Best Japanese Restaurants in Hillside

Our group of four went to the restaurant for the first time last night (friday night). It was a really great experience. The food and drinks were great and the service was even better. The menu is small plates and a bit pricey but we really enjoyed most everything we tried. We did not try any of the raw bar items (we dined with someone that could not eat raw fish, however I would like to go back and try it out. The only dish that missed the mark was the halibut (fish was dry and served over a dry "birds nest" which didn't help the situation - maybe some sauce wouldn've helped). Overall, great experience and we will be back.

Quality of the food was excellent. Sampled Beef Tatake, Wagyu Dumplings, Toro Tartare,Seared Scallops, Crispy Squid and edamame for small plates…. All were quality but lack distinctive or interesting flavors… very bland. Not what I expect at this price point. For main plates we had Wagyu Filet and toro, sake and hamachi sashimi with a spicy hamachi roll. Steak was tender and cooked to temp perfectly but was rather unimaginative as was the hamachi roll. Sashimi was perfect. Will go back again as the service was great as was the quality of the food. Hoping they will push the edge on new and different tastes. Solid 8/10. -1 for bland -1 for value TIL next time!

Was celebrating my wife”s birthday . The chef prepared an excellent dinner for us both.

I have heard great things about Momotaro, food was good, front door was very nice, very clean bathrooms, nice ambiance and our server Cody was great.

We had the seasonal and the akahoshi miso and both were delicious! Will definitely be back.