Nodaya Japanese Restaurant - Makati

Food is okay, service NOT okay! There should be 2 sets of Tonkatsu, but instead 2 Tempura sets were served. Berry good! Ugh! Won't come back!

Ambiance - 4/5 (Good interior and exterior) Service - 2/5 (Staff are not that accommodating and are grumpy ????) Food - okay but pricey Value for money - 2/5 (Pricey) Not a place to go to for dinner. Okay siya i-try and just to check off sa places to eat in Little Tokyo. ????

Food was wonderful. We had: Sushi Moriawase - sashimi platter consisting of salmon, tuna, and aji; Namerou - ground aji mixed with miso and chives; and Shiokara - fermented squid (not shown). We accompanied this meal with a bottle of good nihonshu. On another day, I tried the tonkatsu (which seemed to have a bubble gum-like chewiness), the salad with an irresistable sesame roasted dressing, roasted garlic with miso dip which was surprising look good and sweet, and of course grilled cheese wrappes with bacon. It was awesome. The place was teeming with Japanese expats. The ambience and food felt authentically Japanese. Though most staff spoke in Nihonggo, they lack politeness. Perhaps a little too rough on the edges. The place is also a bit small. Prices of meals in little Tokyo range from 300-600 per head.

The best Japanese restaurant for me, yesss. It feels like Japan in there, Japan vibes everywhere. I just don't like it that they don't have a smoking area so it's okay to smoke inside the restaurant even if there are customers who are non smokers. Anyway, the food was great, I had the best gyudon in my life here. Their lunch sets are super sulit, for just 350 you got to have miso soup, your choice of rice meal, sidedish, sashimi (we got tuna sashimi, 4 pcs each!) and fruits for dessert. Will definitely go back!

One of my favorite resto in little tokyo aside from their sushi roll, sashimi and grilled items another best thing is the japanese shabu-shabu or the yosenabe. #oishi