Shabu shabu Restaurant Shavu Shavu Roppongi — Restaurant in Tokyo

Service and ambience were good, but that was it. We were a party of 2. We tried to order 1 main course set with other sides and rice but were told later on that “the boss” required one main course set per person. Each set was priced at ~JPY4100 (26USD). Per course meal, we got a bunch of vegetables along with a supposed 150g of rump meat. We were expecting the supposed kelp dashi broth but thought it was quite tasteless, so we asked the waiter and he said that it was quite literally just plain water. The food was really quite bland and bad, no where near deserving of its price tag. We had to dunk the food in sauce to get some taste. When we received the bill, we were surprised with a cover charge of 300yen (before tax) per person - the first we ever came across in Japan. The final bill for just 2 main course sets came up to be 9000yen ++ (57USD ++). Sure, it may not seem like much for what it was supposed to be (a shabu shabu full course set meal), but the food was sorely disappointing. Not surprising at all that we were the only customers at dinner time - they struggled to fill the 3 tables they had. We went to have Yoshinoya (Japanese fast food) afterwards to satisfy our stomachs. It was truly an eye-opening experience that not every meal in Japan will be good. Definitely not...

We love this restaurant and visit every time we are in Tokyo. The food is outstanding. We order 1 meal for an adult then extra meat for the kids and we always tell them this when booking. Beer is so cold and we are always so full when we leave. Thoroughly recommend...

We liked the private room, food was well tasting and fresh. Its somewhat "simple" like many mentions in other reviews, but I kind of like the simplicity and the flavours from the great meat and vegetables. Give it a try! I won't hurry back, but don't regret at...