Food 4/5, Service 5/5, Cost Performance 4.5/5
tl;dr: If you like to enjoy your drink with Japanese food, I would recommend this small hidden gem restaurant. If I am to revisit Nagasaki I would definitely return to this place.
We wanted to have dinner at famous restaurants in Nagasaki, but the reservation was very troublesome so we cancelled it. We chose this restaurant at the very last minute. There was barely any information we could find on the internet. There was only 4 reviews(2 blank) on google, but I had had quite a few good hit with google reviews so I gave it a try.
At first I tried to make a reservation via phone but nobody picked up(around 4pm). I at first gave up, but later we were sightseeing near the area so I decided to dropped by. It was like an hour before open, but they staff was very kind and answer my questions and showed me the place. (not sure if they speak Japanese though)
We managed to reserve a small private room, which eventhough this is a smoking place, helped prevent smoke for us.
The place is a little bit small. But since it is not(yet) popular, you can easily make a reservation. The food is good, not the best, but better than most Izakaya. They allow bringing in alcohol, which is very rare for a Japanese restaurant, with 900yen corkage charge. The staff was very kind and friendly(not all of them but most). There is no time limit...
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