Inyo Asian Variety Restaurant

I’ve done a lot of research on top restaurants in Las Vegas and I remembered Inyo being one of the restaurants recommended to me by a fellow food lover at a restaurant I was dining at last summer.
The chef at Inyo Variety is Gregg Fortunato who previously had stints as executive chef at Little Buddha at Palms and Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar and Grill at the Cosmopolitan. He also opened up an Asian fusion restaurant at a hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi and has worked in the opening team at some locations of the upscale chain, Roy’s Restaurant.
With his experience, what you’re getting at Inyo is Las Vegas Strip world-​class food at off-​strip prices.
Inyo is rated as one of the best restaurants in Las Vegas and I feel is still undiscovered since we were the only ones in the restaurant for the first couple hours.
I was tasked to find a venue for dinner for my friend’s bachelorette party weekend in Vegas.
I called the owner, Peter, and asked if he would a tasting menu for our large group. He said that he has done tasting menus before and he would email me so we can work together to put a menu together within my budget.
We finally settled on a menu with a total cost of $ 42 including tax and tip.
$ 42 tasting menu:
Garlic soy butter edamame — Probably the most flavorful preparation of edamame I’ve ever had.
Japanese street corn — Next level elote. More satisfying than the street corner elote I had recently
Duck jam — Confit drake duck leg «phở flavor» with radish salad and crostini
Smoked foie rinds — Crispy togarashi pork rinds with yuzu honey & shaved smoked foie gras
Octo-​cargot — Broiled spanish octopus baked escargot style with garlic, shiro miso and herb butter panko
Bone marrow — Roasted beef bone with truffle red miso, shaved bonito, fried herbs and milk toast
Cauliflower — Chile nam pla & mint
Brussel sprouts — Tosazu sauce & bonito
Wings 3 ways — Thai, Japanese, and Korean chicken wings all with their own very distinct flavor
1) Japanese tebasaki — sweet ginger soy & black pepper
2) Thai chili nam pla — chili, lemon grass, fresh herbs
3) Korean gochugaru — Korean chili flakes, sesame seeds
Yari ika squid — Grilled large imported sashimi grade squid w/​soy butter
Snow crab fried rice — Maitake & soft scrambled egg
Squid ink uni fried rice — Squid leg, usea urchin
Gelato — Green tea chocolate chip, red bean from local gelateria, Gelatology. I could have passed on the red bean flavor. It had a strong earthy flavor that I didn’t enjoy too much and neither did my table mates.
We all could not believe we got so much food for $ 42! There were more adventurous dishes in there that I wanted to throw in to make it a bit more interesting. The presentation was beautiful and portions were just right. Peter threw in some new menu items for us to taste such as the octo-​cargt and the dishes they are known for such as the wings and yari ika squid. We all left extremely satisfied that evening.
Peter was really attentive ensure our waters were topped off. Great service despite managing our large party on his own.
It’s located in Chinatown in a shopping center so there’s plenty of parking.
There’s a bottle charge if you’re planning on bringing wine, but Peter told me that they have reasonable prices for bottles of wine at under $ 30. They also have the most interesting selection of Japanese craft beer.
To be honest, I enjoyed these inventive and playful dishes more than my meal at Raku at more than half the price. Yes, it’s «fusion» which I typically don’t like, but with an open mind, I was really pleased with the entire experience. Chef has described what he does is cook utilizing French technique using Asian ingredients.
As Eater Las Vegas mentioned — «run, don’t walk» to Inyo Variety Restaurant. It’s still a bit of an unknown spot serving some of the best tasting food in Las Vegas. Great for those willing to leave the strip for in my opinion a better taste of the Las Vegas culinary scene where the chefs and locals eat.

Decided to go back to Inyo and try some of the new dishes on the menu. Let’s start with the customer service. Our server Peter was very nice and remembered us from last time. He was very personable and gave us great recommendations. We ordered the octo-​cargo which is broiled octopus served escargot style. It was delicious. The herb butter panko was flavorful. The next dish we ordered was the oxtail fried rice. The rice was seasoned well and the oxtail was very tender. Since it was happy hr I’m not leaving Inyo without ordering their wings! Omg I am inlove with the Japanese Tebasaki wings and the Thai chili nam pla! Amazing flavors!!! And the chicken had a perfect crunch to it. So Happy hr for wings is $ 3.00 for 4 wings! Such a steal. Last but not least we ordered the Smoked kurobuta pulled pork! The presentation was everything. The pork was so tender it melts in your mouth. It’s served with this sweet savory sauce that worked well with the pork and buns!

