Why did we dine here? – A friend really likes Rintaro and suggested we try it out. Rated 4.5 on Google, 4.2 on Yelp. We’ve shopped at Rainbow Grocery next door and always were curious about this spot. Insider Tip – Need to reserve ahead, week or two in advance. No walkins Cuisine – Japanese Izakaya Location – San Francisco Opened – 2014 Service – Rintaro had very good service with servers passing through fairly often. Our waitress knew the menu and could navigate dietary restrictions. Verdict – Rintaro surprised us with very good food across the board. Service equaled the food. This is an easy place to recommend if you like Japanese Cuisine. This brings best of many different categories of Japanese food under one roof. In Japan, you have places that specialize in much more narrow dishes. (Oden spot, Yakitori spot, etc) Note: The restaurant was on Resy with Amex reimbursement when we visited. Is this restaurant worth a 5 minute drive? Yes. 30 minute? Maybe. 1 Hour? Maybe Rintaro Signature Dishes – Karaage, Oden, Yakatori, Katsu Rintaro’s Menu is very wide ranging, everything to raw fish to oden to skewers to udon. It does lack much in […]

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