Arata

This review is written from perspective of an English speaking couple who speak zero Japanese. Location: 5 min from train station, very convenient Service: ok. While we spoke zero Japanese and the 2 servers spoke virtually no English, they were not particularly helpful. The male and female wai...t staff who took turns serving us were not particularly interested in explaining anything. They were not rude, nor did they show much interest. They wanted us to order and they were efficient. Menu: mostly seafood, but also other meats. The menu was in Japanese. There were zero pictures. Here there were no displays of dishes sold. We ordered by guessing, by pointing at Google and Tripadvisor pictures, and with Google translate. What we had was good, but we could have ordered better/more had there been help from wait staff, menu, or displays. We went on a Monday night at 5:40 pm. The place was moderately busy already. They probably don’t need to cater to tourists. Food: decently high quality Price: Attractive. Tokushima is not expensive. The value was good. There is no way we could have duplicated the price in California.

Visited October 2018

Was invited to Totoichiban by some friends from Tokushima after requesting them to have some good fish and Tokushima local food. The restaurant is small, very busy but the service is very fast and efficient. We add a variety of fishes, sashimi but also typical dishes of Izakaya. Everything was goo...d, fresh and tasty. My favourite have been the oysters (either raw or fried), the sashimi, the salads, Tokushima beef etc... Recommended if you like Izakaya with quality food.

Visited February 2018

waiter not quite understand english but it was so good to enjoy eating with local people around. food so good! just feel a bit difficult to order coz menu all in japanese. but family and i so enjoyable to eat there. waiters were so courteous and kind though we had difficulties in communication. but ...his courtesy made us feel comfortable and warm

Visited August 2017