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The guy wants us foreigners to understand what he is doing and what he is serving SO much and is so patient and kind in his explanations. He learned English just to make sure we knew what he was doing. It was easily the best sushi of our lives. While I have not been to Jiro Ginza, if there's better sushi than Takashi's, I don't want it. This was astonishing. It ruined a lot of other sushi for me. He is better at packing rice than anyone I have ever seen -- a master of holding rice together but packed loosely. His two staffers are his sons and he chews them out on occasion, but who cares! He will give you the greatest sushi experience of your entire life. It will carry with you forever. This meal was everything I had wanted it to be after ten years. Jiro doesn't serve sushi any more. Let the Japanese have Ginza. Foreigners should go to Takashi and enjoy the best meal of their lives. If I had to pick a single thing to nitpick, it would be this: o-toro is served here as a supplement. I wish I had known that before the meal so that I could have had it served in sequence with the toro and chu-toro. My father and I were astonished by this meal. Takashi works to help you appreciate his standards without lowering his standards. This meal was absolutely glorious. Unless you have already eaten here, you would be wrong not to eat here. Also, service was absolutely outstanding.

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We failed to book the ginza restaurant so we booked this to partially satisfy our bucket list. The chef was surprisingly friendly (despite some negative comments I’ve seen). He spoke fluent English to explain the dishes. He could even speak perfect mandarin, as he explained he learnt it from a friend. Overall we enjoyed the meal, despite we are not used to the Edomae sushi rice style (a bit sour for us, which sort of overshadowed the freshness of the fish) I had a sashimi and sushi set and I love the sashimi. They were absolutely fresh (can’t get that elsewhere). Overall I still highly recommend visitors to book this place!

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I have always wanted to experience Sushi Jiro ever since I watched the documentary. After reading all the reviews, I find it strange that the reviews were extremes, either horrible and excellent, never moderate. Sushi Jiro is old school no frills sushi. No appetizer, No cooked dish, No dessert, No beautiful sake cups and sake wares to choose, No flower arrangements, No Hinoki tables, No beautiful kimono waitress, No beautiful homeware to admire, and lastly no nonsense. If was a Friday night and there were only 4 diners for the 730 seating.- an old lady and us 3 foreigners, which was a pleasant surprise since its a Michelin 2 star restaurant. That said, we had the FULL attention of the chef staring at us, sometimes smiling and explaining every single piece of sushi, how its made, what made it special and why he serves it in his halting English and mandarin which is very admirable for a chef who is always learning to communicate with his customers. We had the sashimi and 18 piece sushi set which nearly burst our stomachs. Before the meal I had already warned the rest about the reviews and the rules of the engagement- no sharing, no asking the chef to go slow, no separating the fish from the rice... etc Yes the meal is stressful because we do not want things to go horribly wrong that would piss off the chef and call us names which we do not understand. What I think is that as long as you understand the rules of engagement in dining at Sushi Jiro, everything will be fine. Do not go in with "the customer is always right" attitude and you will be served excellent sushi, the best I have ever tasted. (although my wife lamented that the rice is more vinegared than other sushiyas she has visited) The restaurant is manned by the chef and his 2 apprentice sons. All the bad reviews of him scolding his staff made me wonder if its warranted. After all it's the sons' responsibility to ensure that standards are kept when its time to takeover. Would I come back again? NO. Would I miss the chance to eat it after reading the reviews? NO. it's a bucket list thing for me and I would not miss it for the world. Been there, done that.

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Horrible services and very arrogant chef. Dining experience was horrible. There are a lot of other good sushi restaurants that are more value and much enjoyable dining experience.

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