We went to try the foods in the restaurant because of comments on Unilocal.It is a small restaurant overall, we ordered the corn, Japanese wings, noodle n crab rice for lunch. It is a little disappointed when we saw the noodle, since they raised the price at 2016, for almost 10.00 for each dish, we expected bigger or at least normal portion, instead, we only saw half bowl of noodle n I was wondering where the other half went?! The bowl itself looks pretty though but too bad i am not eating the bowl n could not bring it with me… For sure you can barely say you are half full by ordering one dish, you have to order lot of foods there in order to be full. The corn n wings are alright, the taste are overrated, a bowl of crab rice they ask for 10.00 but i dont see a big pc of crab meat, basically it has little bit here n there that i have to search for it. I don’t think it is worth it, mostly eggs, sorry to say that but if i pay 3.99 for a teriyaki bowl somewhere else it could be more fulfilling.
I mean if they want to charge the price, they should give enough quality food out for the price they ask for, instead of giving out little bit food like a fine dining restaurant without fine dining luxury decoration setting.
I won’t come back for it. With $ ³⁵⁄₄₀.00 of price i could enjoy a much better seafood lunch in china town area.

Really like this restaurant, both its dishes and décor. Also, not many know Inyo, which makes it less crowded than other well-​known Japanese restaurant.
PS: YUZU sorbet is sooooooo delicious.

This is our new favorite restaurant! The food is amazing and inventive, the staff friendly, and the prices very reasonable. The chef changes the menu often which makes it even more appealing as the menu this month has some new offerings to it. If you like wings this is your go to restaurant. Twice fried, extra crispy, Japanese, Korean, and Thai influenced flavors with mild to medium intensity. The Octopus Escargot is amazing and the chef’s asian influenced adaptation of a French classic. Brussel sprouts rounded out our meal and were sweet and crispy. They also have Japanese craft beers, a wide selection of sake, and a peach jelly sake which my wife loves. If you haven’t tried this place, you are missing one of the local gems our city has! We can’t wait to go back in the spring and see what new dishes the chef has created.

Great find! Thank you Eater!
— Nice location
— Comfortable space
— Not very crowded
— Very friendly and informative service
— Very helpful when it came to gluten free foods (and half the menu was available as gluten free!)
The food:
— The pork cheek skewers were savory
— The pork belly skewers were smooth
— The chicken skin skewers had a nice crunch and weren’t too fatty
— The shumai were the best I’ve ever had. We ordered so many that the restaurant ran out
— The scallop bacon skewers were pretty good. The scallops were borderline overcooked, but they had a nice flavor
— The pork sausage skewers were pretty ordinary
— The Japanese pickles were excellent, especially the tiny onions
— The street corn was nicely seasoned
— The yai ika squid was perfectly cooked. The sauce complemented it well
— The brussels sprouts were amazing. My favorite dish. Very savory, with a bit of tang
— The cauliflower was ok, but not special
— The Thai chili wings were perfect
— The Korean wings were ok
— The mochi dessert wasn’t what I expected, but it was a nice digestif at the end of the meal
Can’t wait to come back!

Inyo is that «cool» restaurant that only a few people know about (165 people to be exact). I stumbled upon this restaurant since I needed a place that took reservations and had great reviews (I’m a snob like that). I’ve asked all my friends and family that are locals if they know about this restaurant and they did not.
It was a little difficult finding this place, but we managed to find a parking spot right in front. We walked in and the restaurant was quite empty so I was a little worried. My friends (who are locals and have never been) came a little late and as time went on, we found the restaurant to be filled with people. I started off with the Peach flavored sparkling jelly sake, Ikezo. It was yummy!
The husband and I ordered the half Japanese street corn, galbi ribs with rice, and 8 chicken wings with Thai Chile and Korean Gochugaru. Our order was taking a long time due to the ribs so as a courtesy, we received complimentary Garlic Edamame. It was insanely good.
Our table starts receiving our dishes and one of my friends starts raving about the flavor and how this is one of the best places he’s been to in a long time. He asks, «How did you find this place?» I say, «Yelp, baby!» All of our dishes were packed with flavor. I probably would skip the street corn though. For four people, our bill was slightly over $ 100 (4 or 5 alcohol beverages included).
Inyo, you are a gem in Chinatown and I think you’ve earned four fans that night.

