Birthday Lunch at Yurakuen Japanese Restaurant

We just celebrated my son’s 16th birthday last week and I realized that I hadn’t shared his birthday celebration last year so let me reminisce about his 15th birthday. My son wanted to eat Japanese Cuisine so I suggested to my husband na sa Yurakuen na lang since hindi pa niya natry and I knew they have a promotion.

So off we went to the Diamond Hotel for his advanced birthday celebration. We arrived 30 minutes before the opening time so we just waited at the lobby. Before we went to Yurakuen, I checked their menu online and saved it on my phone so I already knew what to order. 

A few minutes before 11AM, the staff allowed us to enter and on our way to our table, my husband asked about the ongoing credit card promotion but the staff said, wala na daw yung promo, kakatapos lang last week. Toink. We were already there so we had no choice but to eat. 

The staff informed us about their promo meals, there are 3 choices which are Saga Beef Taitaki PHP950, Beef Sukiyaki (Solo) PHP333 and Gyu Tan Oden PHP255. Unfortunately, wala doon yung gusto ko kainin. My husband said, just order what we wanted to eat so we ordered Guresu Set PHP2,390, Shinju Set PHP1,750 and Beef Sukiyaki PHP333.

My husband ordered the cheapest meal because he said, for sure hindi namin mauubos yung order namin. Well, in our mind kasi, since the price is not cheap baka malaki naman serving but we were shocked when our food arrived after 25 minutes. Malayo siya sa experience ni hubby kapag nag aala carte order sa mga Japanese restaurant ng hotel like Kogetsu of The Saujana Hotel and Resort and Edo Japanese Restaurant of Hanoi Daewoo Hotel. Dito kasi isang tray lang talaga and nandoon na lahat ng food except sa fruits.

As of this writing, I can no longer see their menu online, good thing that I still have the photo of the set menu. 

Guresu Set PHP2390 + Service Charge 

Guresu Set Menu includes appetizer, stewed dish, grilled gindara teriyaki, beef shogayaki, shrimp tempura, chawan mushi, steamed rice, pickles and miso soup and fresh fruit slices. 

Shinju Set PHP1750 + Service Charge 

Shinju Set Menu includes appetizer, maguro tosazukuri, grilled salmon, mentaiko mayonnaise, slice grilled beef teriyaki, salad, steamed rice, pickles and miso soup, fresh fruit slices. 

Beef Sukiyaki PHP333 + Service Charge 

Individual Sukiyaki hot pot. 

My husband said, sulit daw yung order niya for PHP333. Kung may ongoing promotion sana, pwede na yung price sa kinain namin pero dahil regular price siya, naisip namin sana nagbuffet na lang kami. My son even said, sana sa Teppanya na lang. Anyway, charged to experience na lang. Lesson learned, icheck yung date ng promotion.

It was weekend pero 2 tables lang occupied or baka mas gusto din nila sa buffet or teppanyaki. And because of this experience, for my son’s 16th birthday nagbuffet lunch na talaga kami para sulit sa gastos. 

Yurakuen Japanese Restaurant 

11AM to 10PM