Irori Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Lipa

1st time coming to this place, I'm glad we did. I called in advance to make a reservation & ask some inquiries. The staff Nicole & Patrick were able to accomodate my reservation and quiries and greeted us as soon as we got to the restaurant. We were also welcome by Katrina, the owner and really gave us a warmed welcome. The place is modern but cozy, very clean. Though limited parking slots. We tried there teppanyaki, a must try! Chef Fernando cooked our food right in front of us, nice guy. Ordered the rib eye steak with shrimp, irori sushi plate, miso soup and their famous homemade gyoza. All of which are delish and sumptuous. Plus Katrina gave us a complimentary mango sorbet! For someone who rarely eats mango, I'm telling you I finish the whole thing! Now that says everything!Lol! They are very attentive and made sure we got everything we need while we're enjoying our meal. Before we left, Katrina came by again to bid us good bye. We'll definitely comeback here again whenever I'm...

Undeniably, this is the MOST amazing restaurant i've been to, They got good staff, and I-think-the-owner gave us free Miso Soup. Today I got Beef Gyudon, Dorikatsudon, Tempura, California Maki, Mango Sorbet, and some Tonkastu Curry (I think so?), The Gyudon was AMAZING (just like the restaurant itself) The Maki was delicious, I even got some photos to in-sta-gram :), Overall, this place is clean and not dirty, And it's one of the best restaurants i could...

SLOW SERVICE, each order takes about 30MINS TO AN HOUR before being served (we only ordered 5 main and 4 side dishes). Price includes 10% SERVICE CHARGE (which is fine, if we felt theres adequate service). We followed up twice, and didnt give us an estimated time. Additional Harajuku dish takes about another hour before serving. Food taste was okay, as well as the place, but not the service. Their staff told me that their manager is "on rest day"...