Downtown, San Francisco
Neighborhood: Nob Hill
323 Grant Avenue
(between Harlan Pl & Sutter St)
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 781-6730
Menu: here
$13.50 deluxe chirashi set and tenzaru soba set. |
The entrance. |
My friend Albert and I went there for lunch at 2:30pm in downtown and we settled at Mikaku. I am really impressed by how they displayed a big chalkboard at the entrance and in the wall inside the restaurant about all their chef specials. Salt duck and grilled fish are among their recommendations. We are among the last batch of customers for the lunch shift so we are quickly prompted for seats.
The tea at Mikaku is really good! I feel welcomed by that big steamy cup of rice tea.
And we ended up ordering the $13.50 deluxe chirashi set, and a tenzaru soba set. The deluxe chirashi is a big yes for me. The Chirashi hass sashimi on top of sushi rice with red snapper, squid, maguro, hamachi, maguro, tamago, salmon and saba. Really good!
The ten-zaru soba set: good soba, tempura is pretty good.
Not too pricy, well worth it. The sashimi fish are really fresh and the presentation is also impressive. And the chef is Japanese. Staffs are very friendly
I have heard that the first 10 lunch customers get free california roll. And every lunch set comes with a cold mungbean noodle salad.
A good picture gallery of all the decors in the restaurant. Here.
Good: The sashimi fish are really fresh. You must try it! Also the tea. And the tempura.
Bad: Nothing much. Maybe the decoration needs a bit of renewal.
Conclusion: Very impressive. Very attentive to detail and at this price it is a bargain!
Verdict: Close to A. so A-.
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