Ukiyo Japanese Restaurant

Alpha Land Tower has another secret, tucked away on the 6th floor, next to The Alpha Restaurant is this modern and cozy Japanese restaurant called Ukiyo. My friend and I ventured there for lunch one day and we were pleasantly surprised.

The interior is really nice. There is also a great view.

First off, it’s not your everyday lunch place. It’s pretty fancy and the prices definitely reflect this. When we went for lunch, we took advantage of their lunch sets which allowed us to enjoy the food at a discount. Even then, it’s still pricier than your usual. When you come here, you’ll find yourself dining with expats and executives so that should give you an idea of the type of place it is. If you’re expat/executive or aspiring to be, then you’d feel right at home here. 🙂

They have an extensive menu of Japanese Dishes but we weren’t in the mood to really think (since we had limited time for lunch) so I got a Tori Karaage Bento. I’ve forgotten the price but this is somewhere between P300 to 400. It was good, comes with a heaping portion of rice, a side salad, miso soup, tuna bites and orange slices. Tori Karaage is fried chicken and this is boneless. The taste is okay, texture is good, juicy on the inside, crunchy on the outside. They used a strange spice in it either lots of pepper or paprika or something, I couldn’t identify it. It was okay, I think I’ll try something else next time though.

Woops sorry my photo is blurry.

My friend got a Chicken Teriyaki Bento. This was the same price as the Tori Karaage. He said it was good, he inhaled it. The sides are all the same.

We sat at the counter and got to watch them make the sushi. They also have regular tables, booths and function rooms.

We got a Spicy Tuna Roll – P190. It’s good, there’s nothing particularly special about this. It’s your regular Spicy Tuna Roll.

For Dessert we had the Banana Tempura. This is what it looked like. We were dissatisfied with this dish mainly because it costs P290 which is horribly expensive for something that looks like I made it at home. It literally is vanilla ice cream (nothing special), strawberry sauce (buy at any supermarket), chocolate stick (from any supermarket) and fried bananas. In fairness, the banana fritters were yummy. I just didn’t like the presentation and the fact that I had to pay P290 for a store-bought sundae.

I think eventually I’ll go back to try their other dishes so I can really give it a fair review.

Ukiyo Japanese Restaurant
6th Floor Alpha Land Tower, corner Pasong Tamo & EDSA