新宿DRAセブン — Restaurant in Tokyo

Great food. The service had highs and lows. Maybe because I’m a foreigner (I lived in Japan 15 years and speak Japanese). Had to ask where to sit? Where to put my bag and coat? Where is the menu and so on. But many of the staff was indeed friendly and they gave a hand warmer as a gift. Some even spoke minimal English. The good was delicious. The (real)truffle potato salad, the greens and shrimp pizza and friend anchovy olives were all delicious. My beer glass had a slight smell which made wonder if it was clean. But otherwise based on the strength of the food alone I’d probably go back. Also it’s not...

We visited on 01 Dec 705pm for our reservation at 715pm. We were told to wait and this is normal as we understand customers are usually shown to their seats according to their reservation times.

However, when we were called, the lady staff did not address us by our names and instead addressed us as 中国の方。 Where did this assumption come from? Was it how we looked? Was it the way I spoke Japanese? Or was it the family name in the reservation?

This is discriminatory. And by the way, we are not from China. This service level way below Japan’s standards.

Please tell me I...

Came here on my first day in tokyo. Ordered a margarita and a tomato pasta. The pizza was spectacular but the tomato pasta was heavenly. The rigatoni pomodoro sauce pasta was out of this world. I've never tasted tomatoes so good.

The service was lovely. Staff were great. But that pasta was divine.

Logistically they let you know from the start, no cash payments and you must order a main course and a drink. Its a very small restaurant with barstool seating. And unfortunately they dont...