I ordered the omakase and was very disappointed. When you ask and pay for a chef selection menu you are expecting to eat the best at the restaurant and that was not my experience. This cost $130 in total and I could have had better sushi for $30. The meal started with seaweed salad that was fine. Then some salmon, tuna, and yellowtail sashimi that was also just ok. The menu and website says the omakase had seasonal fish, but this was no different from grocery store sushi. They had some really cool looking specials on the menu but none of them made it to the omakase. Next was potato chip crusted shrimp tempura that tasted like a fried mess. The final dish was a terrible soba bolognese. Overall the dishes varied between actively bad and mediocre. Usually an omakase has the best, most unique dishes at the restaurant and this was not even close. I won't be back and would recommend not going. read more

I'll def give this place 5 stars for their great service and great food. Me and my friend ordered Bolognese, soba samplers, tampura, and two pieces of sushi. They have tampura soba but only comes with one sauce, but if you order soba sampler and add tampura, you just add 11$ instead of $15 (the original price of tampura selection). When we told the server we are going to split the bill evenly, he actually separate the Bolognese into two bowls, very considerate. Bolognese for me is a bit too much cheese and fat, but my friend really likes it. I personally like the soba samplers better. Very fresh, very healthy. The four different dipping sauce gave me four different feelings. I like the sesame and soysauce ones. After you enjoy your soba, they'll give you a kettle of soba broth, and you pour the broth into the cups with your sauce, and they becomes soups to drink. Very very Japanese, very healthy. This is probably one of the best Japanese restaurants I've tried in States read more

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This was the weirdest restaurant experience I think I've ever had. I felt so unwelcome at Tei-An on Sunday (8/21) dinner at 6:30 for restaurant week. I thought when we walked in this was going to be great because the maître d' noticed my food allergy listed on my reservation, which is a huge bonus in my book, but things quickly went downhill. The food: White Seaweed salad- very interesting and different, great flavor, light, nice vinaigrette type dressing on it, but the portion was small (I would not pay $9 for this if I had ordered off the menu). 4/5 stars Shishito Peppers-- just an ok dish, somewhat boring, lacked flavor, no spice at all, tasted more like bell peppers to me. 2/5 stars Tei-An Shrimp, both of us ordered this for our second course-- delicious, huge shrimp, coated in potato chips, fried, served with a spicy mayo. This was the star of our restaurant experience. The downside is that you get 3 pieces and if you ordered off the menu it was $24 x 3 pieces of shrimp. 5/5 stars Short Green Soba Bolognese with Washu Beef, both of us ordered this as well-- very good dish, I would definitely eat it again. The flavors of this dish are wonderful. High quality beef, lovely green soba noodles. 4.5/5 stars Now the terrible service/experience we encountered. . . . . . . Once we sat down, we waited 5-10 minutes before our server (Gavin) even approached us and to fill our glasses with water. Then he asked what we wanted to order, and I responded with, this is my first visit, do you have any suggestions? His response was simply order of the restaurant week menu. (Yes, we were already planning on doing that). He left and returned about 5 minutes later-- we ordered the first two courses, my first course (the white seaweed salad) came out quick, but my dining partner's first dish (shishito peppers) didn't come to the table until after I had been done with my course for 5-10 minutes. This was odd. . .serve one person and leave the other one waiting. We then ordered our third course. In the meantime, we waited on our second course and watched everyone around us in the restaurant get two and three plates/courses while we ended up waiting 30-35 minutes between our first and second course. During that time, our water glasses frequently remained empty. At one point, my glass was filled only one third full because his glass bottle of water ran out, but he never returned to fill the rest of my glass. 20 minutes after our second course (Tei-An shrimp)-- our third course arrived. We asked for our check before 7:50 pm because it was printed at 7:50 pm, but we didn't get the check until 8:05 pm. As a side note, we were never offered a dessert menu but we saw at least 6 other parties being offered/eating dessert. We felt invisible from the moment we sat down, and we commented to each other how weird and awkward the experience was- not to mention the amount of time we were there for three simple courses, no alcohol (reservation at 6:30, left the restaurant at 8:10). To go out to a nice dinner, spend over $100 and to have an experience like this, no thank you. read more

Tei-An - Tei-An shrimp covered in potato chips, $24 - Japanese Near Me - Dallas, Texas

The food tasted good and the restaurant looked good. but the waitress never smiled at me and if i wanted to ask her something, she is not there for me, had to wait for long, so had to ask to another waitress. I felt unwelcome. read more

This place is amazing. Every single thing I got was delicious. The scallops were probably my favorite thing here. I definitely recommend coming here- it's amazing! read more

