Yataii

Wow. Great food. Perhaps the best Japanese food in Bangalore. Wonderful ambiance and service. Obliging staff. Reasonable prices. Definitely recommend. An update : Yataii has a fantastic new Chef from Japan. Yoshinori Mizutani San, Samurai Chef extraordinaire, who has infused a new sparkle to the fabulous menu through his presentation. Must try - chicken gyōzas, shitake mushrooms, spicy tuna Maki, tuna Hamachi carpaccio (italian Japanese fusion), cream cheese and asparagus Maki, miso black cod, seaweed (Wakame) salad and the veg pancake. Without a doubt, one of India's finest and world class Japanese restaurants. Thank you to chef and Sharda for making our experience memorable.

A posh Japanese restaurant in the magnificent Shangri-La hotel . Besides the exotic view of the city from 18 th floor the restaurant offers some mouth watering japanese dishes. Our maitre ' de Vijay , was very hospitable and helped me through the selection of various dishes ( me being new to the cuisine). He not only explained the various dishes but also helped choose the best.He also suggested few modifications based on personal taste, which made dishes more delicious . I had ordered vegetarian ume and my husband ordered non veg matsu. Ume and Matsu are basically 7 course meals including appetizer , salad , main course , soup , dessert etc. Portion size is also good to accommodate all 7 courses , flavours bang on japanese . Veg appetizer was picked cucumber and radish , lady's fingers in soy , one mixed veg croquette , salad was a a mix of greens with pickled cucumber, carrot , radish in a seaweed tampura crunchy base , absolutely mouth watering. I also had veg dumplings , spicy noodles , and tofu in the following meals . Dessert was a super silky absolutely lip smacking panna cota with tempura ice cream. We ordered on cocktail Gari shu - pickled ginger and pomegranate beautifully muddled in a exquisite drink. Sake - Senjyu Kyubota Sake bottle which was really good but more pleasing to people with those taste flavours , my husband liked it a lot , I thought it was different .;) They also have an elaborate bar with drinks from all around the world . On the cons side , it's fine dining , in Shangri-La , be ready to shed some extra bucks for this. A must try for an authentic Japanese cuisine and flavours.

i had a good experience here for my wife’s bday. place was pretty quiet when we got there friday at 830 but they knew my reservation from ez diner (i like making a booking without talking to anyone) and the last minute note i jotted down saying wife bday. so they even gave us a cake which was cool. please do get the sushi platter; my wife is veg, i’m a carnivore and they hooked it up and even gave us some extra veggie stuff without compromising on the non veg. (i didn’t want the platter if he was going to reduce the seafood). not cheap but not small quantity either so it’s pretty good if you want proper sushi. manager was also nice. the pork i had (the slow roasted) was nice but i should have ordered the pork belly instead. crispy avaocado roll was amazing and best i’ve had in bangalore, so soft and creamy. the noodles we get were okay tho probably should have opted for the ramen instead. highlight was def the platter tho 😻😍

Very nice and stylish place. The service is excellent only topped by the food. I had one of there 7 course menus to try as many things as possible and was not disappointed. Everything tasted great to perfect, even the things I was sceptical about at first. You also have a nice view over parts of Bangalore if you sit on the window side because we are at the 18th floor of the Shangri-la Hotel. For me a clear 5 out of 5.

This place was amazing asf. The view from the skylounge on the 18th floor, the sake served in cauviars and small sake cups and light Japanese music playing in the background gives you the vibes of a authentic izakaya. The food is amazing although a bit on the pricier side which is to be expected from this kinda place. And they have a very good collection of drinks including several types of sake.