mannacktable — Restaurant in Matsumoto

A wonderful experience, would love to return. The service was warm and attentive, and the meal was excellent value. It's tricky to describe dishes at a restaurant with no menu, and a language barrier (staff spoke limited English), but highlights included the feather-light sponge with cream cheese, mushroom custard, squid with a seafood reduction, sea bass with Sakura shrimp, venison and muscat ice/sherbet & apple dessert. It was also a pleasure to observe the chef at work in the...

This place deserves much more credit than it's given. The chef only went to France on vacations and "only" studied french cuisine through books and trials. Knowing that, his skills are just mind-blowing. Fine ingredients selected or hand-picked by the chef, bold associations, meticulous presentation, impeccable seasoning: Mannacktable deserves a bigger...

Very much a hidden gem - a creative degustation prepared superbly and at a shockingly reasonable price. The locally sourced ingredients are delicious and as you'd expect for French inspired cuisine the sauces ably demonstrate the depth of the chef's skill.

I strongly encourage any visitor to Matsumoto to stay into the evening for a dinner at...