Torisoba Zagin Niboshi — Restaurant in Osaka

Wanted to avoid long queue and decided to do online reservation via TableCheck but 2000 yen booking fee per person. Really?

I’m well aware of the cancellation fee in case of cancellation or no show but the booking site itself doesn’t provide clear info. It says: For cancellations, a cancellation fee will be charged as shown below, starting from the time of arrival. On the day (within 24 hours of arrival time): $2,000 / per person.

When you arrive, please do not wait in line or purchase a meal ticket, but just ask the staff.

With the above info, it confused me to think that the 4000 yen (2 person) was the booking deposit or to be used for the meal ticket. When arrived at the restaurant, the staff asked to buy meal tickets and kept saying the booking fees are charged by the TableCheck App not them. Then i emailed TableCheck support, the reply is: Please also note that we are unable to mentioned about the price of booking fees as we are just a system provider and each restaurant sets them.

Now what? Are both the restaurant and TableCheck playing ping pong game to fool customer?

Seriously, never in my life had to pay so much to make an online reservation. In summary, it’s a total rip off!

So, if you are thinking to make reservation online, be warned about the unreasonable booking fees or to avoid long queue, find another restaurant with...

Husband and I recently visited this restaurant during our visit to Osaka and I was so happy we did. Upon getting to the restaurant, you order through the machine, which gives you tickets to provide to the staff. It is cash only. The menu on the machine is in Japanese but with pictures. We were able to use Google Translate to identify the differences. Getting closer to the front of the line, I did notice a printed out English menu on the same table that the machine is on. Either way we didn't have much difficulty ordering. This restaurant is small.

There were a couple of tables that can fit 4 people and the rest were bar seats. It made for a very intimate and homey feeling despite the modern decor.

We got the chicken soba + sushi meat set and chicken tsukemen. My husband had the chicken soba and I got the tsukemen. I love love love the broth. It was creamy and was so flavorful and the noodle was the perfect consistency. If you like a lighter flavor, go for the tori soba. The sushi beef was great as well and worth a try! Also can we look at how well the meals are presented?!

I definitely recommend coming here, but prepared that there...

Selling ramen/soba cooked in chicken broth with unique toppings and side dishes.

There was a queue, we arrived at 8pm and waited about 30 minutes. They use a coupon vending machine so you order and pay before entering. A server collects your coupon shortly before you are seated. This speeds up the entire process; when you sit down they have already started preparing your food.

Overall it was good an affordable. I paid ¥1250 for ramen and their beef sushi. The beef sushi was really good and the highlight of the meal for me. Truly melts in your mouth.

The ramen texture was good. Broth was rich and creamy. They whisked it to give a nice foamy texture. Not too heavy, but you can take sips of water to let it rest before continuing. The crispy burdock was a nice touch to balance the intensity of flavours.

Their toppings were chashu and chicken breast, served cold but you can dip them in the broth. Flavours were good and meat was tender enough.

Overall good experience, tasty food at reasonable prices. Some waiting involved but...