Tokyo Sundubu Ueno-no-mori Sakura Terrace Branch — Restaurant in Tokyo

C [better value elsewhere / CP 值低]

· found a top rated restaurant in Ueno with weekend lunch special for supposedly authentic korean tofu soup

· its cool their weekend lunch special runs until 5 PM (but maybe thats because no ones rushing to eat it…)

· because its incredible how something that looks so spicy can taste so bland???

· whatever spice they used actually ruined the soup instead of enhancing it

· my personal complaint is that if you are going to have 6 levels of spicy... actually make it a bold burn your mouth spicy instead of being subtle sweet and flavorless

· lowkey reminded me of mcdonald sweet and sour sauce

· 10+ clams that tasted just… average (nothing memorable)

· at least the tofu was soft + delicious — the only saving grace (but i wouldnt pay 1000+ Yen for just tofu)

tldr: their spicy was a disaster and actually ruined...

Came here for the high rating but was let down in every way possible. Food was nothing memorable. We ordered pork kimchi and seafood sundubu but the soup itself was totally not worth the queue. Service was ever worse - dirty utensils with stained leftover food, forgot to give us chopsticks despite asking twice, and asked a group 6 people to squeeze in a table clearly designed for 4 although there are plenty of empty seats. Parents take note there is no baby chair and waitress would ask a baby to sit on their own stroller, which is clearly not a suitable height to dine. Don’t...

They have a wide variety of sets for the menu, we chose this "half and half" option, which seemed really handy and nice to try more things. The rice kept being cooked and it went burned in the dish. Don't know if this is intented... But I didn't like it However, the food was not spectacular - it was nice and tasty, but everything tasted the same and, honestly, I have had better Korean food in other places ... Even in Germany Wouldn't...