Lakhu — Restaurant in Sirmione

Reading the previous reviews we thought this would be a winner...however, not the case!! Other than the tiny roll of sushi we ordered, none was japanese in taste. Sorry. We ordered ramen but the waitress informed us the ramen is grilled and is not a soup...??! I happen to live in japan for 3 years yet haven't seen one single ramen dish that wasn't a soup, yet was both curios and open and decided to go for it....the dish was horrific, taken from a 'warm meal' you can get at the supermarket, added a few pieces of tiny shrimps and mixed with the herb-powder package on a wok. What a shame! My husband ordered another noddle dish--same disaster different name. What a trap!! A word about the poor setting: This restaurant as is, is very dark as for all the 'tatami-area' there is one single light and a candle for each table. Believe it or not, we sat with the cell phone flashlight to read the menu. All the so-called japanese gestures worth nothing when the food is so bad. We hardly finished what we ordered and rapidly left with a very bad taste. Cheap it's not and...

The food here was absolutely amazing! We had several different starters and the soup that the place is named for. We also had a sushi boat for two. This is one of the top sushi I've ever had!

The atmosphere here was very Japanese. The art, dishware and glasses all added to this as well.

I highly recommend this place.

The only downside was that the staff didn't speak much English, but the menu had an English (and German)...

Such a shame there weren't that many visitors in such a lovely place. We have sushi on quite a frequent basis, and we're not the easiest of customers when it comes to sushi quality. We didn't go for a boat, but we made our own 5 choices. It ended up being a beautiful meal served by very friendly staff. This place definitely deserves more visitors, as it is a good change from all the delicious pizza, pasta and...