A lot of people are fond or Shiraishi. They tend to be those on large expense accounts or sometimes obnoxious, loud, wealthy foreigners, the kind that tries to compete with each other at the sushi bar over who can order more expensive food. I frankly don't see what the hoo haa is all about at this place.

I go to a Japanese restaurant primarily for sashimi. Armed with an expense account (otherwise I would never some here), I ordered a variety of sashimi sitting at the sushi bar. People say the sashimi is here is very fresh. It may be very fresh but it is also very small and thin. Maybe its the chef's style, but its certainly not worth the money, and it certainly was not the freshest I have had in Singapore. Akashi at Tanglin Shopping Centre and Matsuo at Goldhill Plaza are much better, and certainly much better value, especially Akashi.

Like the previous reviewer, I was exceptionally put off by they charging me the "amuse bouche" which I did not order. Mine was 5 bucks. I complained when the bill came. Its such a bad practice to do this. They probably get away with it most of the time due to the type of people who go there (see above). Even though I was on expense account its the principle behind it that matters for me, and hence I had to complain.

Now, the head chef is a great guy and his staff are excellent. So no faults there. The issue is value for money - you really feel like you have been stiffed after leaving this place. Except that is, if you got a high proving to the guy next to you that you could order something more expensive than his. And we all know there is a lot of this going on in present day Singapore