"As a past loyal customer, I felt the need to revise my review from 5 years ago from 5 stars to 3. The new ownership greatly reduced the menu selection. We had been reading about the changes online but wanted to see it for ourselves. We were happy to see that they retained most of the old staff. However, to our great disappointment, our past traditional favorites (and what used to set this restaurant apart from others are gone (e.g., soba noodles, sukiyaki, dinner sets, bento boxes, hamachi kama, coffee jelly, etc. . While we were encouraged that they now put katsu curry on the regular menu (it was only available on Fridays and sometimes sold out by dinner time , the curry sauce itself does not have the same beef and veggie ingredients as before; the tempura dipping sauce is a bit too salty; the spicy tuna roll was noticeably smaller than before (but cost the same . I wish the new owner did more research about why this restaurant stayed open for decades and had so many loyal customers. Now it just feels like any other Japanese restaurant around the Chicago area. Good thing we still have Kuni’s in Evanston (for sushi and Akai Hana in Wilmette (traditional home style dishes , which is where we will frequent now instead of Renga Tei, unless they bring back some of our old favorites."