Wagyu Yakiniku Gyu-Samurai — Restaurant in Chatan

I have visited a many many many Yakiniku restaurants across Japan now as I have lived here for many years and there seems to be a trend with new restaurants using this Healthy Roaster. I am not sure if it is a cost saving decision because they are supposedly smokeless and the restaurant would not need to install the elaborate ventilation system or what, but the Healthy Roaster ruins the Yakiniku experience. The sizzle that you expect to hear from grilling meats does not happen when you put the meat on this contraption that I will not call a grill. It is more of an oven, and an oven does not give you the same flavor as grilling meats on a gas or charcoal grill! The meats take forEVER to cook on this thing but somehow the heat is so overwhelming that it often burns your hands because the tongs are not long enough. I’m ok with some rare meats too and even eat some raw like yuke or liver sashi (uma), but the Healthy Roaster makes it difficult to tell if any meats are cooked well or not and some meats I just prefer a little more cooked like tongue and horumon. For the side items… The ishiyaki bibimba (or however you spell it) was pretty salty and just not very good in general. The sauces that were brought out were already made up and they were just ok tasting. One of them, I’m pretty sure was just a salad dressing.

The staff were ok here, the order in which the food, side items and sauces came out was a little off. We had meats before any rice or sauce and we didn’t have drinks for quite a while. I had to ask for my wife’s rice after we were already 3 plates of meat in.

The only reason I am giving two stars is because the view was amazing. I’m sure I could have pointed out my house in one direction and the beautiful sunset over the East China Sea the other direction was very nice.

Unfortunately my wife made the reservation here before seeing that they use the Healthy Roaster and she felt like we couldn’t cancel because it was to close already.

The main thing the restaurant needs though, is...

The quality of the beef was not good enough and some of it was trimmings which did not match this price. Especially, some of the meat was in chunks, and the flame of gas grill was greatly strong, which resulted in the beef being burnt on the outside and still raw on the inside. The service in this restaurant was only for serving the dishes. The fumes had a strong smell and would leave the clothes smelling. Overall this restaurant was not...

Amazing view of american village, i ordered the wagyu course this one was an 8 course i believe, all specialized cuts of wagyu from different parts of the cow.

Tender, buttery, reallt really good. Went alittle later in the evening so seating was really private and comfy.

This course was only $50 USD at the time of current rate. so you definitely get your monies worth to try a variety pieces...