Shāo Ròu Mǎ Lì Wū - Kusatsu

We stayed in Kusatsu and were surprised by the xenophobia of some of the restaurants, we do not speak Japanese and are not from Japan. We decided to walk further out from town and came to this spectacular restaurant for dinner. The beef tongue was the best we had in the 2 weeks we were in Japan. I would also highly recommend the horse tartare. The owner and all of the staff were extremely welcoming and friendly. He even offered my group some sake on the house. We were very appreciative. We look forward to visiting again!

Excellent marbled beef. Clean restaurant with chill jazz lounge music. One of the male staff was very friendly and proactive. Will definitely return again.

Fantastic meat, great service, and well ventilated. Will definitely return when in Kusatsu.

Imagine this: six foreign people are enjoying the end of their days off in Kusatsu. After relaxing in an onsen, buying lovely handmade shoes and other gifts, and unfortunately being accosted emotionally by an angry cafe man, we are looking for a delicious yakiniku place. I call with my proficient but not fluent Japanese and the person is very welcoming. We get there after they say they can accommodate us and they greet us warmly. They are ALWAYS prepared to take our order, even jump in before we can call them. They bring us blankets to make sure we weren’t cold even though the restaurant is nice and warm. They strike up friendly conversation with us about how we learned Japanese, how our Japanese is incredible and how we know words that aren’t even used much in Japan. Complimentary tea, delicious food, a friendly attitude from ALL serving staff, and incredibly affordable for drinks, soups, yakiniku, salads, kimchi, etc. Perhaps the staff here have been sent by God himself as angels to fix the trauma caused by the demon sent to bludgeon us verbally in the cafe earlier. God bless.

Awesome staff. Great food. We thoroughly enjoyed this restaurant. Staff was very nice and accommodating. If we are ever in the area again, we'll make this our first stop.