Note to Self — I really need to review right after visiting restaurants. I went to Inyo about three months ago. Our party of four were the only diners. Immediately, I’m thinking this is not a good sign. Empty restaurants worry me but the minimalist, clean restaurant with the colorful, Asian paintings on the walls drew me in to stay.
We ordered a bunch of tapas. The menu seemed mostly Japanese with very few Thai & Korean tapas. The tapas/​entrées that I liked most in order are:
1. Uni udon with caviar — Uni and noodles in a rich, creamy, buttery broth. Yes, please!
2. Grilled squid with garlic soy butter. Squid was cooked right (soft & tender lol) & the garlic soy butter drizzled over the squid was amazing.
3. Japanese A5 Wagyu (tender, flavorful, meat that melts in your mouth). I can see why they charge an arm and a leg for Wagyu.
I would go back for those three dishes especially the uni udon with caviar. The only thing I thought was blah was the clam soup. Just a little bland for my taste.
I just hope Inyo is still there when I visit Vegas again. (My friends who I dined with went back two more times and mentioned the restaurant was empty). I would be a little sad if I couldn’t get my uni udon.

I LOVE THIS PLACE! The food is high quality and delicious on a consistent basis. I have frequently visited this place and tried almost every single item on the menu. I also brought many people to this restaurant and every single person who visited this place with me agreed: this is some DAMN GOOD Japanese food!
The menu is small and it is categorized into a few sections: the skewers, small plates, and regular entrees. I highly recommend the vegetable small plates and ALL the skewers! It’s not cheap but with such high quality food, you should expect to pay a bit more.
I highly recommend this place if you’re in Chinatown area. In fact, I recommend this place even if you aren’t in the Chinatown area!

We went here with friends post-​NBA summer league and had built up an appetite from hours and hours of watching live basketball. Sadly, this place did not fulfill that hunger and my friend’s husband had to have McDonalds after and my husband made tacos at home.
To start, although there was only one other table present, the service we received was not very good. It took awhile for someone to seat us and the servers were mostly hiding in the back throughout our whole experience. We had to flag them down for water the moments they did reappear and remind them of items we ordered. Their iced green tea also was not very flavorful and very watered down compared to other restaurants. (Side note: over the summer, I went through an iced green tea phase and sampled a lot of what Vegas had to offer. Yojie’s being the best and this place being at the bottom).
Although the menu looks very delicious, the value/​quality/​sizing/​taste just didn’t justify the pricing. We also did not receive the banchan that other people have spoken about in other reviews, maybe they don’t do it all the time? The table had an array of wings, which no one found particularly flavorful. I had the salt and pepper shrimp, which I thought Wendy’s Noodle Café and Big Wongs does better. Although the fried rice we ordered (both crab and wagyu) looked visually appealing, it just didn’t have that comfort food/​warming quality you get from fried rice (made me miss Rice Trax). The street corn was also nice to look at and had a good char, but it was rather small, even for a tapas place. The one thing I did appreciate that I don’t think I could find anywhere else in Vegas is the uni scramble.
Summary: A lot of items here you can find cheaper and better (or at least dishes that feel very similar) at other restaurants in Vegas, e.g. Soho, Japaneiro, etc. Coupled with the bad service, I’m just not sure what the fuss is about. With their 4.5 star rating, they clearly have fans who have experienced better, so I would encourage others to try this place out, with the risk of feeling unsatisfied as you leave.

Great service and the food is delicious! Everything we ordered from garlic edemame, single skewers, lobster, etc… Def recommend and we will be back! OH, the corn was delicious too!
2 days later we had to go back and this time try different dishes… It was happy hour… on a Sunday! Brussel sprouts, kalbi, pork belly, red shrimp curry, cauliflower… OMG, all delicious!

First time here and it was amazing. My favorite is the street corn and the crab fried rice.
Superb customer service.
Wow I swear I eat here at least 3 – 4 times a month… maybe more.

