Ichii Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Kuta

I came to this place inspired by the idea of my girlfriend who is Asian. The facade of the place looks a little sad, the shops on the side are where phones are repaired. The good thing about that sad entrance is the shop on the side, the perfect place to repair your phone, specifically iPhone. So if you ever have a problem with your phone, this is definitely the place to come. Good and fair cost.

Back to the restaurant, with little illumination of course like most restaurants the lighting is horrible but… well, let's give the restaurant a chance and give it a try.

In the end, among a sea of options that I never understood, I decided to choose the basket with different options. I didn't really know what I ordered due to the confusion caused by the menu l, sometimes absurd options. When the food arrived it looked very similar to the picture on the menu which is a good point, the portion size is ok, the taste is ok and to be honest I liked it…. But why i liked? Absolutely nothing wrong. It's a restaurant that tastes like I'm paying a fair price for a fair meal, you know...

In all honesty, I was so excited to see a Japanese restaurant in Bali that has such an authentic menu. However, the menu couldn't save this poor quality and taste that we were presented.

The ramen was sad water down broth that wasn't hot but warm with pasta noodles instead of ramen noodles.

The sashimi was days old and like rubber.

The hamburg was like rubber as well and was slightly more edible than the sashimi.

The picked side condiments weren't properly picked resulting in hard carrots and cucumbers.

The edamame wasn't cooked long enough because they used a microwave.

The curry was the only item that was alright, which is hard to mess up as it's just regular boxed curry.

In the end, we ended up leaving after 5 minutes of trying the food, paying, and going to another restaurant to...

The food was ok, but the service was not on par to the price you are paying for. Kinda like being served by a "Karen". The staff are far from nice and friendly. There were a couple of times when members of our party were asked to stop talking when we are ordering. Yes we were a party of 7 and with kids so there were a few people ordering at the same time but there are more better ways to manage our orders than telling people to be quiet. Maybe they are over worked? I saw only 2 staff for the entire restaurant, I don't know whether they are overworked or just bad...