Brasserie RÉGINE — Restaurant in Osaka

My third visit but first dinner at Rue d’Or. A quiet Wednesday evening, attentive service from bilingual staff, very good example of high end hospitality skills. Very satisfied what they presented. We took the 7.500 ¥ free flow course which is a steal, the quality and amount of food is amazing , definitely try the duck, so good ( and I personally don’t like duck usually, this one was excellent). Accompanied by a small but sufficient beverage selection, sparkling for entrees, wine selection and even whiskey included, coffee with my ( pretty large ) crème brûlée.

I’ll be back for more in the future,...

Very mid and rather obscenely priced given the quality of the food (we paid 55,000 JPY for two people including wine). Maybe this was an off night but our meat dishes came room-temperature and dry like they had been sitting for quite some time even though there were only five other dinners in the restaurant. The fish dishes came out at a better temperature but my fish was incredibly salty and the mussels were so small, sad and shriveled that I had to leave them on the plate. At this price range you just expect better. Bread, coffee and wine were good, and...

We did not enjoyed our experience at this restaurant and this is not the quality I would expect from a brand like St Regis. It is expensive for an average quality of food and the wine was not good. The only good dish was the chocolate fondant, though you get the same quality from Picard the French frozen food distributor. The service was ok, though the waiter did not fully understand English and despite showing him on the menu the wine I wanted I did not get what I ordered; he came back with the most expensive glass...