Gatten Sushi Warabi Branch — Restaurant in Warabi

After my experience with Kura Sushi in Ikebukuro, I proposed to visit another establishment on a susequent outing in the area. Three and a half blocks from the East Central Exit of Ikebukuro Station is がってん寿司 Gatten Sushi (in the sub-basement of the ラウンドワン 池袋店 Round One Ikebukuro Amusement Center). I recommend taking the elevator down. I visited the Warabi town, Saitama Prefecture branch of Gatten Sushi in 2018 after visiting the Kawanabe Kyosai Memorial Museum. I was impressed by the service and offerings. It is housed in its own building. The customers sit at a marble counter and order from touch screen menus (with an English language option but it doesn't extend to some items on special menus). There are four or so sushi chefs in the middle of tne conveyor belt. This visit, I patronized the Ikebukuro shop twice and the Warabi shop once (again after a visit to the Kawanabe Kyosai Memorial Museum nearby). I will combine my observations in this review of the conveyor belt sushi chain. Gatten has no where near the number of shops as Kura Sushi or Sushiro and is not as cheap. But the offerings are decidedly more interesting and they put wasabi on the sushi (if you wish). I find having to add wasabi myself to be an imperial pain in the oshiri. What is sushi without sake? I tried three varieties of nihonshu (Japanese sake) on my visits: やどり 180ml ¥968 Yadori (this sake had a peuliar aftertaste/I didn't order this again) 水芭蕉 180ml ¥858 Mizubasho (crisp and clean) Google translate renders this sake's name as "skunk cabbage". 菊泉 180ml ¥638 Kikuizumi (fresh and intoxicating) Much of what I ordered came from the winter specials: 冬を味わう (Fuyu o ajiwau) Enjoy Winter (campaigne) Specials 1 天然 白子・あん肝の相盛り軍艦 ¥352 Natural milt and monkfish liver gunkan 2 天然 真鱈の白子軍艦 ¥352 Natural cod milt gunkan 3 北海道産 特大ほたてバター醤油炙り ¥462 Extra large Hokkaido scallops grilled with butter and soy sauce 4 天然 真鱈の白子ポン酢 ¥704 Natural cod milt with citris vinegar 5 大分県産 がってんぶり / 寒ぶり ¥385 Oita Prefecture Gatten Buri (鰤 / Yellowtail) 6 鹿児島県産 黒毛和牛ステーキ 1貫 ¥727 Kuroge Wagyu beef from Kagoshima Prefecture (one piece) 7 濃厚たまごの自家製がってんプリン ¥407 Homemade pudding with rich egg Very tasty. Strong vanilla flavor. 8 鹿児島県串木野市産 とらふぐ ¥715 Tiger blowfish from Kushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture 9 贅沢5貫 冬の5貫盛り ¥1331 Luxury 5 pieces (tiger blowfish, buri, Extra large Hokkaido scallops, Natural milt and monkfish liver gunkan) Items from the regular menu: 10 みなみまぐろ中とろ ¥572 Bluefin medium fatty tuna 11 数量限沢 みなみまぐろ大とろ ¥682 limited quantity Bluefin fatty tuna 12 甘えび ¥286 Sweet shrimp (three shrimp per nigiri sushi/most places only two) 13 極上贅沢 生うに軍艦 ¥792 Supreme luxury raw sea urchin ginkan 14 山盛りあなご軍艦 ¥517 Heaps of conger eel gunkan 15 ボタンエビ ¥715 Botan shrimp 16 鹿児島県産 白姫えび 塩昆布有り ¥264 Shirahime shrimp from Kagoshima Prefecture with salted kelp 17 ししゃも子軍艦 ¥198 smelt/flying fish roe gunkan 18 真あじ ¥385 Horse mackerel 19 中とろ炙り ¥737 Grilled medium fatty tuna The Gatten receipts lists all items ordered! 馬にぎり raw horse meat sushi (uni...

You should not underestimate sushi-go-round. This sushi tastes so authentic so that you can really enjoy real sushi a lot. It’s not so cheap compared to ordinary sushi-go-round, but that means you can really enjoy...

2021-08-09(月・祝)初訪

比較的近所ながら、なかなか訪れる機会がなかった。

友人２人と小学生と幼児の５人で訪れました。

コロナ禍の緊急事態宣言中なので、営業は20:00まで。

入店は18:30位で、入口の予約待ちタッチパネルには家族連れが１組。

タイミングにも依ると思いますが、今回は10～15分程度の待ち時間でした。

入口の待ち用ソファーは奥の方にもあり、５人の家族連れ、３家庭分くらいのキャパはありそうです。

入口に100-400円くらいのガチャガチャがあり、子連れだと、ねだられるかもしれません。

テーブル席は、寿司が回っているコンベア横は６人掛けで、数席あります。

メニューは、独自に頑張ってる感じがして、好感を持てますが、やはり、地方のドメスティックな回転寿司屋に比べると、やや見劣り感はあります。

この辺りは、関東圏一円だと、概ね銚子丸が一歩抜きん出ている感があるので、しょうがないですね。

ただ、蕨駅と西川口駅を結ぶ南北の通り沿いの、星乃珈琲店やむさしの森珈琲、ヤオコーやスギドラッグ、マクドナルド等が集約された一角にあるので、車利用者や家族連れで訪れ...