LESS IS MORE
Hanabi Japanese Restaurant @ Odeon Towers is a buffet a-la-carte joint which scores high on first impressions. A stone path lined with bamboo shrubs leads you into the well-lit and crowded establishment — always a good sign that a restaurant is doing well.
Service right from the start was excellent — we were greeted at the door and may have been shown to a corner table at first, but were soon ‘upgraded’ to a larger table in the heart of the restaurant when the manager noticed our discomfort. Being a true Singaporean, I loved this unexpected upgrade.
Even more promising was the menu variety, which boasts almost 100 items of all-time Japanese favourites ranging from sushi to udon to teppanyaki. Needless to say, we were spoilt for choice.