Phone: +12037988128
Address: 25 Grassy Plain St, 06801, Bethel, United States
City: Bethel
Menu Dishes: 35
Reviews: 1460
Website: http://www.houseofyoshida.com/
"Take this with grain salt. I have high expectations for this place being at the chef/ owner is Japanese. The places is busy and popular, but there’s not a lot of options in the area so that’s not telling of the quality or lack there of. I think would normally give this place three out of five but two issues forced it down to a 1. First off I was served Uni that clearly had gone bad. We’re not talking about older Uni that starts to kind of melt. Uni is extremely delicate and as it ages the cell structures breaks down and it kinda melts. It loses some of its texture, but overall the unique but wonderful taste is still there. I’ve had only like this many times and not as good as super fresh, but I still enjoy it as the flavor is still there in the creaminess. That is not what happened here. I was served Uni that was clearly rotten. It made me gag. I love Uni. It’s actually my favorite sushi flavor. The creamy ocean flavor is unlike anything else. But what was served was not poor quality it was horrible unsafe quality!!!! I complained to the manager and she said she’d take it off the check. Other issue was the pork belly dish it wasn’t really pork belly. It seemed to be bacon, drowned, and sauce. I was expecting more like a chashu pork belly. And that’s fine you can use thinly sliced pork belly, but this I’m pretty sure it was actually bacon. And that has two issues one it’s overly salty because bacon already a salted product and two when is thinly sliced like that. You have to be careful with the sauce otherwise the piece becomes over marinated and a taste like beef jerky. Other gripes are subjective. The grilled squid was sitting in a pool of liquid, which means it becomes soggy and diluted. The karaage chicken was not Karaage chicken, but just typical American chicken tender strip. Karaage is always dark meet thigh meat and the batter base is potato starch. The chicken strips were fine, but it’s something I would get it American bar food restaurant. Maybe this place is just tired or maybe they have conformed to their local clientele. But if you’re looking for authentic flavors and high-quality Japanese food, this is not the place. I have no issues with the waitress or the hostess. They took her orders and had the food out in a timely manner and we’re polite and attentive."
All prices are estimates on menu.