I arrived late at night, and the store was at about 50 percent capacity. We politely asked to be seated at a table, but the staff informed us that it was "reserved," so we reluctantly went to the bar to find seats. After ordering our ramen, it arrived fairly quickly, and we began to eat.
However, after just one bite, I encountered a half-defrosted piece of meat. It was an instant turn-off. I could feel the icy pieces stuck together because the broth wasn't hot enough to warm or break up the meat. To make matters worse, the flavor of the ramen was worse than at many of the poor ramen spots in Melbourne.
I had never been served defrosted meat at a restaurant where it hadn't even been attempted to be masked by cooking methods. As we were leaving, we noticed that more tables had emptied, and the so-called reserved seats were...
Read moreWorst restaurant in Atami! We queued for almost 1 hour during fireworks festival day, it’s very cold day only 5-6 degrees. The staff not really attentive and he in and out few times never asked us write down the name and ignored us because we’re not Japanese?! He asked the Japanese couple behind us to enter directly, luckily the couple refused and tried to helped us get in first. Thanks to the Japanese couple🙏 But when we entered separately in 2 groups which 4 pax and 3 pax, he just leave us aside and then through the translation, MUST order a drink with a meal. It’s totally WASTE our time! Since you can translate, why not inform us everything when we’re in Queue?!! We have 1 baby Queue with us for 1 hour in freezing day !...
Read moreA small, affordably-priced Chinese restaurant close to the beach in Atami. We came for dinner on a Saturday night in August 2025, it was very busy so we had to wait about 20 minutes, and then 15 minutes to be served. On weekends and holidays, as well as weekdays after 22:00, it is obligatory to order a drink (cheapest 300円 for juice or tea). The staff are friendly, efficient, and comfortable in English and Japanese. We had the meat fried rice and tanmen, both copious...
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