I'm not a fancy eater but Restaurant Week lets me pretend that I am. My two friends and I booked a reservation for here on a Wednesday evening during RW. I panicked for a second because they couldn't find my reservation at first (booked through OpenTable) but it must've been a glitch because they found it shortly after. Plus they had called me the day before to remind me of my reservation so I knew they had it. Let me just also say: if you have never been here before, there is no prominent sign for this place. If it wasn't for my friend watching me literally walk in circles come to my rescue, I might still be lost in the plaza. Luckily she came to my rescue and I was able to help the third person in our party as she got lost as well. From the RW menu, I got: appetizer - white seaweed salad, chef's special - the day's sashimi, and entree - tonkotsu ramen. The white seaweed salad was new to me and refreshing. It was a little slimy but that didn't bother me. I just wanted more. The sashimi was fresh and good quality (and good variety). The ramen was also yummy, very flavorful and probably one of the best in Dallas. Seriously. Dallas, not California or New York or wherever. Just Dallas. My ordered the tomato shrimp soba which had too American of a taste than what we were expecting. The shrimp was good though. We all also ordered off the regular menu. I got an order of tuna toro (delicious!). For dessert, we compromised and I got the green tea flan while they got the soba ice cream with black honey. The soba ice cream was very light and really good while the flan was very sweet and thick. One of my friends and I actually mixed them together which made them enjoyable. This is a place that I could see myself frequenting if I could! read more

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My top three Japanese restaurant in Dallas. I eat here regularly. Best tempura. I love Kakeage (deep fried ball of shrimp, onion, and carrots). It is available only early. They like to fry this on fresh oil of the day before frying others. Shrimp tempura is impressive. Sashimi and Sushi excellent. Pressed sushi is special: Tuna and Spicy tuna are both great. My sons and I can't get enough of it. They have fish flown in from Japan fish market. Fresh wasabi with Sashimi is awesome. Fresh pulled soba noodles can't be found anywhere else that I know of. For the quality, price is good. I live in North Dallas. I would go broke if I lived close to the restaurant. read more

Great spot for a date night. Been there twice now, and never disappointed. Be sure to try items from the seasonal/chefs menu rather than the regular one. read more

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Tei an is a beautiful place with incredible service that provides great food. Started with the mushroom appetizer and the yellowtail and salmon sushi.. both awesome. Then the tempura that was lightly battered and beautifully presented. The noodles are a little richer and again would order again. This restaurant is definitely a repeater! read more

Tei-An - Incredible soba noodles.. fantastic dish - Japanese Near Me - Dallas, Texas

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My dad wanted to bring my mom here for her bday dinner and also cuz he heard about the "real Japanese toilets" um yeah ok. Anyway, the toilets are pretty much standard electronic ones that most homes have in Japan with heated seats, bidet functions and dryers. But anyway, on to the actual restaurant. We all met straight after work and got there about 6pm. I've been to Japan, so I knew what most of the items were, but those which I didn't know, the waitress did an ok job of describing. We started off with an amuse bouche to get a feel for the place. It came with 2 dried meat type deals--can't remember what they were exactly, but they looked similiar to prosciutto, but one was made of fish. Anyway they were ok. They beef one came topped with some pieces of crystallized orange rind which was good. The other 2 items in the amuse bouche were pickled sea pineapple and bonito. I am used to bonito being served as dried flakes topping miso soup, so it was weird to actually eat it it a bite sized piece. These two pickles were very slimy and I wasn't a huge fan, but cool to try something different anyway. For an appetizer we got the kaike tempura cuz it's only served between 5:30-6:30pm to ensure the freshest and cleanest hot oil to fry it in. It's like a "birds nest" with burdock root, carrot, onion, shrimp, and other goodies all fried together. It came with the regular memmy & radish tempura dipping sauce, plus sea salt, green tea salt, and some other kind of tea salt. Really tasty and unique. I'd suggest going early to get this! For our meals, we all got buckwheat noodles--soba since these are house made and the specialty here. I decided to try cold since my mom and dad got hot ones. I had the Japanese creamy potato cuz I didn't know what it was. Eka (the waitress) explained that it was creamy potato with a quail egg that you dip your noodles into. When it came, it kind of reminded me of poi (hawaiian food made of mashed taro root). It was sticky and starchy plus I added onion and wasabi to give it some flavor. Kinda seems like a summery food to me. I wouldn't suggest this to people unless you like poi or something. I didn't try any of my parents food :( For dessert we had the black sesame mousse...omg I am a huge black sesame fan and this really impressed me! So smooth and creamy and so flavorful! I definitely wanted to lick the cup haha. Overall a good experience as far as the waitstaff, the atmosphere, etc. The food is fine, but I think I eat too much Korean food nowadays to appreciate the simple and delicate flavors of Japanese cuisine. read more

Not bad, not bad at all. I came here with Taln S. for a private event on Sunday evening and got to try out some of their Soba dishes. The Black Sesame Soba Salad was a cool buckwheat noodle dish with some sprouts, julienne cucumbers, and some other green leafy veg in a black sesame sauce. This dish was great to eat and all, but if you're wearing a light colored shirt you might lose the battle of keeping your shirt clean. The Chicken Soba was interesting in the fact that it smelled like boiled hot dogs. Since the hot dipping sauce came in a small bowl, it became pretty cool after half way eating through my noodles.They even give you hot water to add to the sauce bowl to kind of turn it into a soup that you just drink from the bowl. Neat-o. I think if I go back again I'm gonna try the Curry Soba; it smelled delicious as the guy sitting next to us was slurping away. ...and the all female, all Asian servers were quite attentive and helpful with explaining on how to eat certain dishes and what not. The whole atmosphere of the new restaurant was quite enjoyable. read more

