Sushi Keita — Restaurant in Tokyo

As a one Michelin star omakase spot in Tokyo, Sushi Keita is a hidden sushi spot in Tokyo and we decided to try it with high expectations. It wasn’t a cheap meal, and the quality of the fish and rice spoke for itself. However, the service was extremely disappointing and not Michelin star level. An omakase experience is usually very intimate and interactive. The restaurant seats were filled with 8 people. There were 6 Japanese patrons, and we were the only 2 Americans. If you are a foreigner, don’t expect the usual decent hospitality at a restaurant. The chef clearly only wanted to interact with the Japanese patrons and not us (the foreigners). He practically ignored us the entire meal while he was talking and laughing boisterously with his Japanese patrons. It’s very clear he doesn’t want or need our business. The sushi rice was very vinegary and delicious, but some of the fish were hit or miss. Also, the first half of the omakase course was offered to us by his helper, and not himself. He was busy providing for his Japanese patrons. I understand there may be an inconvenience due to language or communication barrier, but he had trouble even recalling the fish names when he handed us our sushi. At the end of the meal, he asked his Japanese patrons if they wanted anything else and provided for them, but he didn’t even care to ask us at all. He just expected us to be full/satisfied, and wanted us to pay and leave. His absence of service left a bad taste in our mouths and I will not be coming back. If you are a foreigner, I recommend trying an omakase spot in Ginza where I think you will get a...

It’s a small sushi bar, which is nice because you get to see everything, from cutting the fish to any cooking that’s done. You can tell how skilled the chefs were, and it was a treat to watch them work. It was great also to get to try such a variety of fish, many of which we’d never had before. This chef is renowned for his rice, and it is very tasty, a little sweet with hint of sour. The meal is also omakase style, so you let the chef know when you’re about full and they’ll wrap up your meal. The sous chef was especially friendly during our meal, answering a few questions we had.

The meal consisted of: -Snapper with soy sauce and wasabi -Cooked Octopus with a little salt no soy sauce, which almost tasted like buttered lobster in the best way -Bonito with ginger soy sauce and scallion -Bonito with mustard salt. Note: Bonito was in season during our visit, and we hadn’t had bonito sashimi prior, which was excellent. -Edamame, which was perfectly salted -Sweet shrimp with miso and crab -Fried Amata (snapper) with gingko nut, which was legitimately the best fish fry we’ve ever eaten. -Three kinds of Tuna on rice -Kohada : gizzard shad, a little briny -Hamaguri : “beach chestnut clam” -Baby squid with lime -Spanish mackerel -Salmon roe, so creamy and tasty -Tiger prawn nigiri, live when cooked in front of you -Sardine nigiri -Perch nigiri -Snapper bone Soup -Uni nigiri -Unagi nigiri -Egg slice -One big moscato grape

Overall, highly recommend Sushi Keita; it was one of the highlights to our...

I would like to start off by saying the meal was defenitely worth the price, but I think you can get that same quality of sushi at other michelin starred omakase spots since there is a bunch in Tokyo with MUCH better service.

We were the only foreigners and the rest seemed to be regulars. He mostly interacted with them, which is understandable due to the language barrier. Most of the meal was fine where he served us our pieces and tried to say them in english for us to understand. When it was time for the last course, he only served it to us and not the regulars. It turns out for his regulars, he would take their request if they wanted to eat more but he didn't offer it to us. He practically ignored us and kept talking to his regulars while making their food request as we just awkwardly got our bags and left.

Reading other reviews, it seems his additional service to regulars isn't always obvious which I guess is dependent on who is seated that night. However, I feel why take the chance of such rudeness when there's so many other options of omakase spots that are also michelin starred and at...