Umeda Yakei Deina STARDUST

After a lovely visit to the sky garden our now son in law and our daughter took us to the Stardust where 3 years ago he proposed to our daughter. We could understand why they would wish to celebrate at Stardust. Such lovely ambiance, and ofcourse Japanese service and politeness and welcome at its ve...ry best.

Visited April 2018

This restaurant is just below the sky garden, so after an evening visit to the observation deck we came back inside and stopped in Stardust to get a cocktail and keep on enjoying the view indoors. The place was pretty empty (after 10pm) and we were given a window seat - it was great watching the tra...ins crossing the river at night, and the dark setting is on the romantic side.... but the emptiness kind of took away from the atmosphere. There were tons of people visiting the sky deck at the time, but none of them ventured into the bar afterwards (should have been a hint). The cocktail menu was full of photos of cute/creative looking drinks, but left something to be desired... in English the cocktail descriptions merely remarked on the different colors of the drinks, and not what was actually in them. I thought the Japanese menu might have more descriptions, but no, when I looked at it, the description was exactly the same (haha). Prices were normal cocktail prices and didn't seem to be marked up because of the view, which was nice. It was kind of fun choosing a drink based only on looks and it's taste being a mystery... I decided to get a blue drink served up in a mt. Fuji shaped glass, and my boyfriend opted for a 'brandy base' cocktail (one of the only drinks that mentioned an actual spirit in the description). The drinks were pretty, but not really tasty, as I expected might be the case. We went with the purpose of extending our time enjoying the view and to have a cute drink, and didn't really expect anything out of the drink quality, so overall had an enjoyable time. I wouldn't particularly recommend it though for a serious cocktail.

Visited May 2016