Menu - Shoogun

More like 3.5 Stars, but not 4-Stars. Being a native Japanese, I've tried several Japanese restaurants and local sushi places in Santiago. And ShooGun is probab... read more More like 3.5 Stars, but not 4-Stars. Being a native Japanese, I've tried several Japanese restaurants and local sushi places in Santiago. And ShooGun is probably the most authentic Japanese food you can find in Chile besides Kintaro near Centro. Unlike the new joints in more contemporary mood, such as Temple Lounge Intercontinental) or Osaka W Hotel), atmosphere is pretty straight forward, old-school Japanese sushi bar or Izakaya. So this place is more suitable for more corporate/business dinner. *Not recommended for those looking for a romantic dinner. Food quality is good. Santiago has a decent seafood, and this place does serve good sashimis. As for drinks, they have pretty limited selection of Japanese beer/sake. You can still enjoy the domestic brands of beers/wines. Price setting is quite high probably due to its location, target, and hard-to-get ingredients. Because of the high price, the restaurant is usually not too busy. Most likely no need to make reservation.

This is one of those things.. Yes it 's probably the best Japanese food you 'll find in Santiago. Is it good Japanese food? The fact that they restrict themselv... read more This is one of those things.. Yes it 's probably the best Japanese food you 'll find in Santiago. Is it good Japanese food? The fact that they restrict themselves to mainstream and locally available fish selection is probably a plus, since the fish is fresh and tasty, and the presentation is legitimate and tasteful actual sushi, rather than the Papa John 's Sushi Dippin ' Strips obscenity that is most local sushi, so unreserved kudos for that most fundamental metric. Still, the menu is flat and touristy. I would put it on a par with what you would expect to find on the catwalks at Japantown in San Francisco geared towards the ignorant and wide eyed tourist. The place is dirty, with visible accumulations of grime in the screen doors. There 's lots of waiting, mistakes, contrition, explanations in place of decent service. We had to wait over 10m between the natto and the unagi that we ordered simultaneously to end our meal because they got other customers ? Seriously? Ankimo, and even ahi are un heard of. The food was not bad, the fish reasonably fresh, and as with the rest of Chile 's Japanese offerings, asking for Nigori Sake just breaks the program the concept of unfiltered sake is just sooo incomprehensible. For the stupidly high prices, it 's a bit of an insult.