- 整體 3
- 食物 3
- 服務 5
- 氛 圍 4
Hit and miss tasting menu at casita in the Celestine hotel. Good dishes were excellent — notably the pasta with sea urchin and the wagyu tenderloin — but the menu was too inconsistent to truly merit the price or a recommendation from me. If you go I suggest a la carte. The service was incredibly good, and location and ambience were excellent, but the tomato snow crab amuse bouche was flavourless. The cod and potato croquette amuse in bird nest pastry was interesting and tasty. The octopus crudo had little flavour and was rubbery and possibly should have been sourced better or sliced thinner -- though sliced thinner than tako so I can't fully say, the flounder crudo had little flavour, and the yellowtail crudo with citrus was outstanding — a rollercoaster on a single plate. The salt cured snapper was tasty but not special and there were issues with the skin separating from the meat. It was plated very nicely as was all the food. Also the drinks were fine but not great — limited and middling selection of wine by the glass and the gin basil smash had so much basil pulp it was hard to drink, but it was flavourful . Had I paid half what I paid I would have been fine with it — and yes I know this is Tokyo and things are expensive here, but, a week earlier, we paid twice this for a meal and I was over the moon for it. Seems like most of the ingredients for a great restaurant are here if they can just get the food right!