Keyakizaka

I’ve only been to Japan twice but the experience was so good the first time, I booked to revisit keyakizaki. I’m glad to report it was still excellent. Prices have risen but they have everywhere. It was a lovely experience, the food, ambiance and teppanyaki.

Visited March 2023

We had high expectations given the reviews but unfortunately the restaurant failed to hit the mark this evening. We ate counter-side and it was clear that our chef did not have the same attention to detail as others and, in a number of cases, was rushing. For example he asked how we wanted our bee...f cooked. We responded medium and we got bleu to rare. The garlic (for the garlic fried rice) was cooked for only 5 seconds which left it having a sharp taste. Where as the cook beside us worked his for about 30 seconds. Same goes for the small pieces of beef for the rice which should be crispy. We asked for the beef to be recooked given how underdone it was which, in Japan, would normally elicit an apologetic response. In this case we got a somewhat brusque OK. It then ended up (as twice cooked beef is) being dry. The beef itself came in two pieces. One large and the other small. The latter looked like an irregular cut and had a large piece of fat running thru the middle (not tender intramuscular fat) which was tough. Also some of the dishes are very highly priced such as JPY3,300 for 3 types of vegetables. We had pumpkin, sweet corn and peppers — which are quite basic. In this case all were slightly over cooked with the corn drowned in butter. The cook next to us was seen draining off excess butter. All the more disappointing is we changed our reservation to Keyakizaka at the last moment. We left feeling we’d made a mistake as the competition would likely have been better. This would have been average for a mass market restaurant but I’ve rated it poor given the price point.

Visited July 2019

environment was nice at the outlet. food was made up to standard but no surprises. service was good, in par with 5-star hotel standard. not a place I am keen to revisit tho.

Visited May 2019

Lunch set for 10k JPY. Amuse. Scallops. Foeis gras. A4 beef. Rice. Dessert. Each course was amazingly prepared in front of us. Staff were more than friendly and used to foreigners. Would recommend for a high end teppanyaki experience.

Visited April 2019

The lunch course is always reasonable. It’s around 8000¥ each with welcome drink. Their service and foods are always fantastic, of course the beef is wonderful but my partner and me are huge fan of garlic rice! So good! When we make a reservation for this on the internet, just selected for the reaso...n to visit is anniversary, and they surprised us with beautiful dessert plates for each.

Visited January 2019