鮨 たかせ — Restaurant in Nara

This was the highlight of my entire trip to Japan. The chef created an incredibly special experience that extended beyond just eating food. I was pleasantly full at the end and just basked in how great of an experience it was. I can't recommend it enough and a couple months after I'm still looking back and wishing I could have another night there. My only regret is that I didn't know more Japanese to converse with the chef more. That being said he did a great job of trying to bridge the gap and make it a great experience...

The omakase meal took more than 3 hours with a lot of waiting time in between each course. I probably spent 1.5 hours waiting. We were so tired of waiting that we ended up playing with our phone. Sitting for such long hours killed our appetite and towards the end we were just waiting for the course to end so we could leave. I ended up leaving before they finished serving the food because I felt too nauseous and restless to stay. The food was very salty and most of the dishes were either cured meat or...

The food was incredible. Didn’t know what we were eating for a few of the omakase courses, but were able to piece together some things through Google translate. The fish all tasted super fresh and the chefs and waiters treated us super well given we were celebrating our honeymoon. Definitely not the typical sushi items you see in the states, so tried a bunch of different dishes. Not gonna lie, the blowfish milt dish was incredible, but would advise looking up what it is the next day...