Restaurant Sato — Restaurant in Yoshino

Dropped by for lunch on the way to Osaka. Decent menu options also for Western people, service was nice and friendly, food arrived pretty quickly. We ordered a Korean Bibimbap, Fried Oysters and Ramen. Portions of the lunch set were quite large, more than what we could eat (e.g. the Ramen came with some condiments, rice and decent set of Gyozas which was like a meal in itself. The Bibimbap came with a well sized 'mini' udon soup. All meals were quite nice, not the best but not the worst either. Certainly tasty and good quality. I would go back if I was in the area again. Definitely one of the best options if you...

“There is nothing that exists that isn’t on this menu” is a hilariously true comment another reviewer made — and you know what they say when you’re a jack of all trades…

Food wise seems to have been a bad day - the tuna cutlet was overcooked and didn’t look like the other photos here, beef galbi rice was too wet with gloopy sauce, and the udon it came with tasted like a thawed mix of frozen items.

But the view is amazing, service is warm, and portions are indeed huge. For a restaurant in Yoshino where being open beyond weekends is already a great thing, it’s not so bad… so I rounded...

The food is worth more than 1 star but the restaurant was so filthy, covered withn grease, the floor under all tables covered in spilled food, and I was one of the first customers for Saturday lunch so it clearly hadn't even been mopped or swept since the evening before. Really shocking for me as a tourist used to the comparative cleanliness of Japan, this place is probably one of the dirtiest dining rooms I've ever sat...