Jack "Daddy" T.'s Profile

"Meh. I've experienced better."

The dafulat for 2 stars sums it up for me.

Bought take out for Roast Duck on rice and it was 'meh'.

Also, this place is expensive for what it is.

This place is friendly and cool -- plus the food stacks up!

I have my choice of Korean restaurants here in the South Bay and this is one of my favs.

Nuff' said

This place is the perfect, non-pretentious, neighborhood French Restaurant.

Great service, tasty food and great atmosphere.

Got a date? This is it.

Went here during brunch time on Saturday and got some excellent stuff with great service.

We got an Egg Benedict and a crab cake with hollandaise sauce breakfast plate with grits.

OMG.

I would come back in a heartbeat.

WOW - ALERT!

This place just provided me a WTF experience and you should avoid this place after hearing my story because the management is a jerk.

Story:
My girlfriend and arrive at this place the day before Thanksgiving. My girlfriend has been going here off and on for awhile with her family and bring new people here.

It's a mom and pop store that's tiny but they serve fresh stuff. I love dumplings and I have always been happy to come to this place.

So we start ordering and realize they have nothing available. We order some of the dumplings but we want other stuff too because eating just dumplings is repetitive. We are nice, understanding and so is our waitress even though we are not speaking her native tongue.

So since they rejected all our choices, we go with just a fried dumpling dish. Trust me, it's hard to sit and order things that they don't  have.

We look at the menu again (as it is sitting on a table nearby) and just feel out other options. We're not angry or acting like jerks. We ask the waitress if they have another few items and he says they don't.

We get the dumplings and they are good but we decide to order another order of it since nothing else is available.

Manager dude flips on us and acts like we just insulted him when all we did was just make another order. I think he did the math on our check already so he is pissed... anyway, we split because we didn't like his atitude but he went off for no reason!

So my advice is this:

This joint has decent food but the manager is a jerk. Avoid this place to avoid his drama.

Don't support JERKS.

I moved to Japan Town in 2007. My first reaction to living there was -- where's the coffee joint?

Luckily, Roy's opened soon after that in 2007. The place has good coffee... they change their roaster from time to time which is nice. I often order some of the coffee drinks in the winter, which are marvelous. My favorite of which is the Conan O'brien hot coca drink. I do agree with some that the iced coffee is a bit generic.

The people working there are super nice and it is a family owned business. Don't do graffiti, act creepy or pollute and you'll be welcomed.

Note: Check in 3 times on Foursquare and get a free pastry on days ending with 5 in the month... or something like that.

Here's the deal:

The gym itself -- weights, pools, saunas, basketball court, equipment are what makes this place good.

However -- the ambivalent staff, bad parking, crowded peak hours and lack of towels makes the place "meh" and why I quit today after more than a year here.

Good:

1. Gym itself

Bad:

1. Parking during weekday peak hours
2. Terrible towel service at times (this place has water activities!)
3. Ambivalent staff*

I came during a time where they had no towels. I'm doing physical therapy for my back in the whirlpool and I have only so much time so I have to do it today. Came out and was looking for a staff person help me get a towel since I came when there weren't any. Staff is not around until I have to put on dry clothes while wet to get a towel. Top it off - still NO towels. So I gotta go home without drying off.

The ladies working the shift during this time frame were really ambivalent. No apologies, no smile and even made a weird remark that us customers were stealing the towels.

So I'm taking my business elsewhere.

2 points that my friend described to me about this place:

1. It's good
2. It's "culty"

My initial reaction was WTF obviously. When you get there, yo u totally get it though. Decor and reference material for their causes and stuff appear culty but at the end of the day this was super tasty and really interesting. Nice people as well.

The prices are not mid-range. It can add up if you buy drinks and what not. If you really wanted, you can keep it $10 per person as well.

Check this place out!

This place is great. Great service, great food. For what I am getting food and atmosphere-wise... I think the pricing is appropriate.

I liked this place! Food was tasty and service was good. So how come I didn't give a better rating?

1. They don't pick up the phone. Kind of sucks when every other restaurant is personable with you for reservations and questions.

2. I left my credit card there and they told me to come for it and I waited at the desk for a few minutes. The guy welcoming people asked me to let him "seat his guests first". Not a big deal, I let them do it. After all, I left my card there, it's my fault. I do want to note that I am a customer who recently spent decent $$$ there just the other night versus somebody who had spent nothing. I'd prefer they handled us in order.

So that's it. I'm 50/50 on going back because of #2. Be nice to me if you want me to be your loyal customer.