Chris Kayser

Review of Okura Sushi Bar and Robata Gri...

Tried the new location yesterday for HH. Very nic...

Tried the new location yesterday for HH. Very nice renovations. Were seated in the Buddha room...Told it was the first time the room was used, due to the high winds outside causing the patio to be closed. Had a very nice waiter. However, maybe because the room had not been used previously, there was no soy sauce on the tables. Oddly, someone else brought in an entire tray of soy sauce, and left it in the corner of the room - had to get it ourselves.
The room is nice, but as people started sitting, the volume in the room got louder and louder, to the point, we could not hear each other speak, and ended up nearly shouting to communicate - unfortunately, that is precisely what everyone else in the room had to do as well, so it became almost deafening. Food was good, except for the Gyoza, which was massively over-salted, to the point, that part of the meal stayed with us throughout the rest of the night.
As we were leaving, we noted that the bar area was also insanely loud, as was the main seating area. This is a beautiful restaurant, that failed to consider putting in some noise-cancelling features.
Would like to go back, as we had frequented the old location across the way numerous times in the past, but just too loud, and can't go through that when trying to have a pleasant conversation.