Sushiden — Restaurant in Otaru

Was my most terrible dining experience in Japan. It was snowing hard in otaru and the first restaurant we wanted to visit had a long queue. We walked back and camr across this place. The menu said their sukiyaki beef was A5 wagyu hokkaido beef (16.000 yen for 2 pax). It was nothing like A5 wagyu hokkaido beef. We tried to question the chef on the beef quality (with language limitations). The chef insisted it was hokkaido A5 wagyu. First of all, if it really were high quality beef, it would have marbling. It did not have any sort of marbling. What it had was hard fat around the edges. Secondly, they would not just dump high quality beef like meat scraps. They would display it to the customer. Beef quality was nothing like the photo or display. The sushi and sashimi was below par. We were a party of 5 (2 adults and 3 kids) and we paid close to 50.000 yen. 16.000 x 2 (sukiyaki) = 32.000 1800 for 6 tamagos 5000 for 8 slices of salmon sashimi 4000 for 4 slices of salmon belly sushi 600 for 2 rice. Not worth it. Please walk to another restaurant. I regret not reading the...

We were on our way to Masazushi. I met a local man in the middle of the road and got a recommendation for this place. He showed a review of Yahoo and said it was very delicious.

However, when I arrived at this location and looked at the Google Review after completing the order, I found that several people were recommended by the local man in the same way. I think he's employed in this store.

Contrary to the recommendation, the green tea and soy soup were not delicious, and the composition and quality of the owner's recommended sushi were really bad for the price. I felt even worse because I felt cheated. If the person is a real hired person, the store should stop this marketing and focus on...

Total scam. The menu mentioned A5 beef sukiyaki, but when it came out, the beef had no marbles at all. Nothing like in the picture menu. Did not taste like A5 wagyu. More like cheap beef quality. Expected much better quality beef for 16000 yen. Asked the chef about the beef quality, but he argued and insisted that it is hokkaido A5 wagyu beef. In my opinion the beef quality in some bento sets sold in daimaru or mitsukoshi are definitely better. Did not expect scam like this to happen in japan.

Lesson learnt the hard way. Please read reviews first before going...