Shinjuku IKA Center — Restaurant in Tokyo

Super crowded place, on 5th floor, lots of local. Menu was not in English, and Google translated did not really work to read menu. Different dishes of live squids were really good. Sake was great. Price was reasonable if you know how to order or communicate with chef or hostess. We end up to pay like $82 for 2 meals since chef thought that we want all alive squids. Over all it was a great meal with tempura, calamari, squid sashimi with wiggling tentacles. Great show for Facebook. We had a...

We arrived at the restaurant and as they didn't give us a menu in English. I asked if the menu online (in English ) was the same and they said yes. I ordered a small squid sashimi which on the menu online is 2900 yen and they made me pay 3800 yen saying that it depended on the squid that they caught. On the menu there was only ONE price and nobody told us that the price could be different depending on the squid (that I didn't even catch). Plus 3800 yen for a squid that tasted like nothing is ridiculous. My friend got the read sea bream that on the menu online was 1900 yen and on the bill he had to pay 2900 yen. They didn't give him any explanations. I feel they haven't been honest at all and definitely not professional. Of course we're never going back...

Getting in the restaurant, it feels like you're teleported to a local countryside seaport village squid restaurant. That feeling never change during the dinner. Food is fresh, dishes are original, sometimes suprising. It's not sofisticated but simple, the staff is lively. Only the price is not country-side like, but...