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Not Fine Vegan
There were about ten courses on the tasting fine dining menu. We were looking forward to seeing how good vegan cooking could get. Unfortunately, if this as good as it gets, we will never join the ranks of veganhood. For the most part the cooking was bland. The food was largely brown with no attention given to color or even flavor. The dishes were nicely presented but disappointing once you bit into them. Service was fine, though it was hard to understand what was being said. The servers rushed through the ingredients with their heavy Japanese accents. A slower, more thoughtful and caring presentation would have been in order. We paid about $200 per person with tax and tip. This included wine.
Be the first to ReplySurprisingly Good
Kajitsu may be a vegetarian's/vegan's delight, but even those without dietary restrictions can appreciate the variety of dishes in their pre-fixe courses. Service is impeccable, the omakase is surprisingly filling, and the overall experience was solid.
Be the first to ReplyTasteless. Avoid
We visited Kajitsu encouraged by number of enthusiastic reviews and Michelin recommendation. How disappointing it was. The ten-course menu is a repeated combination of bamboo shoots and asparagus. The served food either had no taste at all or rather an unpleasant one. In result I could not get through most of the courses. The main course deserves special attention: it was a mixture of steamed rice and bamboo and lacked both flavor and presentation. It could be only compared to the rice pulp sometimes recommended to stomach patients. As we happily approached the third course we started laughing at our own vanity, snobbery, and tendency to trust reviews blindly. We had hoped that maybe the desert section will change the course of these unfortunate events. Our hopes were blown away once we were served with something that looked like marinated plum and tasted like a reduction of the secondrate vinegar. Even matcha did not taste anything like in Japan. The staff is polite, but rather distant, which is understandable in a Japanese restaurant. Nevertheless, I could not help but wonder whether they are comfortable with pricey food they are serving there. Do not use the restroom. The smell is not encouraging. Of course, there were also some unquestionable benefits of this evening: it has been a long time since we had such a laugh at dinner. Besides the next day I felt quite featherlight and I did not feel like eating at all.
Be the first to ReplyDish after exquisite dish
Kajitsu is an omakase kaiseki-style restaurant. The menu changes regularly, though there is only one menu at a time. It is enough. The food is vegan, and the dishes are on the smaller side, but there are many courses, and they are delicious. Imagine course after course of the most delicate, delicious, exquisitely prepared dishes…getting full but you can’t say no. I also got the sake pairing, which added to the flavor tsunami. The best meal we’ve had in years. Highly recommended.
Be the first to ReplyExcellent meat-free experience
Unbelievable how rich in flavors and tasty vegetarian food can be! Best food I ever had in a restaurant. Absolutely great service and very nice location, fantastic experience! Highly recommended!
Be the first to ReplyVeganlicious
Heaven!! I didn’t want this experience to end. This tasting menu was one of the best I’ve ever had. It was so amazing !!! One dish after another was magical . The tea ending the meal made me want to study the art of making one correctly .
Be the first to ReplyHilarious parody
The worst food I have ever eaten. I would not eat it if it were free, so you can imagine how painful it must’ve been to be charged $450 for the “pleasure” of dining here.
Let’s start with the drinks. The cocktails had no sugar whatsoever in them. I don’t like sugar but this was extreme even by my standards.
The waiter then brought out a basket containing 2 corn cobs, 4 tomatoes and 8 figs. They said the produce was local and this would be our dinner tonight. And it was. Literally.
The first few dishes were variations of plain boiled rice with fried bits of corn and broth, LOTS of broth served chilled or hot. Rationale here must’ve been to bloat your stomach to prepare you for the insubstantial “main” dishes that followed.
The main consisted of tiny pieces of boiled vegetables with no seasoning arranged beautifully on some green leaves. Some of it was truly inedible, like the raw bitter melon.
