Korantei Shimotōri — Restaurant in Kumamoto

The food was absolutely delightful, and the service staff were incredibly friendly. This restaurant would be a fantastic choice for a romantic date; the atmosphere was serene and relaxing. Interestingly, one of my Chinese classmates from Kumamoto University's Japanese class invited me to join them for dinner, and we ended up here. The moment I walked in, I realized it exuded an air of elegance and sophistication, perhaps tailored for business meetings with a formal dress code. I felt a bit self-conscious because I was dressed casually, but I didn't want to disrespect my classmate's invitation. What's even more amusing is that when we placed our orders, my classmate, who didn't speak any Japanese, was caught off guard. The waiter, seeing this, switched to English, which only made my classmate more anxious and pointed to me to take over. I nervously attempted to use my limited Japanese skills to put the waiter at ease. Despite the initial awkwardness, we had a great time, and the food was especially enjoyable for me since my classmate covered...

Had the clam taipien and the normal one, both teishoku. Had to add 100 yen for the clam seasonal one. There was 3 tiny clams in it, but the soup base was the same as the normal taipien. So don’t recommend changing it to the clam one, unless you really want to eat three tiny pieces of clams for 100 yen. The noodle in the soup was very little There wasn’t much queue maybe because we came early and on a working day. The restaurant is more classy than I expected, overall it was quite disappointing for me. If you look at the photo, can really tell the difference between...

We reserved through Google and when we arrived, they immediately showed us to our table. 3 mins later, they came to tell us that actually they thought we were someone else and our reservation did not appear in their system, so we had to go downstairs and wait in the queue for 30 mins again (not sure why they couldn't bump us to the front of the queue). Definitely ruined the mood but they were polite so I'll give 3 stars. Do not book through Google...