Mari's Japanese Cuisine

One of the original Japanese restaurants in the Capital District. The original owners, Mari and her husband have retired and it has been taken over by new owners who have maintained the quality of their food. The main waitstaff, Bristley (?) is the best.

A cute little place with very good quality food. The tempura was crisp and delicious with fresh seasonal ingredients. My only criticism is that there were very limited drink and dessert options (there was no tea and only basic ice cream and mousse were available for dessert)

I tried this place for lunch for the first time and it wasn’t much to look at from the outside and was okay on the inside. The service was very good the woman who helped me out was friendly. But the food was just not even close to good. I got three rolls (spicy salmon, spicy tuna, and the fire roll) $27 total and was not worth a single penny. I had to force myself to eat it since I had already paid and had nothing else to eat. I will not be going here again. I’ve had a lot of sushi and it is my favorite thing to eat and this was worse than grocery store sushi.

You know it’s bad when your favorite part about the ramen is the corn… Very much underwhelmed. The pork broth was almost flavorless. And I don’t think I’ve ever had Raman where the egg was unseasoned. They just put half of a boiled egg. The noodles were overcooked. The Ramen comes with an order of California rolls. Whatever seaweed they use to wrap the rolls, doesn’t feel right. I don’t know if it’s cheap or just the brand. But it was not good.

Pork katsu lunch box is not bad. Sushi sashimi box and seafood tempura box are disappointing. Portion is small. Seafood tempura has several pieces of vegetable tempura.