Tanuki Raw @ Orchard Central

Staff Shavonne provided top quality customer service. Showed us her amazing magic trick and even asked us to look at the beautiful sky. She asked us how our meal went, and even gave replacements for the unsatisfactory oysters.

The truffle yakiniku donburi $19.90. The beef is superb. onsen tamago was done a little too well. whole dish was awesome Salmon kaisen donburi $18.90. The salmon and ikura were super fresh crab bao $13.90 The crabmeat was pretty bland, the bread was fried nicely Service was good too. Free water is served.

Oysters here are big and fresh. Food was delicious. Had the truffle yakiniku don. The oysters are on 50% during their Happy Hour from 5pm - 8pm with order of a drink.

Oysters were plump creamy and $5++ a piece. They were slightly more expensive than the happy hour oysters but worth every dollar. Truffle fries mayo and mushrooms was Yums. Raw sashimi bowls came with thick cuts of fish and well seasoned rice. One draw back, always request for inside seating but away from the entrance. The acoustics were horrible due to the echos bouncing off the walls. There was a table of 10 and their laughter was too loud for a small enclosed seating area.

Have tried Tanuki Raw at their other outlets. First time here at their Orchard Central Branch. Glad that I made a reservation early as there was a long Q while I arrived at 6.30pm. Was assigned a table indoors but i requested for outdoor table instead. Nice that they do have table outdoors. This restaurant is situated on the 4th floor overlooking Orchard Road below. But the railing was a bit too high to get a good look of the street below. 5pm to 8pm is their happy hour and there are many drinks offer. With a drink, you can order oysters at $2 each, 5 pieces of salmon for $7, salmon lobster mentaiko bao at $5 and uni, which unfortunately was out of stock. Ordered their Foie Gras Truffle Yakiniku Donburi, Salmon Kaisen Donburi and Garlic Butter Chicken Donburi. Truffle Fries Foie Gras was very nice with slight char taste but the black angus short rib was a bit too dry. Overall was okay. Salmon Kaisen Donburi was quite standard and serving was not very big. Garlic Butter Chicken Donburi was unique in taste and very fragrance because of the garlic. Had 2 servings of Salmon Lobster Mentaiko sauce baos and also some oysters. Total bill came up to $177 for 3 pax. Quite expensive in my opinion. Service was okay and staff were generally polite and prompt. Will I go back again? Maybe for the happy hour drinks and some oysters and fries..

Chirashi don was fresh and nice. Garlic chicken don and sushi roll was nice as well. Was always rejected when we ask to be seated inside unless you reserved in advance. Water is at room temp.

It was my wife's birthday, and I wanted something special for her. And I was most impressed by Tanuki Raw, Orchard Central's outlet's exceptional service and ambience. The staff was efficient, and very attentive - as what is expected from a top notch establishment. My hats off to Simon and Celine for making the experience a truly memorable one for my wife and me. I will definitely be visiting more often in the future and will bring my friends along for the Happy Hours. Keep up the great work! And will be seeing them more in the future. - Derek

I feel standards here have been maintained through the years. Both our salmon and beef bowls were reliably tasty with fresh and well-cooked proteins. What makes theirs different is the rice - not your standard sushi rice but I believe it's mixed with furikake. Also love the pickles. Prices have of course increased through the years though.