KitazuienUmeda — Restaurant in Osaka

Despite the service, overall I will give this place a two star.

I have heard of Kaiseki when I was very young. This is my first time in Japan and was so excited get to have the chance to try Kaiseki to experience the beauty of Japanese cuisine art. I was extremely excited for the dinner however got very offended once sat down and found out the tray was so worn out and chipped all over, the dinnerwares served were very disappointing.

We ordered a 22k yen set and a 15k yen set. Food was very generic, so called Japanese beef was marinated, too sweet and can't taste the beef itself. The sea bream was dry and too sweet as well. Scallop was topped with mango-ish flavor sauce, they don't get alone.

Well I might have said too much. But it really kinda ruined my Kaiseki fantasy. We ended with paying over 300 USD but no memorable moments as I didnt even try to take photos, It was just...

It has a nice garden decoration inside, although we weren’t able to enjoy it from the room we were sitting in. There weren’t a lot of people in the restaurant when we arrived, but making the reservation ensures you are served the food quickly. Each dish was beautiful and a different kind of cuisine. I especially liked the soup from the snow set. Although the food and service was good, I expected the food to be more memorable...

This was the best experience we could ask for, we got it recommended for a traditional Japanese meal and this was the best option. The staff was amazing with us even when we spoke very limited Japanese. We ate lots of food and it was overall a...