Path — Restaurant in Tokyo

I’ve saved this place in my Instagram list since 2017 and only managed to visit in 2023!! The Dutch pancake, $19 SGD (1,850¥) is as heavenly as I imagine. Somewhat like a cakey French toast perfumed with a strong maple aroma; eaten with the burrata, was delicious. Not a fan of prosciutto usually but thank god for the thyme (would be even better if there was more thyme!!) which helped to cut some of the cured meat smell. The annoying thing about Path is the long wait to be seated- not to mention the Dutch pancake that required 30 mins of prep time. I was there at 10.15, and was seated at 11.22am and was only served the pancake at 11.55am- which meant I had a total wait time of 1hr45mins for my food… (there were about 8 groups on the waitlist before me). Mind you, this was a Thursday morning… TIP: I reckon to go either between 8-9am or to go during lunchtime, after 12pm as I noticed the queue seemed to have died down by the time I was seated. Another annoying thing was I had gone to get coffee elsewhere while waiting but had to order another drink which was the chai float $7.50 (750¥) that was basically normal milk tea with chai icecream- an easy drink but the chai could be more pronounced. Also while waiting I was starved so managed to score the last pastry left: a scone (270¥) which was rather decent. (Would’ve loved to try the croissant though!!) would I be back? Yes but possibly only if the wait time was

I gave this place 2 stars. And to be honest, I think that is generous given my experience today. The chef/quality of food is what earned the two stars. The rest was an absolute mess. The staff was aloof and clueless, as well as having the pleasantness of dead fish. And the personalities, too. With the exception of one waitress who was smiling and pleasant. The details of the bad: there was a queue of people waiting to be seated, 45 minutes or more. Meanwhile, the staff would let empty tables remain empty for 10 to 15 minutes. Like, huh??? Also, I ordered the Dutch pancake, which is supposed to take 30 minutes to cook. I also ordered homemade granola. The pancake came out in 15 minutes, which would have been a great thing. Except that I ended up waiting 30 minutes for the granola. Again, it made absolutely no sense. Also, our waitress never checked on our table. Never even asked how everything was. But they had enough time to change the records on the record player every time that needed to be done. And... they have this insulting policy that each person at your table MUST order a drink. And as you would imagine, those drinks cost ridiculous prices. 550 yen for a coffee. Insane. The owner(s) should be ashamed, greedy as they are. This place is mismanaged from front to back. It's almost criminal. I won't go back. I advise you skip this place, too. There are literally thousands of better...

Terrible. First of all, everything was served painfully slow, and the waiter’s attitude was flat-out rude. From the moment we sat down, it felt like they didn’t care at all about service.

When they finally brought out the roasted beef, they didn’t even give us a proper knife to cut it. We had to struggle with a regular knife, basically sawing through the meat, and only after we were almost finished did the staff suddenly notice and bring the right knife. That’s unacceptable for any restaurant, especially one where you expect at least basic service.

On top of that, this was my birthday dinner. When I made the reservation, there was an option to write “Happy Birthday” on a plate. They completely ignored it — no plate, no greeting, nothing. When we asked if they had any cakes so I could blow out candles, they just shoved a menu in front of us with ice cream. Ice cream for a birthday? That doesn’t make sense at all.

So we asked them to bring out the cake we had brought ourselves. And the worst part? Not a single person said “happy birthday.” The staff were cold, careless, and honestly rude the entire time.

I’ve been to Japan many times and everywhere else the staff are kind, attentive, and respectful. This was the first truly horrible experience I’ve ever had here. They completely ruined what should have been a special day. Terrible service, terrible attitude,...