Minato City, Tokyo, Japan｜Nihonryōri Tagetsu

The meals were excellent and quite impressive. We had a very nice experience with the Japanese foods here. The chef was quite friendly, even to non-Japanese, and he could speak English, explaining the meals. The dishes were quite delicious and they changed the meals very frequently. Although the price might be a little bit high, the quality was really worthy.

- Delicious and creative - I've been to Japan ~ 10 times but I've only had sushi omakase before since my husband isn't interested in kaiseki. I booked this place this time because my parents have never been to Japan and I want to introduce them to Japan's dining culture, and I was lucky to reserve this place successfully online. There were many sites that can do that for you, especially if you are fine using google to translate Japanese into your language. It's located at the basement of a somewhat residential area in a fancy neighborhood. The server greeted us right away and stored our jackets and bags. There were guests in the private rooms, but the counter was empty and it was somewhat awkward. Then they pulled out a glass tank with fishes to introduce the grill fish that we'll have today. We had the short course and it was 9900 yen/person (after tax). However, we were quite full in the end. All the dishes were creative and there were extra desserts for X'mas season. My dad doesn't have a good taste bud to understand the meal, but they were both happy to try kaiseki and my mom really loves the dessert plate. The bathroom is located near the small entrance and there are mouthwash with different flavors, tons of towels, etc. The restaurant is clean and they refilled our tea when they were empty (my family is like a big tea bucket). We each had one bowl of rice for the main dish and there were a ton of leftover rice, so they kindly asked us if we want to take them home. They wrapped them into rice balls and made a super cute bento for us that reminds me of zingzi. When we left, the restaurant owner (main chef) came out to thank us for our visit. It was funny because my parents thought he wasn't the main chef as he was grilling fish when we entered. Who'd know grilling fishes is more difficult than other type of cooking? I know some people mentioned that he used common ingredients etc, but I think what's important is the details of the dishes and how the cooking was executed. Or maybe the more expensive courses aren't worth it, but I think this short course is definitely worth it. I mean, coming up with the dishes is an art too and it's worth something in my opinion. Though I've never had fancy kaiseki, so what do I know? Anyways, thank you for your hospitality, I hope to return to Japan and try your other cooking one day.

First of all, thank you so much for the great experience, ありがとうございます。 Everything was great with the overall food and dining experience. Every dish has been made with great details and it was so great that there were english translation for every dish while it was presented to us. Food was fresh and there was even the fresh rice to bring home afterwards since we were so full! Excellent way to celebrate my wife’s birthday and they also provided the traditional Japanese rice for birthday. Last but not least, the matcha at last was also excellent as well. I can describe every single dish in this review but this could take pages to do so, so I suggest you go and book a table to give it a try instead. Keep in mind that one dish which is the grilled fish head that might has lots of fish bones.. so for those who wants meat with no bones, just bear in mind with that! Otherwise, you just get so full and satisfied so it’s all good. 🙂 Thanks again and hope we can visit here again soon and of course, Japan too! Excited to have Japan being opened for everyone now! Cheers!!