It took alot of contemplation for me to give this restaurant a fourth star, but ultimately, four stars it gets. I came into this restaurant wanting to hate it. The hype, the location, the restaurants that came before it (tei-tei, teppo)...It just screamed "let down." My boyfriend eloquently nailed it on the head when we paid the bill, "You pay half for the ambience." No truer words were ever spoken. That is not necessarily a bad thing. I would take visiting family or friends here. People, it really is that gorgeous. We went here around 6 pm for an early supper, and it was definitely zen, peaceful, relaxing, whatever you want to call it. Beiges, earth tones, warmed toilet seats, check, check, and CHECK. Yeah, you must visit the restrooms. The doors to the stalls are a revelation. Seriously. On to the food. I love subtle flavors. I think it is the most underrated epicurian novelty left in this world. And I don't mean underseasoned. I mean, food tastes the way it's supposed to taste, nothing more, nothing less. In today's world, you have to be smacked in the face with double-double what nots, that subtlety is no longer appreciated. Tei-An brings back that appreciation. Granted, the prices are high. I mean, like, really really high. I grew up in Asia, and soba noodles have no business being $10-$20. (Please refer back to my bf's comment.) I don't care if they were hand made by Mother Theresa and her other nuns, it is exorbitant. But I get it. It's the experience, the rent, Dallas, etc. But the food...the food is beautiful We started with a shrimp tempura encrusted in slivered yams and sweet potatoes. OH.MY.GOD. I know it's fried and all things fried are delicious, but this was the most delicious of all fried foods I have ever had. The dipping sauce was sweet and nutty. The dichon added a slight thickness and texture to compliment the dish. My bf ordered the hot duck soba, while I wanted to try their cold soba. The broth of the duck soba obviously was very rich, but very balanced in regards to seasoning. Not too salty, not bland. BUT, it was $16. And being Chinese and having had zillions of bowls of duck noodle soup in my lifetime, $16 is bananas. My poached egg cold noodle had the same amazing sauce as the tempura sauce, but I was soooo disappointed that the egg yolk was cooked to well done. Umm.. what's the friggin point, then? Our dinner with beer came up to $40, and we did have to snack when we got home. However, overall, it was a pleasant dining experience. Honorable mention: The owner stopped by to make sure we enjoyed our dinner. Dishonorable mention: I love food so much that this didn't bother me so much, but it did bother my friend who's eaten here. If you order the cold noodles, at the end of dinner they pour hot water into your sauce cup so that the diner can slurp it up like a soup. As my friend put it, "EWWWWW...We've been like double dipping in that sauce all night. Are they serious?!" I think someone somewhere in Dallas said the same thing about raw fish twenty odd years ago. read more

Tei-An is hands down, the best place to get Japanese ramen in Dallas (and maybe even Texas). The broth is incredibly well made with pork bone and tastes healthy and as if it's been stewed for countless hours. The slices of chashu pork that they serve the ramen with are melt in your mouth tender. The ramen is served with a massive wooden spoon that is shaped more upright like an "L." I'll admit that at first glance can be intimidating, but you'll get the hang of it after a while. You learn to appreciate the fact that you can eat a healthy scoop of noodles, veggies, and broth all in one bite with the spoon. As other Yelpers have mentioned, the white seaweed salad is a must. The vinaigrette is well seasoned (a little bit of plum wine, i think?) and the small crunch in the seaweed makes the entire dish taste crisp and clean. Also, their soba noodle dishes are superb. You really can't beat handmade noodles. The service is prompt and attentive, but the servers seem a bit inexperienced or they don't exude the grace and gentleness that is typically associated with a nice restaurant. All in, Tei-An is one of my favorite places to dine in Dallas. The food is pricey, I'll agree, but everything on the menu is so well made and tastes so flavorful, in a delicate kind of way. The way Japanese food should taste. read more

Had a reservation here last evening prior to seeing a performance with a good friend. First time for both of us. Promptly seated and well greeted. Loved the ambience and classy decor. Extremely intimate environment. Menu was extensive with many traditional dishes as well as unique twists. For appetizers we had the white seaweed salad (as unique, delicious and a culinary sensation like no other), pork siu mai (yummy), grilled squid (beautifully presented and perfectly prepared), grilled shiitake mushrooms (never had them this way - amazing), and the agedashi tofu (not uniquely done but didn't expect it to be - still tasty). Entree wise, following other reviewers, we each got soba. I had the more traditional yaki soba - and appreciated the fact that you could subtract and add ingredients to customize your experience. It was perhaps the best yaki soba I've ever had - perfect portion, beautifully presented, and a delight for your tastebuds. My friend got the soba with duck which was amazing. Service was impeccable - perfectly paced - he helped us with the order, and was attentive throughout, but not overbearing in any way. This was simply a delightful, amazing experience, from start to finish. Appreciated the fact that they also asked us if we were seeing a performance so that they could pace the service accordingly such that we would not be late. This is no doubt one of the best dining experiences I've had thus far in the DFW area. Will definitely be back! read more

