Esola — Restaurant in Iwakuni

Me and my hubby are a big fan of this place not until they made some changes with the menu and it's taste... first our favorite cheese platter, it used to have a cream cheese in the middle with honey, it's gone. They changed it with cuts of Blue Cheese... (yuck) I mean i love blue cheese but in a platter? nahh it just something that ruined my appetite. So yeah, their cheeses aren't that good as it used to be. Cream cheese with honey is way better!. And the free shredded cheese and sliced of baguettes, it has a lot of cheese before, now it's like they don't wanna give extra anymore. Fries is new to us but it's so fried that it became crunchy...oh my god.. smh.. then! my favorite Chicken Teriyaki pizza is too salty now! plus they put pieces of cabbage which is sooooo weird and it doesn't taste good in the pizza. So yupp! it just ruined our Valentine dinner date because we made a reservation here for a reason... (because we love their cheeses and pizzas). We had a gross dinner but it's okay cuz it wasn't that expensive (for my hubby,, for me, it is expensive).Mango fizz is alright for those people who likes carbonated drinks. I ordered it cuz i thought (non-alcoholic drinks) is just a "juice" but it's carbonated drink so i was disappointed TOO cuz im a handicap person. Carbonated beverages is not good for my condition but i still drank it (just thought it's just for one night). Well, i think it will be our last night going there. We're disappointed with the new menu. Not good at all. We still ate it (just took the pieces of cabbage out) because we're hungry. So thanks Esola. We expected the old menu. We're not coming back. I'm just being way to honest, sorry. Oh the pizza got toooo thin too!. It's like eating a...

Cool and stylish Tokyo vibes. Makes sense that this place is always packed. They have WINE all you can drink for 3 hours but there were only a few options so we decided to get a la cart drinks. My friend ordered italian beer, smelled awful but taste better than expected. Whole Camembert Eruption was too salty, the cheese didn’t really “cheese”, hard to explain but if you tried both Japanese cheese and cheese from other countries you’d know what I mean. Staff are young, I think most of them just started working here apparently they are a bit unprofessional. We didn’t make a reservation but the place had plenty vacant tables at the moment but the staff insisted us to sit at the counter. Dishes and glasses were not clean, clearly I could see fingerprints on everything. Hope the restaurant at least have their...

Slightly upscale with a nice atmosphere—working for both a dinner date or a laid-back meal. Unfortunately, from what I tried, the only standout was the pizza. With such a broad menu, it feels like a hit-or-miss kind of place.

What really turned me off, and ultimately why I wouldn’t return, is that they treat the restaurant like an izakaya—when it’s clearly not. They pressure you to order a drink even if you’re already getting food, and they add a table fee that isn’t mentioned until you’re settling the bill.

Not the kind of service I’d recommend. With a few simple fixes, though, this could be a...