肉バルGABUTTO 茨木店 — Restaurant in Ibaraki

Didn't actually eat here so gave 2 stars for the following reason: There is a table charge (you get some kinda small beef appetizer) of ¥400 AND you must buy a drink (cheapest was ¥400). That means you're paying 800 yen per person before you've even ordered anything... Really don't like being forced to buy a drink. Table charge was annoying enough but the forced drink tipped the scale to walking out. This may seem petty to some, but being forced to do these things just gets annoying and I'm a little sick of this kinda thing. Table charge I can accept - especially if what they give you is actually half decent but most of the time it isn't. We never actually saw/received the table charge food offering here so can't honestly comment. Also have a time restriction of 2 hours from the moment you sit down. So not only are you forced to spend 800 yen you have a limited time to actually eat and relax... Assuming you...

I didn't get to eat because everything I wanted to eat was unavailable, which was the roast beef set and the simple roast beef (ロースト三兄弟とローストビーフ) . We got there at around 20h20~ so perhaps that's why the food we wanted to eat was sold out.

In addition to that, we were given a type of ham salad and charged for this without even ordering it. Apparently, this system is called otōshi (お通し). I don't even eat pork, so essentially, I paid for nothing. Having been fed up by this "otōshi" and what I wanted to eat not being available, I left earlier than usual and went to a different restaurant. The store really needs to improve on its systems. I think Japanese restaurants that still have this system really need to do away with it. It makes no sense as it is a very outdated practice.

Needless to say, I do not recommend...

I went here for a work related dinner. We had a course with all-you-can-drink. I was surprised at how many dishes came with the course. It was very generous. In particular, I enjoyed the steak and the risotto. The steak was very tender, and the risotto was very cheesy and creamy. I will be...