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Let me asterik (*) this review by saying that the following is my opinion. My natural 5th amendment right to confuse and critique. Huh? What? Stoopid!!!! Read ahead my dearly faithfuls. 1) I hate it when you goto a Fried Chicken joint and order the pot roast. 2) I hate it when you goto a Steakhouse and order the cedar plank salmon 3) and finally, I hate it when you goto Tei-An and order the sushi. My night was almost ruined by the table of 3 that ordered "Bud Lite" sake shots and 7 spicey tuna sushi rolls and being obnoxiously drunk assholes by asking for "Fried Rice" at the end of the night. Actually this is an attack on close-minded dumbasses that think that Japanese food is sushi. Well..I take that back...it's just to those 3 assholes that night. . Tasting Pickled vegetables. Cucumbers, daikon and ginger. All homemade and all elegant in flavors. Fried Tofu. This wasn't a whole bean curd, but rather the tofu skin, then wrapped in baby spinach and deep fried. Japanese Cha-Sui. This pork tenderloin is slow cooked. The whole entree in itself is quite salty. But the taste is very tender and savory. It makes you understand a litle more of the spectrum of where Chef Teiichi is going. Pork Tonkotsu Ramen. As a child, my grandmother would have sashimi with a hot bowl of soup. Hot/Cold...ying/yang. It is very difficult to get full over sushi by itself. But to my point. As far as I'm conerned, TeiAn has the most legit Ramen in the DFW area. It may be pricey in terms of how your budgetary consumption is....but it's legit for those bubas that hate reading my writing. Now we will creshendo to what TeiAn is all about. The SOBA noodles. It comes hot it comes cold. It has duck broth, no broth, chicken broth fish etc...Hopefully I have tickled everyone's tastebud's fancy by now. I can go into a 5 hour lecture on the origins of SOBA...but instead, I encourage you to look it up on wikipedia. There is so much more to Japanese cuisine than sushi. Chef Teii Chii has Teppo and Tei Tei....I know, but he puts the exclamation to the point with TeiAn. Tei-An is much more elegant than any other Japanese restaurant I've been to. Now I'm a seasoned taster here...Morimotos, Upidos, Uchi...are all hipster/fusion..."seen" or "be seen" and even "get ass" places. Tei An is different...it is pure...it's sexy. It is Japanese food at its root and finest read more

We went to Tei-An because we like Tei-Tei and Teppo. We learned, after we arrived, that in fact, the owners of Teppo had sold Teppo and has started Tei-An. The "One Arts Bulding" isn't exactly hopping ... I've ridden by on my motorcycle many times and have, at most, tried to stop by the 7-11, which is almost always closed. So when my brother suggested we go to Tei-An, I was skeptical, but agreed. I'm glad I did. I've been to Japan, I love Japanese food, and I love the variety beyond sushi and sashimi. When I learned that this was a soba house, my first question was, "... do you guys plan on opening a shabu-shabu spot too!?" On a Monday night, it was, as expected, empty, save for my brother, me, and one other customer. The place had a wonderfully relaxed atmosphere and I paid special attention to the faucet in the men's room. It was later brought to my attention by my brother that the toilet in the men's room had transparent glass ... clearly, they don't want any customers riding the porcelain bus!!! Anyway, having reviewed the menu, and being impressed at the selection, and further impressed that it wasn't a regular sushi restaurant, I ordered the curry soba, and my brother ordered the duck soba. Upon arrival, it was brought out on a large tray, in a very reasonably sized bowl, steaming, and fragrant. My curry soba was nothing short of fantastic. It was so tasty, I slowed down and savored every bit of it. My brother's duck soba was so tasty, after an initial taste, I stopped ... I wanted to have it all ... and decided that I must return. To drink, we had a 12 year old single malt Japanese scotch. It was very smooth and the " ... on the rocks ... " had one, rather impressive rock in each glass. The ice cube wasn't a cube, but an ice berg, and it looked far more impressive than you can imagine. Very cool. Finally, after savoring the last drop of our soba noodles and soup, we sat back and just looked at each other. The place had a few more guests, but a Monday night all the same. We wanted to get the check, but Vic, the waiter, looked at us and asked, "... dessert??? ... " So I looked and saw one word that totally invalidates all rationale in my life ... FLAN!!! So I ordered their Green Tea Flan. Mouth watering, and palms rubbing, I waited. When it arrived, it was in a small ceramic bowl, a definite single person serving. But then I only expected to have a spoon or two. Fuggedaboutit. I ate it all ... and gave my brother two teaspoons for taste. It was wonderfully velvety and smooth. All in all, I'm gonna go back. The food is fantastic. I'll try Fridays to check out the crowd. Total tab for 2 people, 2 sobas, 4 scotches, 1 flan = $98 + tax + tip read more

