My husband and I visited Komoon for the first time Saturday evening with 2 friends who had recommended this restaurant.
There were about 6 other tables / groups of people when my husband and I arrived at 7:23 pm. Our friends arrived slightly earlier and had...
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My husband and I visited Komoon for the first time Saturday evening with 2 friends who had recommended this restaurant.
There were about 6 other tables / groups of people when my husband and I arrived at 7:23 pm. Our friends arrived slightly earlier and had already gotten a booth for us.
The menu is extensive and has a lot of variety.
When the first server took our order, we asked for a separate check for me and husband - both couples would pay separately.
I ordered green tea, miso soup, and chirashi. My husband ordered green tea, Coke with no ice, veggie roll with soy paper, and steak a la plancha. Our friend ordered green tea, curried duck, and appetizers of tuna tataki and naruto roll. Our friend's girlfriend ordered coconut sake and a Viper roll.
The appetizers arrived at 8:24pm, but the wait for the main dishes felt extremely long as they arrived about 20 minutes later at 8:41pm. This means that from when we got there to when we ate the main dishes, we waited about 1 hour and 20 minutes. This was unusual since most of the other customers already left by the time we received our food...
Anyway, the food itself was overall good. Minor details that could be improved: leaner NY strip steak without ligaments (we're from the northeast so we know what real strip steak quality is like and this was not it), octopus (tako) from the chirashi could be cut thinner for less rubberiness, drink order should be the correct amount as we received an extra order of Coke (that we paid for) but did not ask for. e're not in the habit of sending food or drinks back, so we just went with it.
To prevent this type of confusion, we recommend having 1 waitstaff assigned to a table instead of 3 servers that were taking our orders during our visit OR have a shared ordering system that shows the specific orders for each check. This caused the last server to separate the check AGAIN, which took another 5 or so minutes asking who ordered what. I'm just glad we all remembered our orders, and it was easy, though it felt like double work (for us) that we were paying them for. This issue is why they lost 2 stars from their service, though everything else was 5 stars.
As a side note, I did not use the restroom, but I was told by my husband that the men's room sink faucet was broken, so men were supposed to use "other one" according to the sign, but there was no other faucet except the women's restroom. There was also a bunch of Bruno Mars playing during our entire dinner, maybe someone is a fan? 🤷♀️
Other important and notable aspects about this restaurant: the place is relatively clean, booths are not sticky or greasy-feeling, menus are clean, and the raw food is fresh enough. I'd return here for the rolls, but not for the cooked food.