Shibari Sushi and Grill — Restaurant in Madrid

The 60€ omakase was a hit & miss experience that unfortunately did not seem value for money. The hits were the gratin scallops (viera gratinada), miso eggplant (berenjena dengaku miso) & bone marrow gunkan (gunkan toro y tuetano). The presentation, combination of flavors & textures were both creative & delightful. The later half of the omakase was unfortunately marred by misses like the tsukune with egg yolk - which was supposed to be one of the highlight dishes, but turned out dry, less than flavorful (even with tare sauce) & with a texture far from how tsukunes are supposed to be: fluffy, springy & juicy. The parpatana de hamachi was replaced by lubina, which was our least favorite dish. To be fair, it was executed well, and would be considered perfect at a traditional Japanese family restaurant in Japan as part of a bento - but not in an omakase. Desert was again replaced by cheesecake, even with the addition of yuzu it was very generic & nothing special. In between, the tempura & nigiri was done correctly but nothing special to write home about. In conclusion, this is a pretty-close-to-authentic creative Jap cuisine for Madrid. But for pickier palates accustomed to dining in Japan, I would not recommend the omakase as the plates & experience both do not meet...

Well, it's clearly evident that most of the reviewers have no idea what is the real japanese food and how it's supposed to taste/look. The place itself is very nice, service was good, but the food itself varies from good to mediocre. The scalop was very tasty, but for the price (14 EUR) you get only one small piece (good representation though, but Japan is about taste and quality...) The maki with salmon and eel was very very bad, and again - very expensive (16.5 EUR). Unfortunately many chefs think that they could "add up their vision" to japanese food, and it only means that this chef is not very smart (sorry - think twice before doing this, and don't forget that american California roll is an insult to japanese culture). Period. The tongue teryaki was good for the regular place, but not for the restaurant who specialize in grill.

Unfortunately Spain is NOT developed in terms of the cousine from other countries, that's why places like this will continue to exist just because of the locals and tourists, who are not familiar with the real japan and their beautiful culture of food.

I will not return under...

What a pity the waitress was so unbelievably, inexplicably rude I actually wondered if she was racist. She knew nothing about the wine list and was actively hostile when I asked her about it - she continued to be hostile for my entire meal.

Bizarre when it turns out they have a wonderful selection of minimal intervention Spanish wines which thankfully the male sushi chef gave me good advice on.

The sushi and yakitori was delicious, with great freshness and quality (and my standards are high as I’ve eaten Michelin starred in Japan) but unfortunately, even though I live around the corner, I won’t be going back again as I felt so unbelievably unwelcome.

I would strongly recommend some training (or a career change) for the mean waitress. Also, the music was better suited to a corporate elevator and 45 minutes after opening the restaurant it still felt like they weren’t fully ready for guests. A bit of friendliness and atmosphere would go along way. What a waste of potential - could be one of Madrid’s best Japanese restaurants but needs a lot more attention to...