Kiki's Japanese Casual Dining — Restaurant in Denver

A wonderful place. It honestly touched my heart with how down to earth it was. The server does not put on a show like they do at so many American restaurants. No fake enthusiasm. This is a matter of taste, but I personally find it very comforting when a server just serves you without any false display of emotion. The service itself was prompt and thorough. The restaurant itself is very cozy. It's not trying to be something it is not. It is super casual and super Japanese. I really felt like I was in Japan again, but even if you don't share in this personal fixation, you're sure to love this place.

My wife and I had an appetizer of takoyaki and both had the sukiyaki with raw egg. Pure comfort food. We also had 3 beers between us, which were all different variations on that crisp yellow beer which is so common to Japan. There is a great variety of food and drink(sake selection is great). The prices are absolutely right on the money. If the raw egg in sukiyaki doesn't appeal to you, I would bet that they make a great katsu or curry.

Everything from the food to the music and atmosphere warmed my heart. I wish there was a place like this in Colorado Springs. I would make a habit of studying there. The server made some nice casual conversation at the end, which was appreciated. I look forward to coming here again. It was a great pleasure and I'm glad I made it my birthday meal. There is a time for Sushi Den and there is a time for Kiki's. I hate to get philosophical in a Google review, but it is a precious thing to deny the sterile American attitude that tells you that price and worth have anything to do with each other. Both sorts of restaurants can be an equally satisfying experience. Come here and try some things you have never had before. For that, I suggest the traditional diner food section of the menu. You might think me overly sentimental, but in a country where many restaurants remind me more of a pharmacy than a kitchen, this place is a thing of great...

I was expecting a typical restaurant when I chose to eat here, but was totally taken by surprise in the best way possible. They had the blinds closed at the time and just the atmosphere and the way everything was set up, I could almost believe that I was actually somewhere in Japan. The wait wasn't too bad and the smell of the food while I was waiting drove me crazy, I've never smelled food so fresh and rich. I got the salmon dinner and for a second I was worried my chop stick skills weren't going to be good enough to eat a fish with them. But the chopsticks they had were good quality, I could actually pick up a grain of rice for once. Which was good because I ate every last morsel on the plate. Their vegetables were absolutely perfect, not too soft and not too crunchy. And so fresh I thought they just pulled them out of the ground. All of their sauces were amazing! I would say its like drinking cheap wine versus a seven hundred dollar bottle. Their cooking is deluxe. The same can be said for the sushi. I will never go back to store bought sushi ever again now. I feel like all of the Japanese food I have had before was just that...food. But going here made me feel like I ate something more than food...I ate a...

The food was terrific, and our waitress was very kind and attentive. Though our food came out in groups rather than all at once. The big complaint was that the busboy was incredibly rude, giving several dirty looks and loud sighs when coming to our table soon after our meal, before finally ushering our group out because there was a table waiting to be sat. This is despite several other tables having been there for a longer period of time than our group, and again, after our meals came out at various times.

If there are tables waiting to be sat, it's a good practice to be forward about that, either before a group is sat so there is an understanding of time, or when delivering the check, rather than dropping passive aggressive hints. We had only been there for an hour and a half, half of which was ordering and waiting for our food. And from where we were sat, our view of the door was blocked, so without being informed of a wait, we had no reason to suspect there was a sense of urgency. Great food, our waitress was wonderful but the busboy needs to learn some manners. Setting an expectation of how long a table can sit after dinner has been finished might also help clear tables for new patrons in a more...