Noren Izakaya

Had a fantastic meal celebrating my mother's bday. We had a fantastic dinner celebration and the food was exquisite.

Skewers were alright. Unfortunately not a single one was particularly memorable. All are dipped in the yakitori sauce, so they all taste the same. Timings were off. Waited a long time for them to arrive, but then ALL the skewers were served at once, so you couldn't taste everything while it was hot...not ideal. If that's the case they should tell you to only order a few at a time. But then it would take forever in between... Vibes are a trashy kind of Asian karaoke party place. Super loud party music. Really threw me off as other reviewers described if as a hole in the wall... Not really. Pricing is.. just wow. For 3 people, including pre-charged 18% gratuity and a bottle of sake, the bill came to just over 350$usd and we were all still hungry. Not a surprise when the cheapest skewer is over 5$ each. We went for dessert after. For this trip to San Francisco, I had researched around and had tried to pick a yakitori focused place and I ended up being disappointed with my choice. Best to try somewhere else with less loud music and you can hear yourself talk to the table! P.s. they pre charge the gratuity so beware and don't click tip again!

full stars for an amazing happy hour experience I cant believe this spot has open tables when we came in at 530 to catch their happy hour. Everything was absolutely delicious, my favorite was the crab sunomono and the wagyu skewer. The pork kimchi and gyozas were also very tasty. The dishes that I thought were good but nothing to write home about were the fried chicken skin and agedashi tofu. Service was spectacular and the music and overall vibe was great. 10/10 will come again! For 3 people we paid $188 with tip, which included 2 cocktails. Vegetarian options: There are some veggie dishes on the menu, nuts it's predominantly meat based.

Very cute restaurant with attentive service. The food was pretty good-- recommend the crispy cracker with spicy tuna, karaage chicken, and the short rib, chicken thigh, mushroom and shisito pepper yakitori. The sake/sochu cocktails were also very good. The only item that was bad (really bad) was the scallop wrapped in bacon. It was undercooked, and the scallop was of poor quality. Had the texture of rubber. Had to spit it out in my napkin. It almost ruined an otherwise pretty good meal.

It smelled good. I don’t know if it tasted good. Front of house was not managing the situation on a Saturday night. We arrived 5 min before our reservation time at 8pm only to find no hostess for at least 15 min and a backed up queue. Another patron had to tell us who to talk to. The hostess was super amicable but basically didn’t have the appropriate tables for anyone’s reservations. I left after 30 min bc tables with rsvps before ours still hadn’t been seated. I felt like the restaurant either sat a walk in 8 party group when they shouldn’t have, and then didn’t kick them out after a time limit (if there is one.) don’t bother on a busy weekend. Go somewhere else.

Great BBQ

Fantastic food at fantastic prices.

Really great place and such delicious dishes! Everything ordered was so scrumptious and delicious and fresh! Only thing is one of the wait staff isn't as friendly, always seem to have a bit of a cold shoulder/ attitude. But the food, it's all about the food!