Hachibe Aoyama Honten is the main store of the rather well-known sushi chain in Japan. Servers are unwelcoming, to say the least! As shown in one of the photos, the Oshibori (the wet towel to wipe your hands) is placed directly on top of the sticky table, which is rather unsanitary. The restaurant is dimly lit, making it difficult to see how dirty the patterned dining tables are, especially after a few drinks. Set lunch comes with a bowl of miso soup, salad bar, and refillable white rice. The Sushi Set Tokujou (very special) with 10 pieces of sushi and half maki roll (JPY 3,000) is simply terrible! Most of the sushi taste fishy, including the “very special” fatty tuna, salmon roe and sea...
Read moreUn real sushi . Plain and simple . We ordered uni , salmon , hamachi , toro aburi style , aji , engah , and quite frankly a bunch more , basically everything that we usually order back home in hawaii , The sushi was U N R E A L . It was a whole different experience , and after eating and drinking about 6 drinks between me and my wife , we ended up spending 105$ . Put it this way in hawaii this would cost us about 300$ for the 2 of us . As we left we met the owner mr eisen , and he was kind enough to walk us down to his wine cellar and got is some wine tasting to wrap up the night . Great place make sure you make reservation they are busy up...
Read moreLunch sushi set was very disappointing for the price. It’s just not so fresh. I didn’t like any piece of it. Probably the worst sushi I had in Tokyo. Service was bad as well. The staff was not genuine, and I heard they talked to each other referring foreigner guest in a bit rude way. I won’t go to this place anymore. If you want sushi, there are other options around...
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