Frankly… the food quality has improved a lot. The fresh oysters and steamed fishes are still as good as it used to be, but the other food like tempura, dim sum, dessert (cakes) and various cooked food are much better than last time.

I happily devoured 2 plates of tempura (not the ideal food to have in Japanese buffet, but I simply love tempura too much) this time, whereas I could barely finished half a plate last time because it was too oily and somehow stinky.

Overall a good lunch this round… I still think it’s slightly overpriced, but at least I could recommend my friends to try it out after this 2nd dining experience.

Jogoya is at the Relish floor of Starhill Gallery; reservation number is 03-21421268; opening hours from 11.30am to 1am (Mon-Fri) and 11am to 1am on weekends and public holidays.

Fresh oysters with Tabasco and lime

The buffet restaurant was more fusion towards Oriental cuisine rather than pure Japanese food.

Their fresh oysters were great, but overall the food quality was just ok… the sashimi was decent, steamed fishes were good, tempura sucks, other cooked food (dim sum, prawns, crabs, meat etc.) were ok, dessert sucks (except for the ice-cream… you can’t go wrong with Haagen-Dazs).

I don’t like the restaurant’s layout and lighting as well… it was confusing, and the dimness gave me a bad mood. On the bright note they offered a service where you can leave a ‘tag’ to order some freshly cooked food which they would send to your table, thus saving us some waiting time at the counter.

To be fair it was not a bad dining experience; just not as good as expected. The variety of food was fine, but the quality was just ok. I felt that the buffet is overpriced (RM88 each) for the quality they offered… cut it by a quarter and I just might visit again.

Jogoya is located at the Relish floor of Starhill Gallery; reservation number is 03-21421268; opening hours from 11.30am to 1am (Mon-Fri) and 11am to 1am on weekends and public holidays.

[Update] Dined at Jogoya for the 2nd time in January 2008, with better experience.