Is there an option to give it no stars?? Let me set the scene ... it's my birthday.. my sweet husband thinks "we have heard great things let's go!" Fast forward to literally 20 pieces of sashimi which were ok. Nothing I couldnt get at any other strip mall sushi place... $240 later... We gave up on trying to order food from this place. The all night we didn't even know who are waiter was.. took them 20 min to bring us a drink! I have soooo many bad things to say and I am so disappointed that I don't even want to write this review! I expressed my frustration with service and food to one of the waiters that was floating around and the manager still didn't greet our table to find out what in the WORLD!!!! It's sad that a restaurant can be so overrated and people still go eat there! DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND GO TO UCHI! You will spend the same amount of money and receive amazing service and amazing fish! read more

Good sushi, as good as sushi in Dallas can be. A bit pricey, though. For sushi, I'd rather go to Sushi Sake in Richardson. Same quality, much cheaper. So, why 5 stars? The star of the show here is the ramen. I've had world-class ramen in Chicago and Hawaii and the ramen at Tei-An is comparable. Better than Wabi House, better than Tatsu-Ya in Austin. Also relatively affordable at $12 considering the price of everything else and the ambiance you get to enjoy with your ramen. read more

BEST BATHROOM EVER! Okay yes, the drinks and food are great at Tei-An, but the thing that I love the most about this place is the bathroom. Why you might ask, well it's just super cool. (Review of the restaurant on the bottom) When you walk into the restroom decked out in a modern Asian style. walk into the toilet room and you will see what appears to be a space shuttle command chair. Seriously, it looks like you could launch warheads from this chair or at least raise the shields on the Enterprise! More impressive, as you close the door behind you, the transparent door glass instantly frosts! The seat has temperature settings too, just adjust for your comfort. The other controls are for.... um.... more private adjustments. Let's just say that toilet paper is not needed. You can adjust the... power and or direction you would prefer. When finished, the door defrosts as soon as you open the door. Lastly the sink is full of ice to finish up a cool bathroom experience. The actually restaurant/bar is pretty awesome too. While the bar is pretty tight, you can carve out a small niche in the sofa area. I have often heard a jazz trio play, the atmosphere is very posh. You will see that the bar has a few reserve spots for the rich and famous of Dallas who wish to leave their very expensive liquors. For those few months of cool nights in Dallas, take the elevators to the 3rd floor and enjoy the rooftop patio. The view is great! It's right in the middle of the Arts District, and you can see all the high rises in all their splendor. Did I mention I LOVE the restroom? read more

Ok overall this place was great in terms of authenticity and ambiance. Let me get some of the constructive criticism out of the way first...from the start of the meal, the oshibori is handed to you - great except when it is completely dry, the function is completely lost! A dry oshibori is a terrible thing to start the meal with. Secondly, the "white seaweed salad" that is so highly recommended was a joke! They use pietro dressing over essentially reconstituted dried seaweed! I can make that at home for less than a few bucks let alone 9. Y'all can pass on that dish. Don't trust people who don't actually know Japanese food. Oh yelp...anyways now for the good... The tempura was quite well done. They used a light, crispy batter that had a freshness to it that comes when restaurants are diligent about not using old oil. Also, their Tonkatsu was made in the same fashion, crispy and light with great flavor. This place specializes in soba so obviously GET THAT. It was cooked to perfection with just the right amount of bite and highlighted the seasonal mastutake mushroom. Seems like you can't go wrong with their traditional soba offerings, so my recommendation would be get the soba sampler. They also have a great selection of Japanese sushi as well as Japanese whiskeys (along with hitachino on draft!). Don't forget dessert- their signature soba ice cream with black honey syrup is the bomb.com. As far as ambiance is concerned, the decor is beautiful, clean bathrooms with Toto bidets and doors that frost when you lock them. The floor is a tatami like material and the restaurant is well balanced with natural elements like stone chopstick rests and a rock fountain in the middle of the soba bar. The waiters are super attentive always mindful of our drinks and dining area. All in all will return again! read more

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No complaints here, everything taste so good! Especially the Tamago Omelette. It's like eating a thick sponge cake. Lightly sweet as well. Definitely recommended! read more

