FIN - Vietnamese & Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Nuremberg

Disappointing First Visit We were really looking forward to trying this place for the first time, but unfortunately, it didn’t live up to expectations.

We started with the mix tempura and chicken satay. The tempura was far too oily, with a bland batter lacking salt or any seasoning. The chicken satay came with just two skewers and was underwhelming. The accompanying sauce was overly sweet and lacked the depth and umami you typically expect from a good satay sauce.

For mains, we ordered the duck curry and the fried noodles with chicken. I had specifically requested the noodles to be spicy, but they arrived with no chilli at all. I waited nearly 15 minutes to get the attention of the waiter, who had difficulty understanding English or German. By then, the noodles had gone cold. When I asked for something spicy, they brought out siracha. Eventually, the chef came out and offered to fix it. He returned quickly with the same dish, but again, it didn’t have any noticeable spice.

The only thing I found somewhat enjoyable was the kumquat soda. Overall, the experience was disappointing and the food didn’t meet our expectations. Sadly, not a place...

Days ago we had a great time at Fin. Food, service and ambiance were excellent. The only 2 points of concern lies with the sushi chef:

1. we saw the sushi chef always put a piece paper directly on the sushi, and only before serving it was removed by the waitress. We don't know what it exactly was, but it shouldn't have been there on our food, especially with raw food like sushi. Because that paper definitely didn't look clean.
2. we could clearly hear the sushi chef talked to his phone the whole evening with such loud voice. I don't feel comfortable eating food prepared by someone who clearly isn't puting his mind in his work. I don't know what went on in the back kitchen, but at least we could clearly see what he did in his sushi station, and that certainly doesn't reflect well on this...

You need a reservation for this place because it’s tiny. We got a cute corner table. They have mainly Japanese fusion of ramen, udon, sushi, pho. Vegetarian friendly.

We ordered:

Chicken sate - two chicken breast skewers with dipping sauce

Tempura mix - one shrimp and mix of zucchini, sweet potato, bell pepper and egg plant.

The chicken was flavorful and juicy. The dipping sauce was good. The tempura mix had too much oil. It’s like they reused the oil many times to fry the tempura which didn’t have a good after taste.

We also ordered sweet potato fries and that tasted like candy. Super sweet, yummy and crispy but again, the oil was recycled.

Despite the oil issue, they offer a variety of food that I would order if I’m ever back...