I have found the Japanese restaurant that I will happily become a regular of. Don’t let the website fool you. It serves up authentic Izakaya style Japanese cuisine.
Having had bad experiences with less than stellar so-called ‘Japanese’ restaurants in Frankfurt and vicinity, Mangetsu was an unexpected and pleasant surprise for me. It was refreshing and familiar and by that, I mean it reminded me of restaurants at home in Japan. Simply said, the cuisine is authentic and the staff was incredibly friendly.
My husband and I decided to try it out last night. We were asked if we made reservations. Unfortunately, we did not but they offered to take us in anyway upon the agreement that we were able to leave within an hour. 45 minutes into the meal, the guests who reserved nearly the entire place started arriving. Despite that, the staff remained friendly with us and we didn’t feel rushed at all. We received our food rather quickly and were actually out of the restaurant within the hour. We ordered gyouza, the Mikazuki sushi set (4 nigiri sushi, 8 makizushi), tamagoyaki, wakame soba, and yaki onigiri. All dishes were exceptionally delicious and reasonably price compared to other Japanese restaurants in Frankfurt. Our tab came to about 34 euros.
Let’s just say, we’ll be making reservations at Mangetsu quite frequently.
