Bar Izakaya - NORTH HAMILTON

My wife and I stopped in to Bar Izakaya one night during a snow storm and sat at the bar for a hot Sake and ordered the Chef's Board (I think that's what they call it.) The food came and was great - Japanese fusion dishes, all with a cool twist or and interesting presentation. It was just the two owners (one is the Chef and one is the front end guy) and ourselves. We stayed for more Sake and a couple of cocktails and walked out two hours after we had walked in. We've been back a couple times and had similar experiences.

Trying to investigate different places dining near to my neighborhood. As knowing I am the big favor in Japanese stuffs, I cannot resist any chance to look for the Japanese food. This is a place really trying to introduce more authentic Japanese food from others in Hamilton, food is not that bad. Not a lot variety to choose from, this time I mainly try their ramen. Taste is a bit light, maybe not having a strong msg, however, it remains its real taste. I like there. I think next time I will come again to try the dinner with family.

This is our new favourite restaurant in Hamilton. We love it. The food is delicious and unique, the service is friendly and attentive, and they have neat cocktails to try. Prices are very reasonable. It is a small restaurant but the atmosphere is warm, hip and sunny. We have been for dinner twice in the past couple of months, and the second time the staff remembered us and greeted us warmly. The menu is good for sharing tapas style. We loved everything we tried. My son was even fighting me for the salads and veggies, which under other circumstances he would fight me to skip. I can't single out any 1 dish, we tried 3 or 4 each time and all delicious and interesting. Probably the only thing that is a little less great on the menu is the dessert which were nothing special so perhaps go somewhere else for dessert, but everything else we had really was special.

I treated myself to this establishment and found the food excellent but pricy. My impression of a Isakaya bar is somewhere to hang out after work, have a Sapporo and a few things to nibble on. unfortunately the nibbles are priced like entrees and one would be hard pressed to make it a couple-time-a-week haunt. More like an occasion...but still fine quality.

I was stoked to find a ramen place in Hamilton that looked good, but was sadly disappointed with my meal. I order the chicken ramen and onion rings. The onion rings were delicious! The sad thing though is that this isn't an onion rings place, it's a ramen place. I'm not exaggerating when I say that my ramen literally had no flavour at all. To make sure it wasn't my nose being stuffed or something I had my brother try it, and he was mind blown at how it tasted like nothing.The staff is super nice though. The atmosphere is great. The food is not really worth it in my opinion, especially if you're using it as a cheat meal you won't leave happy.