Tempura Suehiro — Restaurant in Hiroshima

Really disappointed with this restaurant.

Ordered the seafood mix tempura. Didn't find it very tasty. Also ordered the pumpkin, which was tasty and a big portion. And also ordered the sweet potato, which was literally a tiny slice.

I asked for the bill and apparently they charge 330 yen as table charge.

Unfortunately I cannot recommend it.

Edit: actually, it gets worse. I went back to enquire about the 'table service', and since I cannot speak Japanese and they cannot speak English, they used Google Translate to tell me the charge was the 'small appetizer'. So this small appetizer was a meat sushi they gave me (and everyone, since a guy that arrived right after me also got it) without asking for it. And then they charge for it!...

Avoid this one! You’re much more likely to receive better service and a superior dining experience at your run-of-the-mill izakaya. The staff were inattentive and at times unfriendly; even the idea of being seated when we arrived became an awkward negotiation (perhaps because we were foreign?). The service was slow and the food itself was bland and soulless. After a long wait, some of our food just didn’t arrive and it became hard to get the attention of staff. After an already below-par experience, the same unfriendly waiter made us wait for 10+ minutes when he struggled to get the card machine to work, all the while repeatedly ignoring my wife’s suggestion that we pay in cash. A shame because it was the decent reviews that initially...

We came for lunch at Suehiro, there was no wait, we got seated at the bar straightaway. We got the set tempura meals and the menu was in English.

Our tempura came out slowly so we enjoyed it whilst it was fresh and hot. You can get up to 3 bowls of rice but 1 is enough. With the condiments we discovered wasabi salt and this added a nice flavour to our food.

There is a service fee to be paid if you take a seat it’s ¥330. Overall we had a good experience, attentive staff and thoroughly enjoyed our lunch here. Would recommend if you don’t mind paying a little more than other...