Gordon Phillips

Review of CHOTTO MATTE SOHO

Loved the cocktails and the food. Artfully compet...

Loved the cocktails and the food. Artfully competent cocktails provided a balanced taste spectrum and imaginative presentation. Favorites - Moshi #3 and Pisco Pornstar. We followed those with one of the tasting menus and were delighted time and again with the presentation and combination of flavors and textures. The menu features Nikkei cuisine - a fusion of Japanese and Peruvian cultures. Favorites included the beef tataki and the black cod. Added benefit was the Halloween date - all staff and many guests were in costume, adding a wonderfully bizarre twist to the experience. Deducted one star because the service was rather rude at the end in order to turn the table over. It wasn't necessary and we weren't lingering. They started to push before we were even presented with the dessert from our tasting menu. Bad form.