Kobayashi — Restaurant in Atami

The waitresses were rude and highly unpleasant towards us. When they noticed that we could not speak Japanese, they immediately turned us away without even attempting to converse with us, such arrogance was uncalled for and not condoned. Their attidue of being unwelcoming towards foreigners and those who could not speak Japanese was disappointing. This is the first time I have been turned away from service in Japan, I was highly disappointed...

This place was recommended by a Japanese friend, and it absolutely blew me away. Everything was incredibly fresh — the maguro was melt-in-your-mouth delicious, the sweet shrimp and squid were unbelievably sweet and tender, and the steamed fish with soy sauce was out of this world. Every bite was pure joy. I couldn’t stop saying “this is so good!” while eating. One of the best seafood meals I’ve ever had. Highly, highly...

We went to this restaurant and waited for a table. After being our turn to be served, we are RUDELY declined service saying WE DON'T speak Japanese. We politely pointed out that we would order the dishes we have already taken the photos from the display.

And the man went even more annoyed.

So PLEASE BE WARNED. DON'T GO AND WASTE YOUR TIME.

I hope I could...