Gyoza Bar- Modern Japanese Eatery — Restaurant in Wichita

Gyoza Bar is situated next to Yokahama Ramen Izakya. The atmosphere is trendy and has outdoor seating for warmer weather. Seating space inside is limited, and there I some seating at the bar. The server seemed not familiar with the menu or the offerings, as she could not answer questions we asked of her. We ordered several appetizers, and those were served quickly. The Scallop Carppacio was delicious, but the presentation was sloppy. One of the shells had tilted, so the sauce had run off the shells, leaving it without sauce. The Himachi was presented well, and was delicious. The tofu appetizer lacked some flavor, even with the sauce but that is the nature of tofu, but the presentation was very good. The unagi appetizer presented well, if not a little odd. The dish itself was not great, the eel was not high quality. The sauce tasted like everyone else's sauce, so nothing special. More odd was having a single piece of unagi big enough for 3 pieces of rice, and only getting 2 pieces of rice with it. We wound up having to share portions of rice so we could eat the appetizer. The Gyoza offerings are limited with only 3 types (pork, beef and vegetarian) and 3 ways to prepare (steam, pan fry and deep fry). We ordered pork, both steamed and pan fried. Here is where things got bad. First, the presentation was not what you would expect for a Japanese dish, just placed on a dish, nothing to pretty it up. Japanese food needs to be as pleasing to your eyes as it is to the palette. As far as the Gyoza itself, almost each one had opened up during cooking. The Gyoza didn't have the traditional folded pleats you would expect from a place that specializes in Gyoza so again presentation was sloppy. As for the taste of the Gyoza, the filling lacked any of the traditional flavours, except for a little ginger. I tasted no scallion, or any other discernable spice, or any hint of sesame seeds oil. We also ordered 3 types of Hand Roll. What we got however was nothing like a hand roll. It's not a hand roll at all, more of an odd taco that's hard to eat. The Negi Hama was unpleasant, the hamachi not tasting fresh. It was very hard to eat as it would fall apart as I would take a bite. The Una Tama was good, and I enjoyed it. The Ghost Pepper and Spicy Salmon was delicious but suffered from the same problem of falling apart when you are it. The taco shaped format for a hand roll with too little seaweed just doesn't work well. Trying to get our server to give us our check was a whole other matter. We waited 20.minutes after finishing our meal, while being ignored by our server, so we waived down another server to get us our tab. We had paid and we're getting ready to leave before our server came by to ask if we needed our check. Overall, it wasn't a pleasant experience. I will give it some time to see if they can work out their kinks before...

First time here, party of staggered 4–some of us grew up in Hawaii, have family in the commercial fishing industry, are accustomed to Japanese culture and—food culture. Sadly, not a great experience, Gyoza Bar.

Our server Laura was kind and professional.

The food? Missed the mark. Except for the addicting tofu and chicken skin (karaage style fried).

Mentaiko. The specials: madai and hirame and sashimi platter was... I now even forgot what we all had, but $300 spent for 4 with drinks, seemed unworthy here.

The gyoza had a strange aftertaste. The King Salmon Carpaccio—marketed as flown in from Tsukiji—was drenched in olive oil and tasted overworked, almost cured. But where was the citrus flavor profile, the vinaigrette?…“carpaccio” is beyond just the olive oil. Def not what you expect when you order raw fish.

We gave honest feedback when asked how the food was—not rude, just real. But instead of receiving it with grace, a tagged staff member named “Shinju” (?)—who was said to be of Japanese descent—unexpectedly flew herself over to us at D16, and approached us with an inappropriate manner for being in customer service. She insisted the salmon “wasn’t cooked” (though we said it tasted

Checked out Gyoza Bar Modern Japanese Eatery today for an early lunch. It was smaller inside than I expected but still very ”with the times" if that explains it. I'm upset I didn't take pictures of the interior, but that's not what this page is all about. It's the FOOD. The menu had a moderate amount of items, and I wasn't in the mood for an appetizer, so I ended up ordering the Chicken Crême Curry Udon. The dish came out faster than expected, probably because I was the only patron at the time on my visit. As far as the food goes, I'd say it was above average, but not excellent. It had a strong curry flavor to it, with a little bit of spice. There was ground beef in it, along with a variety of vegetables including mushrooms . Oh yeah, and of course chicken. And a poached egg set atop of it. My only real complaint about the dish is my chicken seemed precooked, which is always disappointing. On top of that, it tasted old. If there was fresh chicken, it would have made this dish from being just above average, to amazing. But that's just my opinion.

Tried Gyoza Bar for the second time today. On my first visit, I thought the food was so-so but the second time around I'd say everything was impressive to say the least. We ended up splitting the lunch special, ordering the Iron-Pan Garlic Butter Fried Rice. It also came with three pieces of Gyoza and we went with the Menchi. They came breaded and Fried with pork and vegetable filling. The fried rice came in a cast-iron pan and was piping hot. The server mixed it all up at the table for us, but the picture I took below was prior to that. I'll start off by saying the chicken in the fried rice was different than my last visit. It tasted farm fresh but I'm not sure if that's the case. There was a strong garlic flavor due to the thinly sliced and toasted pieces of garlic the dish contained. Freshly chopped green onion and the egg fried in the hot pan was a nice touch. Now the Gyoza was different. Mustardish flavored sauce on top, but it was white. That threw me off. It was like an above average fried pork egg roll kinda. I did really enjoy it though. Contained a hint of ginger and I could taste the spinach. Something you'd expect in an item like this when it's good quality. I'd have to say for $15, this I the quality I expect for that price point. Goyza is never packed when I've been there. I wish they were. They could use the business.

P.S. I thought the soy sauce container was cool so I posted a...