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So my group of three first walk through the door on a thursday night around 730 pm and were greeted awkwardly by the hostess. She looked at my business causally dressed group and asked if we had a reservation. We kindly said no. The hostess said sorry we are booked for tonight but you are more than welcomed to sit at the bar. So we agreed to sit at the bar. The place was not busy at all. That didnt bother me so much. So we sat down and ordered our drinks and proceeded to review the menu. The menu had a lot of different and unique items on there. The waiter suggested the white seaweed salad so we went ahead and ordered it. The salad was fairly decent and very different. But the sole purpose of me coming there is because I have heard the ramen was good here so I had my heart set on the ramen. My cousin ordered the ramen and ribeye with brussel sprouts and truffle mash for 38 dollars so we could share. My girlfriend also ordered the ramen. Our ramen comes out on a neat little set up with the bowls on top of a dark stained wooden board and the spoon next to the bowl and our own little wooden ladle. So we start digging in. And the soup wasn't bad, But it was far from great. After we finish our bowl of ramen it feels like we are in a sauna in there. I dont think these people believe in air conditioning. Anyway on to the next entree. My cousins steak comes out and man it looks and smells great. He picked up his utensils and started to cut away. The meat was very very tender. But the flavor.......was non existent. If you like grilled beef with no seasoning at all then this is the steak for you. The only flavor you would taste is if you were to eat the onion on top. The mash had a little to much truffle on it but other than that it was good. The Brussels sprouts were amazing though. It was like I was eating some sort of chips. It was delicious. Overall. This place to me was not worth my drive from arlington. I wouldn't drive here just for the Brussels sprouts. But hey maybe I ordered the wrong things who knows. But I don't think I'll be coming back anytime soon. read more

OK - I hate for a 2 star review to be my first, but you gotta start somewhere. Tei An was an overpriced mediocre experience for me. First off - a positive. The interior is very cool. The noodle bar has a really cool rock formation fountain and puts you in the mood right away. Cocktails - the waitress pushed the $13.50 rum cocktail on my wife as a drink that was a "favorite", and she ordered it.... the drink tasted like iced tea.. I was shocked that it tasted so bad. We hardly ever send things back, but this was one case where we did. She ordered a Pinot Grigio in its place. I had the J-Blue which tasted like grapefruits and lychee. which was nice... I liked it. We ordered edamame and shrimp tempura for a start. I'm not a fan of edamame, but 1/3rd of the beans on the plate that the server said was a "sweet" bean, and I loved those. I wouldn't call it sweet, just tasty. The other bean was the regular type that I've seen at other places, and the 3rd was a round disk shaped bean that tasted like mushed peas...yuck. The shrimp tempura was decent, but I'm not a huge fan of the tempura dipping sauce, so it was just like fried shrimp for me. The shrimp were large and juicy, but slightly "fishy", so I just had 1 of them. There was no seasoning that I could detect. OK - onto ordering noodles. I was a big fan of Liberty Noodles, so I was hoping this place would be like that. This place is nothing like Liberty Noodles. My wife ordered the "stir fried" udon noodles which had some very greasy nasty chicken on it. She couldn't eat any of the chicken. It was almost pure gristle. I wanted a spicy soup with noodles, and after some discussion with our server she asked if I liked tofu and I said I love it! Unfortunately what was brought out was not what I was expecting. A huge bowl of soup with a very large brick of tofu floating in it and soba noodles. The broth tasted miso-like but was very dark. The tofu was inedible - it was like a huge sponge floating in broth. I couldn't even cut the thing with my chopsticks. There was no spice to be found, so I was brought a spice shaker which contained something resembling seasoned salt, but was not spicy at all. I guess I've been spoiled with the spicy dishes at the old Liberty Noodles. Well that about wraps it up... we ate what we could, paid the bill, and left. For $100 for 2 people I expected a lot more. read more

Incredible soba house, as authentic as they come. Owner is very personable. Great decor and ambiance. So good that I went back the next again for dinner. This time I ended the meal with a single malt Japanese whisky tasting. They also have an excellent selection of current award winning sakes. Soba is made in house by the owner in a beautiful room that can be seen from the restaurant. Dallas is lucky to have a great place like this. Prices are very reasonable if you compare to an equal level restaurant in NY or LA. read more

Tei-An - 1st rate place! - Japanese Near Me - Dallas, Texas

I came here for dinner one day not knowing that they specialize in soba noodles so ended up ordering other things which were okay but not all that great. I do like their atmosphere though and service. And it's reasonably priced so that was good. Tuna sashimi was really over-price. Their pork special was delicious and green soba curry was good although it kinda looked like it was a pasta noodle. Anyway, I would come here again. read more

I was so relieved to see the review by C M. I recently went to tei an with a group of 6 friends and there was fraud on all of our credit cards as well. We ate here at the end of January and the fraud occurred on Feb 13 and 14 in Fort Worth, Arlington, waco, and Austin. I had assumed the fraud had originated from eating at tei an and now seeing the review by C M my suspicions are confirmed. This is incredibly sad given how delicious their food was. This is one of the best Japanese restaurants I have been to in Dallas. Their desserts are particularly delicious especially the tiramisu. read more

