Tani Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Dublin

I've been a regular here for 10 years. Things have deteriorated since after Covid. Prices went up and some portions got smaller. My last visit, Saturday. May be my last, after at least 50 visits. Makis have gone up significantly and size has increased too. But only because it's loaded with rice, the core ingredients have actually reduced. This is a short sighted owner or a sign of a restaurant in trouble. Staff front of house are great.

09/07/2024 If price rises and quality remains the same, I understand. We are all subject to the effects of inflation... But if price rises, the quantity of cheap ingredients in a dish increase and the quantity of expensive ingredients decreases.. not acceptable.

I am a loyal customer telling you the truth from my perspective as a customer. The Makis are bulging compared to how they used to be, but its all rice...

Your staff know me and they know that I don't look at the menu. I order the same dishes every time. Tani Rainbow maki, Spider maki, Tori Kara Agge, Ebi Katsu, Edamame, Pork Gyoza, 2x Tuna Sashimi. Every time the same. I know your product very well and I know when it changes. I have sung your praises to all of my friends in person and on tripadvisor and here on google in earlier reviews.

Go to your earlier reviews on tripadvisor and here on google and look at the pictures of your Maki. Your customers are not stupid. Don't try to gaslight your customers. Keep it consistent and you will get repeat business. I have never complained about the price, only about the price increasing and quality dropping.

You're right, its not my business to refer to covid, or your business being in trouble. I guess I was frustrated because I so lok forward to Tani, and so does my family. So When I go there and drop Euro 120 and get too much rice I'm not happy at all and even less happy when the owner appears to attempt to...

I don't understand why this restaurant got high rating -- my last experience in Tani is not good at all. I entered the restaurant around 8pm on a weekday, it seems that the restaurant was quite available with only a few tables of customers. The waitress was showing me a cold unwelcoming attitude, at first I assumed she might had a bad day so it was fine, but later another customer (which is a white person while I'm Chinese) she was smiling and welcoming this guy all the way -- what a contrast. I was super hungry so ok let me just have the food. I waited for almost half an hour. The restaurant was not busy at all. The white guy got his every food ready before me, even he arrived to this place 10min after me. I had to chase after the waitress so finally I got the food. The worst part just came. The food was terrible. Judging by the price I was expecting the quality of the food to be almost the same as the food in Yamamori, however to my disappointment it was not like that at all. I regretfully finished the food and I was thinking I should drive just another 10min to Eddie Rockets in Dundrum.

I wrote down this experience(actually happened like half a year ago) to remind potential customers this restaurant might not be as good as what other reviews described. Be cautious.

I also hope the owner of this restaurant could improve its service and hire better people to do...

Tani is without any doubt the restaurant where we have been more often in Ireland. It may well be that it's where we have been more often in our whole life.

We discovered it 10 years ago and it's one of the things that makes our neighborhood special and something that contributed to our choice to buy a house where we bought it.

The decor is lovely and evocative: dark, stylish, with the warmth of black, dark stone & dark wood. There's almost always nice jazz music.

If I could add a note: I wish the room temperature was a bit warmer but I understand that most local customers probably prefer it this way.

Of course over the years the food has changed as the chef were alternating but it has always kept between good and exceptional. I think the last 12-18 months have been particularly good!

We love going there for a bento box over lunch. It's a shame that they are not open anymore during most workdays. My favorite is the seafood one.

Their sashimi is very tasty and high quality.

I love their Tori Karage and their yaki soba are very tasty. My favorites are chicken and duck, that sometimes I have asked to combine for a special treat

Staff has always been friendly and polite.

I think that recently they have found a particularly fantastic balance of great people who both create and serve the food. I hope they can keep going like this as we hope to remain very...