Soulmate — Restaurant in Tokyo

Food : 4 star. All the food items that we ordered were quite scrumptious and tasty. The karaage (friend chicken) and fried soba came as a pleasant surprise to us. However, the cabbage salad was not really our cup of tea.

Portion : 5 star. Quite generous portion commensurate with the price.

Ambience : 5 star. Authentic izakaya set up. Congested yet full of joyful noise and unknown conversations. Smoking was allowed and so it may not be suitable to customers who are repugnant to smoking.

Service : 3 star. The restaurant had only 1 waitress but food serving was pretty swift and the staffs were friendly and attentive. However, the menu was totally in Japanese with no English description whatsoever, and all staffs were not conversant in English at all. The restaurant clearly only catered for the locals and there was quite serious communication barrier with foreigners / tourists.

Price : 3 star. The prices of the items on the menu were considered quite exorbitant, at least to the tourists like us.

Location : 3 star. It was located nearby commercial district of Shinjuku but the entrance was very difficult to find. Quite a walking distance from the main...

From the friendly staff, to food, to drinks: everything is well crafted, well presented and is tasty. Very cozy and a nice place to stay....

ランチで唐揚げ定食をいただきました。安いと思います。 衣は薄めでサクサクで中はしっかりジューシー。 食べ応えのある唐揚げでした。ご飯お代わりはセルフで無料と言いのも良いですね。他のメニューにかすうどんってあったので、マスターは関西の方かな？って思ってたら、定食の味噌汁ポジションがまさに関西。ケンミンショーで見たまんまが出てきてマジで感動した！店員さん（奥さん？違ってたらごめんなさい）は甲高い声で、元気があって好印象でした。バーコード決済はauPAYが使えないかと思って現金支払いしましたが、外に出てから入り口のスライド扉のガラス面に表示されているのを気づいた。もうちょっと分かりやすくしてもらえると良いかな。今度夜に飲みに来れたら良いな。テーブルでタバコが吸えるので、嫌煙者には厳しいかも。私は非喫煙者ですが入る前から気づいていたし、両親が喫煙者で小さい頃から耐性があるため問題なし。飲みとかすうどんと牛丼（焼）を食べにあと3...