Arimaya — Restaurant in Kobe

arrived at hotel a bit later than expected. And read some blogs that restaurants will be opening till 7ish or 8. However, went to the area before 1730. Most are closed. So headed to this Arimaya as it’s still open and saw the menu looks okay. So decided to grab some as dinner (did not have much to expectation to be honest) however it was so disappointing. We got one kaisen don and one wagku cutlet. Kaisen don looks okay when it was served. Just very small and thin slices. Some fish are okay while tuna and some look and taste awkward. Refer to my pictures. The certain part of maguro/alamj is black in colour. This is the first time seeing that (I have been having sushi for over 20 years). The so-called wagku doesn’t taste like wagku either . Customer service is non-existent and not friendly to tourists at all. ...

Tasty, good food and drinks. But note if you come here as a non-Japanese-speaking person, their menu is only in Japanese. We somehow managed by Google Translating the menu on their website, but even that was iffy. We were also refused several (4~5) dishes because they did not have the ingredients in stock. I know we went on a Tuesday, but it was still four hours before closing...

The restaurant is lively. There are customers come and go simultaneously. Unagi bowl is delicious. Service is very impressive even there are many customers but foods are sent from the...