I forgot to mention the tomato which has glowing reviews in the New York Times. I thought it was a palate cleanser as it came out looking like sorbet and was served with a spoon. It was a cold, whole peeled tomato like the ones you can get in a can. It tasted like water. You can maybe get away with this dish in Italy where the produce is amazing but a tomato from New York? No flavour and it was probably contaminated with New York garbage fumes!
By the time the “star” dish came out my friends and I were laughing uncontrollably. It was soba served in cold water and a mountain of grated radish with slices of lemon floating on top. Like the lemon water you would use to rinse off your hands at a spa. We just laughed and laughed at how we ended up here. Lured by the Michelin star rating, maybe we deserved it for being rich and obnoxious. This experience was a powerful reminder to not blindly follow the critics.
The dessert was a blob of red bean paste which was so sweet, the complete opposite of the drinks, accompanied by a plain communion type wafer. Totally unsatisfying.
I am so confused by the positive reviews. The only explanation I can think of is that other patrons were served in a different space time dimension.
In summary:
Food - 1/5
Service - 3/5 English was not good and hard to understand 80 percent of what was being said but in the end it didn’t matter as you were either eating boiled or fried corn
Ambience - 2/5 clean
The Michelin star mystery...
We’ve had a truly disappointing experience at Kajitsu, and I regret to have chosen this restaurant for my fiancé’s birthday celebration. Most of the courses paired with the sake were insipid, but the main course was literally inedible. Considering there are so many excellent plant-based restaurants in New York, I highly recommend to go elsewhere.
Be the first to ReplyMediocre, for guests with no authentic Japanese experience
Food - presentation was ok (not exactly what I would described as IG-able) but the taste was bland (not fresh kind of bland but bland bland) and average. Very overpriced for what it was.
Service - the staff tried to be "professional" and "friendly" in a Japanese kind of way but they actually came across to me as robotic, not-genuine and probably over-worked from repeating the same lines to every table every day. When I said they were not genuine, I meant they were courtesy in that sense that while they were polite (i.e. Japanese service in form), they did not care much about the guests (i.e. lacking the spirit of Japanese services). For example, I sat there for 25 mins with my glass of water empty (we also ordered sake which we topped up ourselves). Requested for more water, the waiter replied ok and left. Seated for another 15 mins, requested for more water. Waited for another 10 before they filled out glasses. We paid 15%, which I thought was more than sufficient for that level of service but they had the audacity to came after us to say that the recommended tipping would be 18-20%. We didn't mind paying more if the service was good but this was abhorring for a restaurant charging what they are charging. This place feels like a poor imitation of some vegetarian places in Kyoto. I am a vegetarian and there are so many better places in NYC.
What an experience
A totally amazing cultural and culinary experience presented beautifully by knowledgeable and charming staff. Completly plans based too!
Be the first to ReplySurprised by the reviews
I'm sort of shocked and feel like I am being gaslit with these positive review of Kajitsu. I am also surprised by its Michelin star. It is a beautiful space and has a great aesthetic. In theory the food looks great but it deeply mediocre. We found it to be bland and possibly tasteless.
Be the first to ReplyVegetarian Kaiseki - A blissful journey for your soul.
One of the very few places that offer Buddhist Vegetarian Kaiseki. Every time I am in NYC this is one of my first stops. The menu changes monthly, based on what is in season for the month. Before your meal begins they bring a basket to show what is being prepared for your meal. I recommend sitting at the bar so you can watch them prepare your dish. It is pure artistry in food. They have options for the level of Kaiseki, I recommend going for the higher level just so you can get the additional specials. The additional meal I had included Truffle shavings over Rice Cakes, and a special New Year good luck sushi, which included a "performance" for both of those additions. It is traditional kaiseki with many small dishes that keep coming, the meal takes about 2 hours. Come here to relax and enjoy the journey. At the end of the meal includes a traditional tea service, I paid close attention, yes they followed the rules for tea, including you choosing your tea cup, the cleansing, serving, etc. If you lived in Japan you know there is process and they follow it to a Tea.
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