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Koto Japanese Steakhouse

Koto Japanese Steakhouse

527 Long Hill Rd Groton, CT 06340, United States

Cafés • Sushi • Steak • Japanese


"Koto Steakhouse was typically noisy, if not excessively, but that 's far from the worse. We were a party of four adults, seated with two additional parties, a couple and another party of three. We ordered and shortly we were served the routine fare of soup salad. The soup had a couple extremely thin mushroom slices and maybe three or four tidbits of, I guess vegetable items. The taste was pathetic, the salad mix was good, but the standard ginger dressing was unacceptable. The cook was talented with utensils and earned applause; until he served his offerings. After the short show, he set two of the routine dipping cups, for each patron and without asking, he proceeded to fill them. The couple were first and someone asked what he was putting in the cup. Honey mustard , he replied; when asked for White Sauce , he said they do not have it. He proceeded to fill my cup with Honey mustard, before I could stop him. When told that I don 't want H M sauce, he placed that cup on top of another cup next to me (another grandson); I told him he didn 't want H M sauce either, that went ignored. Next came a poor excuse for Ginger Sauce, which I normally enjoy, not here; it went untouched. As for the meals, at least two of us ordered steak med rare; it was served med well and was assuredly not tender. I 'm from out of town, but I cannot recommend the Koto Steakhouse. It falls far short of many Japanese Steakhouses I 've enjoyed. This negative review is rare for me, I have a wide tolerance for things acceptable and I 've declined to review for routine or mundane food or service. Above average and Outstanding food and/or service will always get a deserved review. Safe travels"

Fairmont Banff Springs

Fairmont Banff Springs

405 Spray Avenue Banff, AB T1L1J4, T2M3X5, Calgary, United States

Swiss • Sushi • German • Japanese


"My daughter made a reservation for father's day brunch and was advised that it is basically the same brunch as in the main hotel. Well, what a surprise, it was way short of what she was told. When we arrived we ordered coffee and orange juice, the coffee was barely warm and the orange juice turned out to be apple juice. The waitress told us it all looked the same, granted the apple juice was darker than the clear apple juice. The coffee refill was only lukewarm, not hot. At the third refill, I requested hot coffee and finally got it. The selection of food was very minimal, one type of egg dish, scrambled, only, the bacon was paper thin, as was the few pieces of ham. The pan fried potatoes were nearly cold, but the brisket beef was very good but not hot. It was cut as you go to very thin strips, good thing the knife was sharp. The small sausages were actually good, but not hot enough. The salad green dish was empty and the sauce for the cauliflower/broccoli veggies did not have a serving spoon so you had to dump the sauce out of the dish.The dessert table had a small variety of offers. Overall, I can't see how a supposedly high class hotel restaurant can serve that is not properly temperature controlled, it is dangerous. And finally, for the price of $44.00, it was not worth even half that.Since we are local, we have gone to the main dining room buffet numerous times, the food has always bee very good but pricey. I will not be recommending anyone to the golf course restaurant from now on, it was a real disappointment! ."