We almost left as soon as we walked in. The restaurant doesn’t have the best smell and there was a family dining in the corner that didn’t seem excited about their food. The mood in there was just kind of blah.
There was 1 server who welcomed us and told us we could «sit anywhere, except that table» (a large 8 top in the middle of the restaurant). We hesitated to stay even after choosing a table. The restaurant doesn’t give the best impression. The décor isn’t terrible, but something turns you off pretty quickly. I was afraid we were going to be disappointed and wish we had gone somewhere else. Despite our hesitation, we ordered a couple of dishes.
Since it’s all tapas sized plates, we figured we didn’t have much to lose. If the first dishes didn’t impress, we would move on.
We started with the chicken wings & corn (which were both recommended by the server). The corn came out first smothered in delicious butter and seasoning… we were all so impressed we quickly ordered another round! Bam! Things are looking up! The chicken wings came out next. Our server allowed us to split the order and try 2 different flavored wings. We got the Tebasaki and the Thai chili wings. Hands down, our favorite was the Tebasaki. The Thai one was just not my flavor preference but it wasn’t bad.
With the first 2 dishes down (and with a round of applause), we decided to stay and order more! We ordered the fluke sashimi special (even with the confidence in staying here to finish dinner, I have to be honest and say I was weary that the fish would be up to par. We were NOT let down!). The fluke was tender, not fishy, and so good we fought over the last piece!
We also tried the Brussel sprouts, bacon wrapped enoki, steak skewers, and kurobuta sausage. The skewer dishes came with 3 types of dipping salts which were intriguing to me! The wasabi salt was my favorite!
We thought about staying for dessert but ended up opting to go elsewhere. Overall we were pretty impressed with Inyo! I’m so glad we stayed! We all ate TONS of food and it was about $ 75 including tip. That’s a little expensive for a family dinner (two adults, one child) but we had so many dishes, it didn’t feel at all like it was a rip off.
I noticed they have a happy hour so we will definitely be checking that out soon so we can enjoy more street corn for less! Haha!
Service was nothing to write about, but they didn’t fail to fill our waters and they didn’t seem at all annoyed that we ordered 1 – 2 dishes at a time over the course of our hour there. Lol.
I would give it 5 stars if the first impression/​smell wasn’t such a turn off and the bathroom setup wasn’t so strange. You have to walk past the expo counter to get to the bathroom and both times I walked past, the cooks were just sitting there talking and it was just very awkward. Maybe they can improve both of those things a little and it’ll be a 5 star in my book!

I’ll gloss over everything but the food because 1. it was empty and yet the service was mediocre and slow and 2. nothing stuck out to me.
SKEWERS
Selection average, taste was nothing special, came out not very hot.
UNI PASTA
Wasn’t super heavy or overpowering! Good portion size, came out larger than expected (that’s what she said). *thumbs up*
CHICKEN WINGS
We got the trio and all were crispy and cooked well (still fairly juicy inside). Sauces were unique, my favorite being the Korean one. The Thai one had a nice kick but was noticeably imbalanced. When you use those little red chilis, you have to balance it out with other flavors (typically lime and fish sauce) or you get this weird metallic aftertaste/​feeling.
We were literally the only table in the restaurant and this girl (a hostess I assume) was sitting at her counter, using her phone. Any contact she made with us was nonchalant, as if we were some unwanted relatives eating at her house. This made the atmosphere a little awkward…
In summary: Decent and overpriced.

Wow. My previous 2-​star review was removed at the request of the « Unilocal community». However, I can venture a guess that the Unilocal community was actually the owner himself.
The owner private messaged me after I posted my 2-​star review (not this one; the one that was deleted and you won’t be able to find). He wanted to know why the 2-​star and I took my time to reply — explaining why I rated his restaurant the way I did.
Since the « Unilocal community» requested my previous non-​compliance review be removed, I will explain to the « Unilocal community» the justification of the 2-​star rating based on the review guidelines.
We visited two Sundays ago. Once we were seated and given our water, it took a while for the staff to return to take our order. That’s fine.
Between the two of us, we ordered the following:
Cod fish — two pieces of bite-​size fish. It was the highlight of our meal. However, not the most bang for your buck.
Grilled squid — overpriced; it’s the same type of grilled squid you get at other izakaya restaurants. However, they put this ginger sauce on top and it really does not do the squid’s justice. Unnecessary.
Squid ink rice with uni — nothing spectacular. It’s basically risotto stirred with squid ink with a couple pieces of uni on top. It was a tad too salty for my taste. Nothing to write home about. I have had squid ink pasta with uni at different restaurants in town that were not too salty but still has that seafood freshness. This dish did not achieve that.
Thai flavor chicken wings — as far as flavors go, this was good. If you like chicken wings, order these.
Okra and beef tongue skewers — nothing spectacular about okra skewers, but then again, I guess you shouldn’t have too high of an expectation about okra skewers. The beef tongues were actually thinly sliced tongue like at the korean bbq. Not typical of izakaya, in my opinion. They also drown these tongues in this sauce that completely overpowered the flavors of the tongues. I’ve had better. Also, as far as their skewers selection goes, it’s very limited. There were no gizzards, hearts or anything like that. Keep that in mind if that’s your cup of tea.
There were another squid dish we ordered, but I can’t, for the life of me, remember what it was… Must not have been that memorable.
As far as service goes, the night we visited, there were only two people servicing the 4 tables. The service was slower than we would like, but it’s not a huge deal.
The décor of the restaurant is nice; the walls are hung with interesting paintings.
With that said, I feel there are other izakaya, or similarly themed restaurants, in town that offer better tasting food at a better price. I personally would not recommend this restaurant simply because of that. While I understand the owner’s intention to maintain the 4 or 5 star rating of this restaurants, as a Unilocal user, you might want to consider the validity of this restaurant’s rating since it appears this business will do whatever they can to remove sub-​standard reviews…
And I know what you’re thinking, I am just writing this review to be spiteful. However, the only reason for this review is to provide the TRUE Unilocal community about my experience with this business. And if I was to be spiteful, I would have given this second review a 1 star instead of maintaining my stand on the 2 star.
Think for yourself. Don’t be a sheep.

