Itō Grill — Restaurant in Kobe

It's a bit hard to rate this place as it depends on what you want.

I ordered 150 grams of their Kobe beef cooked medium rare. The chef even knew the Celsius translation of that, yet it still came out a bit overdone. That said, it was good aged beef and the sauce was good as well (usually I find sauces detract from the meat and avoid them). This cost $90 USD.

Frankly I was a bit surprised that the beef tasted as good as it did, but I routinely BBQ prime rib-eye steaks that are even better and cost 1/10th of the price by weight.

Am I glad I ate Kobe beef in Kobe, Japan? Yes! Would I do it again?...

Overrated. 4 star for the vibe 3 for the food and service 2 for cleanness

Ordered the beef stew lunch today.

Salad was too salty and bacon drizzle is tasteless.

Soup is okay but got a black cotton fiber in the white bowl which I could see it from distance but they didn't.

Butter was un-defrost.

The main dish is half chewy half okay but the sauce was not enough for either bread or rice and tasteless.

Mashed potato was terrible.

Coffee was good, but there was a water drop on the rim.

Maybe I'm picky and I expected more than this for a...

07.04.2018: Please make reservation !!

This is the kind of place that i always give priority on, a family run restaurant that local people would go there as well since 1923, chef is the 4th generation (四代目) and have passion on what he is doing, i sat on the bar table and watched him to cook the whole time..

Kobe steak was charcoal grilled in proper way and time, outside was a bit crispy with charcoal flavor and inside was super juicy, i had my mouth full of A5 beef flavor,...