This week my family went to a newer Japanese restaurant. KAPPO Marta opened in November 2023 and is located at 1600 Bay Street. If you are in Victoria and haven’t heard of it, it may be because of its location: it is in a residential area.
The out side has a nice patio seating area (although the day we went was a cold and windy day in May). Inside, the restaurant is clean with tall ceilings and white walls. On the walls are paintings by a local artist that are for sale.
The food is reasonably priced, especially for the potions one gets. My father ordered the Assorted Katsu set, and my mother and I each ordered the Saba (mackerel) set.
We all got tea (which is not included), but the size of the mug is huge!
The food was good; however, as my mother pointed out, there were a lot of fried dishes included in the set meal. A lot = 2 dishes…which for a teishoku (set meal), that should be a balanced and complimentary flavoured set of dishes is a lot.
Being kind of short, the tables were a bit too high for me and my mother, but the were clean.
The only other issue was the acoustics. All the surfaces were hard which made the conversation of a young woman, whose voice was high pitched and loud (and we could only assume was on a first date because of the non-stop yattering about herself), audible to everyone in our corner of the restaurant. I am, of course, assuming that it was the whole corner of the restaurant and not just our table because of the stares from the tables around us and the knowing smiles they gave each other.
The food was good and reasonably priced. The restaurant was clean and the service was good. These things outweigh the negatives and because of that, kotsukotsulife is giving KAPPA Marta a 4 out of 5
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