This review is way past due. What did I think of Inyo? After spending countless hours looking at the pictures on Unilocal we finally made it here for our last meal before the baby came.
I had made reservations via Unilocal.Thanks Unilocal!We got there and there were a bunch of tables but they were dirty and two parties waiting. They cleaned up a table and we were seated before the other two parties since we had a reservation. It looked like there were only two people working the front of the house and I’m assuming one or two people in the kitchen. In that case, service was a bit slow for a Saturday night. It took awhile for us to order but we finally did.
We just started off with the mixed oysters and I really really enjoyed it but wish I could have had more! Honestly though, the only dish that really stood out to me was the Uni udon. My obsession with Uni this pregnancy is ridiculous, but that was my favorite dish. Sure the skewers were good and the one thing I really didn’t like at all was the salty potato dish…(forgot the actual name). It was overly salty and I just couldn’t eat it. Overall, I definitely would come back for happy hour, but it not my go to place for deliciousness. Service was slow but the server was very kind.

Inyo is a modern Asian tapas restaurant. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it an Izakaya, but it did remind me of Ichiza and Kyara. Sometimes I go eat dinner and immediately after feel compelled or even obligated to like the place after spending X amount of money on dinner even if it wasn’t that great. After months of waiting to try their much-​hyped chicken wings I feel this is a must try spot in Las Vegas and thought it was money well spent.
The restaurant is small and hard to miss. The restaurant is modern and feels spacious. They could probably fit a couple of more tables in there but I liked the lay out they chose.
They have a good size menu specializing in oysters, chicken wings, seafood, quality beef, and a grill. I think the pricing was very fair.
I will say I highly recommend this place.
The staff was nice. We were served by two people: one male, one female, and both very nice/​polite although seemingly a tad timid. They had a small staff but handled the 30ish diners smoothly. We didn’t receive one of our items and it was taken off without hesitation. We received clean plates after a few rounds of sharing tapas. One of our items was also discounted as the item shrunk in the cooking process. All of these little notes really made the dinner special.
They have excellent food. They have Japanese, Korean, and Thai «tapas». The food was really good. We tried almost everything. The menu is split up with how it was prepared i.e. Roasted, cold, ect. I’d recommend the crab fried rice, the Japanese style street corn, and the chicken wings! Get all three flavors and pick your favorite– mine was the Korean.
Some other notable dishes that were good: the cold tofu, the roasted potatoes, the squid ink fried rice with uni, and the uni udon. A lot of their grilled stuff had unique glazes on them that made the meat even better. The spiny lobster, pork belly, and beef tongue really stood out.
Pricing was fair in my opinion. They had dishes as low as $ 3 and up to like $ 12 on their normal menu. One of the specials went up to $ 30. As with any tapas restaurant the bill can get high after sampling a lot.
Some advice to the restaurant is that it was a little hot in the space. That they had a full second page for drinks but didn’t do any recommending. This could be huge for them. They have a lot of creative food and drinking is a huge part to dinner. I thought the dessert selection was pretty weak too, so that could use some sprucing up. A signature dessert to leave the diner on a high note would make a world of difference.
After checking out their menu I realized that there had been some changes, so I was a little disappointed that some of the amazing dishes I looked at on their Unilocal page weren’t available.
I had a great experience at dinner the other night and can’t wait to return.

