Kai Izakaya

Went here for anniversary, was quite surprised by how tasty and nicely presented the food was. Ordered 5 dishes plus kimchi and rice, comfortably full for two people. It’s a bit expensive for the portion. The taste of food was quite unique, but I wonder if so many dishes need to have the sour taste? Recommend all the dishes in the pictures plus the beef carpaccio, but not the beef brisket, which tastes too ordinary for the price. Anyway, will come back again.

Room for improvement:

1. the waiter (or owner?) could probably show us where to hang clothes when he welcomed us.
2. One of the glasses had weird smell and taste, probably leftover of detergents.
3. The order of serving food could improve. For example the kimchi can serve as an appetizer. I appreciate that they served the beef brisket in the end because it’s quite oily and salty, but maybe also suggested serve the rice at the end with the beef?
4. More umeshu on glass.
5. Very confused about the location choice, for this price level why not choose a place with nicer surroundings.