I can safely say that i have been to the top 3 Japanese Restaurants in Dallas and this includes Tei-An. It was totally by chance, My Friend and i were in the One Arts Place thinking about taking advantage the $5 deals but the wait at some of the restaurants was a bit too long so we opted for Tei-An. Decor is the typical Modern Japanese Architecture, Not too many seats. There is a Bar with a Big Rock in the middle. The servers were very professional and courteous in their uniforms and scarves to match unlike the scantily clad one's i'm used to seeing in some establishments. We had to sit at the bar since we didn't have reservations. I opted for the Grilled Shitake for starters which was phenomenal then went on to order the Soup Short Rib Curry Rice which was Incredible, The Curry Flavor was ridiculously tasty and the Ribs were succulent and seasoned well. For Dessert we shared the Tiramisu with Maple Syrup on top of it. Too bad i didnt get to try out the Soba noodles yet but i have a feeling i will be returning in the next few days now that i am familiar with the place and style. read more

They over rated this restaurant. I had omakase menus, the sashimi plates are not exciting at all, tuna was smelled. They served tempura, my Vietnamese purple yam deep fried is a whole lot better than their tempuras. The soba with dipping duck soups, it's was so so. The Chinese stew duck noodles soups is better. read more

Disclaimer: If you have frequented Tokyo & consider yourself an authentic Asian food connoisseur, kindly disregard this review. For the rest of us, read on... I enjoy sushi and Thai restaurants, but my tastes are fairly mainstream. A little sashimi, some edamame, etc. So perhaps I was disenchanted by Tei-An due to my limited repertoire when it comes to authentic Japanese food. But of the many items I tasted or ordered last Saturday, I found most to be of average or sub-par flavor. The Asian white seaweed salad was pretty good. But I don't need to ever order it again. I'm good. And the rice balls with the hidden treasure were a let-down. The desserts were mediocre. The two people at my table of experienced fine-diners who ordered the green tea flan both left it unfinished. (Not even a distant relative of flan. Don't get me wrong, I realize it's not a Mexican restaurant. But work on your nomenclature, people.) And honestly? My main entree Soba Bolognese was basically a noodle-roni. I only ate it because the meal took t-h-r-e-e h-o-u-r-s and I was starving. I noticed someone across the table left her soba uneaten as well. Nope. Not worth the (noodle) dough. Go to Tei Tei Robata bar. read more

When my friend mentioned handmade soba in one of his conversations, my ears immediately perked up. Of course I quickly asked for the name of the restaurant and a week later i dragged the hubster to Tei An. Cool toilet: check! Need to warm, wash and dry your rear? Their toilet bowl can work the magic! Great ambiance: check! Refreshing white seaweed salad: check! Though, it should have been called white/snow fungus salad but of course naming that would scare away their patrons. Upon chomping on the "white seaweed" i realized that it was the white fungus I always eat in Chinese dessert soups. Good spicy pork ramen: check! Duck soba: Soba & broth definitely measured up to the hype but the duck was really disappointing. Not much flavor in it plus it didn't really taste like duck. Good soba tea: check! I left Tei An purchasing a packet of the tea to brew :) Now to why I give it 3 stars although I really meant to give it 3.5 stars is cause I am too cheap to pay so much for what the food taste like. I've tasted better japanese noodle soups for a smaller price. But of course when you immediately step into Tei An, you know you are paying for the ambiance more than the food. read more

This beautiful restaurant has been excellent for so long that I feel like it has kind of fallen off the radar. All the better for me, because I was able to make a reservation without a two week wait! Don't be concerned about the lack of recent buzz - this place is AMAZING and the standard has not been lowered. Even during a pandemic, the staff was courteous and cheerful. We got the tasting menu (highly recommended) and loved the in-depth explanations of where all of the course were sourced and what the inspiration behind them was. The food of course was great - but that goes without saying. The soba course of the tasting menu is the stuff of dreams. Their cocktails are creative and tasty and they will alter them to suit your preferences if you just ask. The only downside is that the front entrance is quite hard to find if you've been there before! My husband and I will be back for another tasting menu in the fall so that we can see what new things the chef has to offer. We can't wait! read more

* Currently my favorite Asian cuisine in Dallas, and among my Top 10 Dallas Restaurants * What a wonderful experience I had at Tei-An recently. Pursuers of new age, western style maki rolls look elsewhere, because Tei-An is an authentic Japanese treat with a contemporary hospitable flare, and that's a wonderful thing. Star 1: How was the service and atmosphere? Without a shadow of a doubt the service I experienced at Tei-An was among the best I've ever had in the city. Having spent a few years in Tokyo I'm no rookie to Japanese cuisine, but our server was well versed in the ins and outs of all of our dishes even though she was quite young. Our drinks and appetizers were brought out in a timely fashion and the warmth of the interior decor added to the entire outing. Wonderful. Star 2: How were the portions relative to the cost? While the high end service and atmosphere might have more than a few tightly clutching their wallet in anticipation, the prices at Tei-An are fair and the portions substantial. My table of two ended up ordering two 300ml bottles of Saki (which were presented and served to perfection), an appetizer of dumplings, a dish of risotto and two sushi orders: one of pressed and one standard maki style. Our total bill? $100 including tax and tip. A steal. Star Granted. Stars 3 and 4: How was the food? Marvelous. The saki (a bottle of filtered and a bottle of unfiltered) was a great palette progressor, and every single dish was excellent. The pork dumplings are a must (with the spicy mustard), but it was the Soba Risotto that will be ingrained in my memory for years. I absolutely love risotto, and this unique blend with diced soba noodles, truffle oil and bacon bits was cooked to perfection. The rolls complimented the unique earlier dishes and were fresh and proportionate. All in all this was an excellent culinary experience. Dual Stars Granted. Star 5: Would you eat here every day if you could? It's my favorite Japanese spot in the city hands down. Star Granted. read more