We live a mile from Inyo so a couple of days ago I decided that lunch was in order and as I work from home, I zoomed over to Inyo. They had just posted that great photo of the brussels sprouts and I was dreaming about them.
I picked up the sprouts and an order of the nifty red curry shrimp. In about ten minutes I was in paradise– flavorful does not describe this meal. My dear husband was respectfully sharing and also was impressed.
Still my favorite artistry. Go Inyo. Cannot wait to return!

The Skinny: this is a happy hour review. The food was largely hit or miss and serving sizes are small (3)service is very friendly albeit forgetful at times (3.5) value: for the price and seeing size, the good dishes are not enough to lure me back. (3).
We came in for their daily happy hour from 3−6pm. We ordered a serving each of their 3 different types of wings ($¾ wings), the shio potatoes ($ 3.95), the roasted cauliflower ($ 2.95), vegetable tempura ($ 3.95), the kara age ($ 4.95), and the Japanese street corn ($ 1.95). During happy hour, this would have cost around $ 27 total pre-​tax. This does not include the yuzu sorbets we each got with check-​in through Unilocal.
We started with the Japanese sweet corn which is only a half cobb of corn. It was pretty tasty with the togarashi and miso butter. The sweetness matched well with the saltiness of the miso and the mild hit of spice with the togarashi.
Second round, the roasted cauliflower and the shio potatoes. The shio potatoes were kind of a nouveau Asian fusion take on the baked potato except miniaturized. So you get mini Japanese potatoes, wasabi cream and green onions instead of fingerling potatoes, regular sour cream and chives. The crusted salt on the potatoes were a little too heavy for my taste as the potatoes were rather small. The wasabi cream was also rather strong as well. I didn’t feel like I needed to get this dish again. The roasted cauliflower was good — loved the color, crunch and the thai fish sauce/​chili combination. Would order this again but the serving size is again small.
Kara age was below par. It was straight up traditional style. Although seasoned well, it was certainly not crispy enough and again portion size was exceptionally meager for the price. Would pass on this dish.
Vegetable tempura was again another traditional dish which was also kind of a disappointment. Comprised of a shiso leaf, thin slice of eggplant, kabocha squash and Japanese yam, and one shishito pepper sliced in half, the batter was unevenly coated (see pics) and too heavy for the small pieces of vegetables served. Pass on this.
Now for the trio of wings — twice fried to give a good texture. The best one is by far the Korean gochugaru. My hubby, who normally eschews Korean flavored foods, also enjoyed this one the most. There was a slightly fermented bean flavor (I think… In the best possible way) mixed in with the chili which made the dish. The Japanese styled tebasaki was rather one note (mostly the pepper and sweet soy) and pedestrian. The Thai chili nam pla was the spiciest of the bunch — it okay with the fish sauce and lime but I didn’t feel like I needed to get it again.
Yuzu sorbet was very good. Loved the flavor of the yuzu and the texture was not too icy (nice and smooth). I think that was our favorite part of the meal.
Service was very friendly but overwhelmed by the full house. We didn’t get our water after sitting until the first dish came out about 15 minutes after ordering. At that point we had to remind them that we had no water. In addition, our server forgot to add the tempura down but graciously took it off our check which was very nice of him.
Overall, we usually gauge a joint’s happy hour to see if we are willing to commit to a full priced meal. After consuming $ 27 worth of food, liking maybe 3 dishes and still feeling hungry? Uh… I think I may have to pass on this one. 3 stars.

I had this place bookmarked for a while now and decided to try this place. Sunday night and place was basically empty. My first visit, and also my last.
SERVICE
Good service! Initially we were greeted by a young lady. Then we had a young man serve us the rest of the night. He was polite, professional and knowledgeable.
FOOD
Food was the reason for low rating. Upon receiving my zaru soba, I wondered if I got a kids meal. Or was it a sample? I know tapas are small dishes but portion was ridiculously small considering the price.
Enough about the portion, I ordered based on what my friendly server recommended. He said their chicken wings are top-​seller. I got to try their Thai style one which had more kick to it from the lemongrass and herb, and also their Japanese style one which was made with sweet ginger soy. I personally enjoyed their Japanese style chicken wings.
In addition, I enjoyed their squid ink fried rice. It came with sea urchin and had a nice flavor to it. It does look a little intimidating though… looked like a burnt rice but trust me. It’s the squid ink, and it is really flavorful.
Their salt and pepper prawns and crab fried rice were mediocre at best. Nothing special about them.
CONCLUSION
$ 60 of food and left here hungry. I won’t be back.