Saboten — Restaurant in Shilin District

Previously, it was on the left hand side after getting off the escalator on the 7th floor, but now it's on the right hand side. This time, it was the middle of a long weekend, and all the restaurants were crowded, so I thought the 7th floor might be empty, so I came here. It wasn't, but I was able to get in after waiting 5 minutes. I was lucky. The inside feels about half the size of the previous restaurant, and it feels cramped. This time I ordered a tonkatsu with shrimp cutlet 🙏. I like this place because they offer all-you-can-eat cabbage and pickles ❤️! Comparing the photo in the catalog and the food that came out, the cutlet was small, which was a bit disappointing. I decided to just have tonkatsu next time! It wasn't a tonkatsu, but a rolled cutlet with thin pork wrapped around cheese and asparagus. The meat was different and oily, and it was very different from the kimukatsu that is popular in Japan now. Oil and cheese don't go together. The smell of oil really repels each other, making it...

Food: 4.5/5 Service: 4.5/5 Atmosphere: 4/5 Price to portion: reasonable Certain foods such as cabbage salad and side dish, and soup are all refillable. The tonkatsu is not too greasy, and it's crispy . It's not too thin or too thick. It's cooked through. The side dishes balances out the taste of oily tonkatsu. 374 NT for the whole meal. I probably could have ordered one side dish on top of my meal and share it with my boyfriend. I couldn't even...

Severely understaffed. I can tell the waiters are doing their best yet the service is subpar. Ordered with a tablet, waited roughly 40 minutes for food despite we booked the table one day in advance. Had great memory with this place, but seriously, management, you need more people to keep it up. Hire more workers and...