Kawa Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Pahang

Overall lower rating with some hits and misses at this restaurant. Big miss on the service, they serve food like fine dining style, one dish after another following your order sequence, be prepared to wait for your main dish for at least 30-40 mins. As for the food, biggest miss is the ocha chazuke. It tasted so terrible I couldn't even comprehend, they used very 'gao' green tea which does not go well with the rice at all. After that, we realised what went wrong is that there is no Dashi stock in the tea broth they gave us, no wonder it is just pure bitterness and rice that's all. It gives a very bad aftertaste in the mouth. Attached in pic the chazuke unfinished. There are some good hits on food as well to note. Highly recommend the miso grilled eggplant, it tastes so good and sweet like banana yumssss. Next can try the special unagi don, and then tamago mentai, Chuka wakame and lastly the salmon belly sashimi is worth highlighting it...

Service was really bad. Stupid waitress. Thin and wearing spectacles one. Asked us to register by scan. After we have done so, asked us to write on the book. After we had done that, asked one of us to take face mask eventhough he can't wear mask due to medical condition which we all did as well under the rain. When we came back, asked us how many person...which we answered 6. Told us to sit separate tables which we obliged as well. Blocked us from going in everytime and told us all this one after another and not all in one go.

Then the final straw, she told us that we can only dine in for 1 and a half hour and this is the SOP and insisted we have to leave even if our food not finished yet nor can we order somemore.

We decided to go somewhere else.

Got money no place to eat ah?

I am a regular customer here. Came back because the food are not bad.

Close shop lah Kawa.

Or sack the stupid tall and...

This is one of the better Japanese restaurant in Kuantan. Most dishes are authentic but some for me personally seem localised. I tried their Miso Chicken Katsu and it was very different. Tasty but not salty from the miso, paired well with rice. Rich in flavour. Good thing there's no chicken smell here. Salmon Skin Maki didn't disappoint, this is a good indicator on how well its made. Pass! Another interesting dish is the Salmon with Cheese in Hot Stone, like the HK Cheese Baked rice but with expensive ingredients. Recommended if you like something different and cheese. Overall it's still good for what they offer. Some items can be a bit pricey if you are familiar with...