漁陶屋 日式料理 — Restaurant in Taipei

Taking the advantage of a good weather after Typhoon Tammy, we strolled at Taipei Expo park in a weekend. The park was crowded , we walked down to the neighborhood look for a sit down restaurant for a late lunch. We randomly went to this Japanese restaurant and had a delicious meal. There were only couple customers, we could sit anywhere but the waitress told us to sit by the corner. Well, it was fine with us but felt that waitress was not courtesy to welcome customers in that late hour! Once we sat down, a small plate of edamame was served for free. We ordered plum tomato which was fresh and opened our appetite . Then, a nigiri sushi, king shrimp maki, fried oysters and one night dried midnight fish. They were all amazingly tasty and the presentation was very nice. I liked the oysters a lot, they were just lightly deep fried so not oily at all. Fresh and delicious. The one night dried fish was exceptional, they grilled it just right! I would definitely visit it again. Hopefully, I will see some improvements of service from the...

The sushi is underwhelming and the prices are higher than in other, much better Japanese restaurants. We tried a few other dishes including the prawn sushi, which was mostly rice. We also tried the egg tofu which was tasteless. The salmon sushi was okay.

The staff weren’t so friendly, however, I think I would struggle to be friendly if I was serving subpar...

We ate here in 2020 and really enjoyed the food. We came on this trip for the fish which was grilled perfectly and was really fresh. It was the service that didn't sit right with us. The lady was unfriendly when we asked about the fish we wanted. Maybe they were having a bad day. Hopefully when we come by the next time they can be...