Matsunoya Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Cebu City

The restaurant offers some of the most decent and freshest nigiri sushis in the city, especially their Salmon Sushi. The salmon almost instantly melts in your mouth. I also really enjoyed their Tamago Sushi and Negitoro Gunkan (diced tuna with spring onion rice roll). My mom and sister, who are picky eaters, genuinely liked their Gyu Sara (Japanese beef plate).

In contrast to the positive feedback above, their Maguro nigiri was particularly a bit dry and stale. Aside from this, their Spicy Tonkotsu Ramen was saltier than expected, and the chashu was neither tender nor flavorful. I also requested soft-boiled eggs on my ramen but was served hard-boiled eggs instead. As for the staff, they were accommodating, polite, and fast, but they should probably work on their enthusiasm (especially when interacting with customers).

Overall, I wouldn’t mind visiting the restaurant again, especially for their heavenly salmon nigiri. 🍣💖 Despite my not-so pleasant experience with their other items, I still think it’s an establishment that is worth coming back to. I would still love to try their Tori Karaage, Gyoza, and Ebi Tempura among others. Definitely not closing my doors...

I'm sorry but I only want to give an honest review. The service is not very good because they let us wait for 20 minutes before they gave the menu, I even press the bell twice before someone went to our table but I saw some of the service crew are just standing. They gathered near the kitchen and talking and then they all watch towards our direction,?... but when they see us staring at them, they went back to their designated work.. We caught them twice talking surely it's about us maybe because we are complaining that it's been 20 mins we are waiting but didn't have the menu yet. One of the chief and a serving crew shouting each other not even once but twice, I don't know why they are shouting though, maybe they're just had a bad day. But still it is not right to shout inside the restaurant while there are many customers inside your restaurant. Anyway, not all the crew but some of them is just having marites around. Maybe because we look so poor too when we went their yesterday 😅 Food...

We dined here last week hust to give it a try and it did not disappoint. Good food, good service, good ambiance.

Their spicy salmon roll is my new favorite! It has a nice heat that isn’t overpowering that makes you crave for more. The kani maki was delicious as well. Their cheese omelette has a good balance of sweet and savory. The ramen tasty and the pork was nice and soft, I did wish the egg was soft boiled though. The tempura was light and crunchy and the sauce paired well with it. The chicken nanban with tartar sauce was really good too. I think it had the same batter as the tempura, if not a bit thicker. The chicken itself was kinda bland, but the sauce made it better. Lastly, if you like matcha, you’ll love their matcha ice cream. It was strong and it has the right amount of creaminess.

The place has many tables and the servers are attentive. We’ll be sure to...