05/10/09

EN Has Gone Down Hill

by HighLo

I have frequented this restaurant before and have found

that the qualities that once made this restaurant superior

are now lost. En's specialty is Tofu and they were out

of two of the favorite tofu dishes. The waiter tried

to have me order a Tofu dish that I did not want without

telling me that the two dishes I did want were not available.

I should have walked out. This waiter was brash

making fun of my mother with another waiter laughing

out loud in Japanese because she didn't like the dish

she had ordered. I ordered a dashi crab soup that was full of salt and a fishless piece of crab. I gave it to my husband because it was awful. I ordered the Perch which was fishy with a cheap sweat sauce that I hardly touched, The waiter brought out a salad that wasn't ordered thinking this too was funny until I called over the Manager saying this meal and the waiter were unacceptable. For the price this meal was bad news. The only thing redeeming about this experience was the promise never to go back.

10/03/08

great place

by melnishimura

My favorite restaurant in the city. It is expensive but it has great ambiance, beautiful dishes and everything tastes wonderful.

• Pros: best japanese in the city!
• Cons: pricey

07/08/08

AMAZING RESTAURANT

by irashaimase

This place is beautiful. I travel a lot, I look at a lot of architecture and if I ever made a restaurant I would rip off EN from floor to ceiling. May be not completely, but I would definitely take my liberties. To me dining is more than just eating it encompasses the entire experience, I think that's why it's such a popular experience for dating, and this place is totally perfect for a beautiful experience.

I had the amazing kaiseki menu which was a perfect 8 courses, it kind of shocked me to see the pacing which is based on the way in which food is prepared as apposed to our western tradition of what it is we are preparing.

In addition the tofu here is amazing. I can't believe how good it is. I don't even think they should call it tofu or may be the commercial tofu shouldn't be called tofu. I was talking to my server about it, who happened to be really well informed about tofu. He told me that the tofu made fresh is like a totally different animal to the tofu that's made in a store because there are no additives, fresh tofu only lasts for a couple days and really only has that amazing custard consistency for the first few hours.

• Pros: delicious, beautiful, rare gem, can't wait to tell you about it afterwards