Went to Morimoto with my team to celebrate valenti...

Went to Morimoto with my team to celebrate valentines day (nothing more romantic than spending valentines day with your team in a different city). I made reservations for 6 people as that was all they had available, and got the standard calls to confirm my reservation.

We got to Morimoto about 5 min late for our reservation (our party was trickling in one at a time). The place has convenient valet parking, and a very modern architecture. The main dining room is on the first floor, with a pretty cool bar area on the 2nd floor and private dining / bathrooms in the basement.

We sat at the bar waiting for our table to become open as well as to get some drinks. The waiter up there was very friendly and kept checking on our table, but he wasn't having much luck. The excuse the hostess gave us was that we went from 6 people to 7, so it will take longer to get the table ready. I glanced at the main dining area, and I realized that this was a blatant lie - they only have a limited variety of tables, and all the tables that seat 6 people were taken even though our reservation time were a full hour before. To make matters worse, when we were sat down, we were told it will be a crowded table (and they gave us a standard 6 seater table and squeezed 4 people on one side). So we spent an hour and a half at the bar upstairs drinking and waiting for a table to open - we were pretty much the last people to leave the restaurant that night.

If the food was amazing, it might have made up for the service, but the food was only mediocre (the waitstaff were definitely friendly and helpful).

Edamame - Good, but hard to screw up
Rock shrimp tempura - almost like popcorn shrimp but tempura style. Not bad
Seasonal mushrooms - Decent, but nothing to write home about
Pork Kakuni - Delicious, best appetizer by far
Yosedofu - bland, and the sauces didn't do much for me either
Ramen - delicious, a little salty but holds its own to most ramen shops

I got the wagyu ishi yaki bop. The flavor was great, but the meat was really chewy. I expected much better for a $40 meat and rice dish

Will say the Sake we got was great. Very nice sake menu