Kōri-en okonomiyaki — Restaurant in Kurashiki

Objectively I found the seafood okonomiyaki here pretty average - not bad; not great. Like a home cooked meal as a means to fill you up in a moderate way; which isn’t a bad thing I guess. I would’ve liked some crisp on the crust.

I think eating off the hot plate directly is quite unhygienic especially when it’s just barely warm and only lightly rinsed with leftover drinking water between patrons. It’s hot and stuffy (AC was off and the store is enclosed) and not well-ventilated so you do smell greasy after.

The place is run by an old couple, which adds to the homey thing they have going. In any case, they’re friendly folks - limited English,...

We’ve seen some unkempt okonomiyaki restaurants elsewhere, so we were surprised to find this place, which was so clean and inviting. We got an okonomiyaki with pork and another one with seafood. There’s also yakisoba noodles, but the owners, a friendly old man and his wife, reassured us that we should try their okonomiyaki. The taste was good overall, but not like “wow,” but because the prices are reasonable, the owners are friendly, and the place is so clean, we felt like Kōri-en is a hidden gem in a...

We three people were rudely thrown out by the owner because we wanted to first eat two Okonomiyaki then decide if a third one would be necessary (they told us about big sized meals). We were told either we buy three full meals (the restaurant was empty at that time) or we should go. So we left. We were Japanese speaking so the language was clearly not a barrier. Sad, the restaurant seemed to be promising and we went there because of the...