Maguro to shari (まぐろとシャリ)
⭐⭐⭐
Kaisendon / 📍 Shibuya
📓 Visits: 2 (2021-2022)
Following Kimura Don in July (review here) and Saegen in September, Maguro to shari is the third premium kaisendon
restaurant to open in 2021. The restaurant is 'overseen' by Hakkoku's Hiroyuki Sato (review here).
This is one of the smallest restaurants I've ever been in. All seating is at a 7-seat counter and while there's enough space on your left and right there's very little behind you. If you're obese you will not be able to dine here as you will not be able to squeeze past the other diners.
The only real decision you need to make in terms of the food is what size of kaisendon you would like as there is only one type on offer. Since 16th April 2022 there are surcharges on weekends and holidays. The first table below shows the pricing and sizing of the main items and the second that of the toppings.
The chu is the best value. Takuan, gari and goma are freely available at the counter. To order and pay you have to navigate a touch-screen machine. Select the language button and you'll be disappointed as only Japanese is available but it's not difficult to work out and if you're really stuck the staff can probably help you out.
On my first visit I arrived at 16:30 on the first Saturday after opening and there was a 10 minute wait to be seated and less than five minute wait for the food. At Hakkoku, Sato-san only uses akazu or red vinegar to season his rice and it's the same story here. Relatively speaking, the seasoning is very sour but that is to my taste. As for the maguro, I feel like there was much less fatty tuna in my bowl than in the bowls on pictured on their website and it was much more rustically cut.
On my second visit during the 2022 Golden Week holiday I was the only diner. The tuna was cut more neatly but quite thinly. There were probably six pieces of akami, two chutoro and one otoro.
The quality of the tuna was very good, excellent at this price. I enquired about its origin and the staff said it was from the Atlantic. The tuna had been seasoned with soy and, for me, was a little salty. Miso soup was poor.
If you want a full meal you'll need something larger than the chu
because it's not really enough and you'll probably want to add some
toppings as well because it gets a bit monotone.
1,500 yen is very good value. Much better value than Kimura Don, though having been lucky enough to catch the (now ended) pop-up at Niku 9 Yoyogi I don't expect to see that kind of value ever again.
A Roppongi branch opened in February 2021, didn't last longer than a month but found a new location in 2022.
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❓ My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ 3.9
📱 Booking: No bookings.
📍 Location:
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📅 Visit May 2022
Chu
💴 Damage: 1,650 (cash or QR code only)
⏱️ Time taken: 15m
📅 Visit October 2021
Chu
💴 Damage: 1,500 (cash or QR code only)
⏱️ Time taken: 25m
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