Hapo Sake Bar — Restaurant in Mataró

We just had lunch there - a Sunday lunch. We drove there from Barcelona because some friends live close by and they wanted to try this restaurant. After our experience I could have given 0 stars if I could. We were 4 visiting the restaurant. What we look for when we visit a restaurant? x price/quality of food x friendliness of staff x flexility as to food allergies

The good was not good - with the exception of the edamame. The food was expensive too - the portions were super small. We didnt order sushi or maki, but we did oder Ramen (2) - tartar salmon (1), edamame (2). T We asked them if they pre-prepare the dishes and they told us that everything is "freshly made". BUT..the fourth of the group had a mushroom allergy so we asked to have the udon (only the noodles) with no mushrooms. They told us that this was not possible, because the plates are as seen in the menu - strange right?

Then..we received the ramen 40 minutes after we ordered and with almost no broth and a lot of udon in both of them. When we asked to have more broth, as this is supposed to be Ramen (broth soup), they told us that this is the usual amount of broth they put in the Ramen plate. When we mentioned that this is supposed to be a soup the answer was well..I imagine that you have eaten from it too. Best ever customer service right? And this comes with a price too - we paid 82 euros but only 3 people ate. And now coming back at home I started reading the reviews and I found out that the @boss@ does pay his staff 4 euros an hour, and that the overtime is not paid. And plus when you work there, and you want to live, the "jefe" threatens you as he knows everyone around and you will never find a job. And this in SPAIN - not in some third world country - (I attached his review). AVOID...

I have to say, their food used to be very good. But this time it disappointed us. Though also this time we ordered new dishes. The omu rice is not an omu rice, the egg should be wet, and the taste was not the priced-quality. The sushis we ordered were also not that good. The things that were good enough were the salmon teriyake and cheesecake.

Also this time the servers were not that respectful. The woman who served us the cheesecake was being rude. I told her that its one each couple. She put one on mine. I moved it in the middle between my partner and I. She scolded me for blocking the space where she wanted to put the other one when i supposed to be put on the other couple. Pero like she scolded me. I was in awe, a bad awe.

Summary: that dinner was not...

I traveled to Japan many times and I'm often not impressed by restaurants over here. I'm local and I often see a lot of people dinning here by night but it wasn't until today that we gave it a try. It was a great experience with very good food quality. I tried Nabe (Japanese Hot Pot) and it was really authentic, really nice broth and meat quality. Great price-quality ratio if you use the lunch-only menu. We went with my 2 year old daughter and they were very accommodating, she loved the yakisoba noodles. It was very quiet (a common thing over here on Wednesdays at lunch-time) so I cannot tell about the atmosphere but it's usually very crowded by night went I walk by, so I say people over here love it. We will most definitely...