THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Japonais

THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Japonais Restaurant Review:

Designed by Jeffrey Beers, four seating environments offer distinct milieus: a serene dining area cast in red and gold with a back wall providing a secluded space; a sushi bar; a 3,000-square-foot lounge interspersed with waterfalls and furnishings espousing a modern Japan industrial look; and the robata bar, where guests have a front row seat to view chefs preparing skewered food over a robata grill using binchotan-wood charcoal. The menu features traditional Japanese ingredients with French-inspired preparation, such as the yuzu-marinated ahi ceviche. A fun and interactive dining experience is the ‘rock’ --- paper-thin slices of New York strip that you cook on a hot rock. We recommend the miso-soy-marinated Chilean sea bass and Maine lobster, both of which are served fresh off the grill. We also like the hamachi nigiri and the spicy octopus roll topped with tuna tartare. More than 20 sakés are available, as is a well-rounded wine list. For dessert, try the apple toban-yaki, baked apples topped with honey vanilla ice cream.