Izakaya Tenko — Restaurant in Lake Forest

A waitress at this restaurant stole my cell phone. I left it on the table, but remembered while I was driving home. There's absolutely no doubt of where I left it, because I had it when I walked into the restaurant, I remember placing it on the table, and then I noticed it was missing before I even got out of the car. (The bluetooth in the car would pick it up if it was anywhere in the car, so there's no way it was lost in the car.) I got home and contacted my friend to call the restaurant for me, which he immediately did, and the waitress who picked up was very unfriendly to him, finally agreed to "check", but then just placed the phone down for 10 seconds and then picked it up and said "sorry it's not here" and hung up. My friend called the phone and it went straight to voicemail, despite the fact that it had had 92% charge and been turned on. Obviously someone grabbed it and immediately turned it off and took the sim card out,

I came to the restaurant in person the following day. It was obvious they recognized me. They glanced up at me, looked guilty, then looked down again. No one would make eye contact. I stood there at the counter waiting patiently while they studiously ignored me for 5-10 minutes. Finally a waitress came out, was very belligerent, and told me repeatedly, "No, it's not here. It's not here." I said, "Are you sure? I am 100% certain that I left it here. Would you mind just checking in the back?" She kind of stared me down with extreme hostility until I left.

I guess it's possible it was one of the other customers who took it, but it's unlikely, because there weren't many other people in the restaurant. And it is especially unlikely given the way the waitresses acted.

If I were the owner, I would want to know that my employees were dishonest. If they'll steal from me, they will steal...

Came here on a Tuesday night with the missus. Ordered pork gyoza and miso for a starters with the duck, garlic ribeye and enoki yakitori, the spicy rock shrimp sushi roll and the bbq pork ramen. Lots of flavors in the mix and none of them fell short! The gyoza were fresh and supple with a wonderful and mildly sweet dipping sauce. The spicy rock shrimp sushi was in fact spicy with a lightly battered temps shrimp over a spicy tuna to with avocado. Sushi rice was well cooked with sticky texture and taste, unlike other sushi restaurants that sometimes fall short and either under or over cook their sushi rice. The BBQ pork ramen broth was outstanding in it's balance of savoury, salty and very lightly lemon flavors. We got a broad taste of this places offerings, not comprehensive obviously but a bit from each of their major offerings and we were very happy. On top of all that, the service was great and the waiter was very happy to answer questions about the menu and their offerings. I highly recommend this place if you are looking for a sushi, ramen, or yakitori place in Lake Forest. Best I have...

Decided to drive out to Izakaya Tenko for some delicious authentic Yakitori. It did not disappoint! The yakitori looks so good and smelled so wonderful, that I forgot to take my usual pictures.

The servers were prompt and a bit intense. When the yakitori was served, we weren't sure which ones were served and which ones we ate. They were very serious in ensuring we got the order right!

Bottom line, the yakitori was excellent and better yet, it was happy hour, so adding a Kirin was an added bonus.

The restaurant was small but had a very clean, comfy, upscale vibe. It began to fill up fast around 6pm, so it's a good idea to get there early. My favorite? pork belly. ...