I trust that everybody here has had a disaster of a meal—but it seems so compelling on paper that I might have to bite the bullet.
Did you go recently? I wonder if they’ve righted the ship.
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That was my logic - really wanted to like the place. Unfortunately it sucked in every way.
I went in mid June
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The main reason I haven’t tried it is I’m not convinced I can have a complete meal there. Like, I don’t even see rice in the pictures or on the menu, either here or on Yelp. Is this truly a riceless Japanese restaurant?
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BYOR?
Leaving the restaurant my wife said “YESS” is a NO (return)!
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Anyone gone back recently? Wondering if it’s worth a revisit.
Looks like they’re switching things up to a prefix menu. At $110 it’s hard not to revisit Baroo instead though.
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They made it onto the NYT Restaurant List which surprised me after the commentary here.
In this peaceful dining room, surrounded by a cheerful staff in all-white uniforms, it might seem as if Yess were the headquarters for an arcane Southern Californian cult. But no, this isn’t that kind of fine-dining restaurant! Junya Yamasaki’s cooking is as precise and controlled as his menu is inviting and flexible: Put together exactly the dinner you feel like eating, whether that’s a cold beer and hot, crispy katsu doused in Worcestershire sauce, or a long and luxurious sequence of mesmerizing dishes, like the rockfish with citrus ponzu and the vegetable-packed “monk’s chirashi sushi.” TEJAL RAO
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This is one of those places, @rohto, with a strong professional/civilian divide. Hearing raves from chefs and industry folk but my experience was in line with the reports on here.
I get the sense many chefs are not super price sensitive (or at least sympathetic to high cost ingredients). I’d guess some of the special stuff and comps help.
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the 110pp somehow feels more accessible to me than the old menu tho
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Warrior: Very good. Traditional Japanese at heart, but with unique, creative ideas. Excellent ingredients, on-point execution with no misses. 7.0/10.
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very much so!
When I visited we dropped a little over $400 all in for 2 people. (Included 1 bottle of wine and 1 glass of sake)
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