Kitaro sushi located at SM Baguio review

 Kitaro Sushi is a Japanese restaurant that has started in the Philippines in 1999, since then it has had several branches all over the country including one in Baguio City.

They serve Tempura, California Maki, Ramen and Teriyaki and has added different types of Japanese inspired food to their menu.

My family and I have eaten in this restaurant several times already and I am here to give an honest review regarding Kitaro Sushi.

Positive Aspects: The chicken bento as well as the shrimp bento is exquisite, they have distinct taste and it is safe to say that they have one of the best California maki in Baguio City. 

They also have an unlimited iced tea offer for a very affordable price only 45 pesos considering that other restaurants would have 65 or more. 

The location is good, clean and is prepared well for customers and you can also choose to dine out and see the view of Burnham Lake.  I have tasted several dishes about 5 of them and I was generally impressed with all of them, the taste of the food is really Japanese inspired and some of the dishes tasted like Korean dishes.

The score I give this franchise is B+

Negative aspect of Kitaro Sushi: The price, it is not too friendly compared with other Philippine food franchise, due to this I think they would have a hard time getting noticed, their bento box prices start at 125 and the serving of the rice, is too small. it will not make a grown man feel full, the only thing good about it is that they are really using genuine Japanese rice which tastes really soft and yummy.

The unlimited red tea is too sweet, much of it contains sugar rather than the tea so i guess they are still considered bad despite the price.

The food is great, the omelet too however I have the same worry over the serving quantity, it is too small and because of this Filipinos would generally despise going back to the place, they can get the same omelet and bento box from other prices for half the price. 

however if you are a foreigner I believe that you would be impressed with the price. The style of the dishes is not that artistic but the vegetables they use tastes fresh to me, well considering that Baguio City supplies the PHilippines with this vegetables.

I will not recommend it if you are on a tight budget. But I would recommend it to people who want a change of menu once in a while. You need to prepare 500 pesos if there would be two of you dining, 250 at least if you are the only person eating and 1500 and up for a group of 3-4.  ( review good for the year 2011-2012) prices are always subject to change.