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KIX - Osaka, Japan
Name of establishment: Indo Mura Date: July 27, 2007 Location/Address: River Mall West 423-B Rokko Island, Kobe 658-0032 Phone: 078 856 4489 Directions from other known location: Sheraton Kobe Bay Hotel 2-13 Koyo-cho Naka Higashinada-ku Kobe 658-0032 Japan Phone: 078 857 7000 Left out of hotel. Angle right across the walking mall. About 200 yards on other side of mall at end of wooden deck around wading pool. Hard to see, not much signage.
Seated immediately? ( X ) Yes ( ) No ( ) N/A, seat yourself Service: Time in minutes for waitperson to arrive ( 2 ) +1pt every minute <5, -1pt every minute > 5. No smoking section available? ( ) Yes- +2 pts. ( ) No- -2 pts. Accepts major credit cards? ( X ) Yes- +2 pts. ( ) No- -2 pts. Overall service ( 75 ) Attentiveness, attitude, accuracy. Atmosphere ( 70 ) Food ( 80 ) Menu ( 85 ) Is it varied? Is it large? Easy to read? In English? Price ( 17 ) in US Dollars. For food only (Some of you folks drink some pricey stuff that would skew the comparisons). Value ( 85 ) Compared to other establishments in the area. Overall Rating ( 78 ) Remarks: Good variety of Indian food. Very good, not great. Prompt, efficient service, but certainly not overly friendly. English speaking and English menu. ______________________________________________________________________Back to the top_ Name of establishment: Rico Café and Bar Date: August 17, 2007 Location/Address: Directions from other known location: Sheraton Kobe Bay Hotel 2-13 Koyo-cho Naka Higashinada-ku Kobe 658-0032 Japan Phone: 078 857 7000
Left out of hotel toward walking mall. Right onto mall. Rico Café 150 yards down on right. Seated immediately? ( X ) Yes ( ) No ( ) N/A, seat yourself Service: Time in minutes for waitperson to arrive ( 4 ) +1pt every minute <5, -1pt every minute > 5. No smoking section available? ( ) Yes- +2 pts. ( ) No- -2 pts. Accepts major credit cards? ( ) Yes- +2 pts. ( ) No- -2 pts. Overall service ( 90 ) Attentiveness, attitude, accuracy. Atmosphere ( 80 ) Food ( 70 ) Menu ( 80 ) Is it varied? Is it large? Easy to read? In English? Price ( $9.00 lunch ) in US Dollars. For food only (Some of you folks drink some pricey stuff that would skew the comparisons). Value ( 95 ) Compared to other establishments in the area. Overall Rating ( 91 ) Remarks: Spanish food. Neat little hole-in-wall sort of place. Very friendly folks. Good food. English speaking. English menu sort of (on chalk board). Seats about 30 inside, another 15 outside. Pretty busy at lunch. Very picky about letting singles (or doubles) sit anywhere but at counter._________________________________________________________________________________Back to the top_ Name of establishment: Wendy’s Date: July 2007 Location/Address: Directions from other known location: Sheraton Kobe Bay Hotel 2-13 Koyo-cho Naka Higashinada-ku Kobe 658-0032 Japan Phone: 078 857 7000 Wendy’s is on the same floor as check-in (2nd). It’s to your right as you come up the escalator. Walking toward elevators, either go left by the crew room and out back door or go right and around behind elevators.
Overall Rating ( ) Remarks: We don’t normally rate fast-food or chain restaurants, and we won’t rate this one. But when it’s late, you’re tired, and you just want a snack with no hassle, it’s nice to know it’s there.
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