removed my plate. So far so good. I was beyond DISGUSTED. No word of an apology, zilch. Nothing. Zero!!! We were 3 people and all said the same. Upon asking for the bill, same man reappears and starts LECTURING ME!!!!!! … me!!!!! that no one in his kitchen had long black hair!!! Ha!! My father has almost no hair/white, my mother and I long blonde hair … say what??? I asked “you suggest I put this in there???” … everyone Chinese, Japanese, Asian in his open kitchen, waiters … words??? LECTURING ME!!! Until I had it! This is a commercial eatery. Unacceptable. Cannot happen!! Cannot!!! “We are humans” - you are???? Really???? You are supposed to be sorry and SHUT UP after something of the likes, if that happens!!! Because I am not interested in the least how you (do not) manage your kitchen/hygiene concept etc.!!! And you do not debate and argue with a paying client that is pissed off beyond! The guy belongs fired not into hospitality and I am in two minds alerting the authorities after this, if not at least the owner - I would have been the last one making such a drama out of this if only a decent server would have been encountered that was genuinely sorry and not a “KLUGSCHEISSER” of the first order who then proceeds to tell ME “he doesn t have to take all this” Really? He can be happy the plate had disappeared because otherwise it would have happily landed in his face. DISGUSTING. AVOID!!! if you do have some standards and respect...

Ambience is stunning as well as the presentation of the food. Service was ok considering it was not busy at all at lunch time. They put up a picture in the area that was not used at the time. Might have been nice to do that outside of service hours.

Portions are incredibly small for the high price. The flambéed salmon that came on top (why though? hard to eat that way) of the sushi rolls had a really unpleasant torch taste. Especially with the rather fat salmon, a blowtorch, if used, isn’t a good idea. Definitely had flambéed salmon sushi at a lower price point with much higher level of execution. Other basic sushi was nice, especially the quality of the fish, but also doesn’t justify the price.

Drinks were alright. Two identical orders, one rather sweet, the other a bit on the sour side. A bit more consistency would be nice.

Overall the experience was good, but not what you’d expect from a restaurant that wants to operate on a...

I've rarely been so bummed between the perception and reality of a place. This restaurant sounded great when I looked online and they were so booked and crowded that it was obviously popular. Everything on the menu sounded entirely delicious and it was hard to make a choice. Then the food and drinks came and they were a complete let down. Our entire party of 4 was surprised by how some key element was missing from each of our dishes. The sushi was too much (the flavors melded until nothing was definable). The chicken in the udon was incredible, but the noodles were very meh and not hot. The teriyaki sauce was extremely watery and lacked any flavor but sweetness. The chicken in the pepper chicken dish was so dry it was almost inedible. In the end, we left unsatisfied and also somewhat hungry as the portions were small for the really high price tag. After two drinks and food for each person, we paid...