I have tried everything on the menu. The ramen is still the best thing here despite all the expensive and flashy things offered. read more

Tei-An - Smoked salmon 3 ways. The belly is awesome!! - Japanese Near Me - Dallas, Texas

I read about this place on flight in to Dallas this week. It sounded like a good place to eat and i was not disappointed. The place was very nice a little dark but good for romance. The food was so yummy i only wish I could eat more. I started with their white seaweed salad OMG!!!! This was so fresh and tasty i could have eaten nothing else all night and been so happy. But i had to try the snapper sashimi in a spicy sauce also very good. Almost as good as the salad. My main dish was the duck soba noodles, excellent recommendation from the waitress. The service was good, the recommendation were right on. They could have been a little more forth coming but were eager to help when asked. Over all a great dinner in a new town. read more

Today for lunch we decided to try something new. We were looking for a nice restaurant with delicious food, something a little upscale and special. That is exactly what we found at Tei-An. The atmosphere was spectacular. Weeks of stress built up from tight deadlines just melted away in the relaxing and friendly enviroment. My lunch ended up feeling like a spa-break, and I was ready to tackle the rest of my day (if I had too.) The decor was beautiful. Incredible decorations with class. And as it has been mentioned time and time again, the bathroom was quite lovely. It's not so often you find foodies discussing the wonders of a restroom, so it is not to be taken lightly. Now that we have all that out of the way, lets focus on the actual food and service. Starting off, this was the first time I had Soba. The waitress was extremely friendly and took her time explaining the different dishes with absolutely no snobbery involved. I didn't feel bad for trying something new, and I felt encouraged to ask questions about anything and everything on the menu. The wait staff seemed really excited to have us there and generally happy to be serving us. That made the experience and the atmosphere even more delightful. We started off with a white seaweed salad. Neither of us had tried a seaweed salad before, and it blew us away. This was incredibly tasty, wonderful texture, and a very good sized portion for us both to share as an appetizer. Yum. Next came the meals, which were much larger than I expected. The portions, to me, were enough to justify the price. I had ordered the Tempura Soba, and she ordered the cold Soba Sampler. Both were exquisite. The rice ball was delicious, the tempura was outstanding, the noodles were perfect. It was too much for me to eat, but I kept going anyways. It was packed full of flavor, and I could not resist. To top that off, the owner brought us over some sushi on the house. I dare say it was the best sushi that I have ever put in my face. I'm still thinking about it... Mmmmm So, five stars from me. Maybe the prices are a little high, I don't know. They were lower than what I thought they were going to be. I think the amount of food balances it out. Plus, anywhere you go to eat in that area is going to be pricey, it goes with the territory. The one thing that I loved about it was, pricey or not, the atmosphere was so relaxed and laid back. You don't feel uncomfortable or out of place. You feel at home and amongst friends. I may not be able to go there every week, but I will certainly be back. read more

Please do not be fooled by this magical white seaweed salad dish. There is no such thing of a white seaweed. All it is is white fungus that does not even grow in waters like seaweed. Anyways, I dined here while waiting for my performance to start. I was greeted at the door politely and was shown to the bar, but weird thing was they did not show me which seat to sit in. So I awkwardly sat at the corner. I ordered the white seaweed salad and tonkotsu ramen with the recommendations on yelp. See first paragraph about white seaweed salad.. I felt disappointed and had to google white fungus to see if it was also called white seaweed. And according to Wikipedia, NO... It is not called white seaweed. I had a hard time eating this dish because the soy sauce-mirin combination was overpowering and too salty. If you are familiar with asian dishes, white fungus is mostly used in soups or dessert. But oh well, it's good for your complexion anyways so I just ate all of it without much hesitation. Tonkotsu ramen was really good. I am glad they offer good white pepper and chili oil on the side as condiments. Broth and noodle was really well done. The pickled ginger added a small kick in the texture and blended well with the soup. Chasu could be more burnt for flavor, but that is just my personal preference. Now for dessert, I asked the waiter for the dessert menu and immediately the soba ice cream with black honey caught my eye. I ordered it immediately and was stopped by the waiter. He told me if he were me he would order the black sesame mousse because it is less sweet. How weird and rude. Was he implying that I am fat and should order something less sweet? I totally ignored him and went on with my soba ice cream. Trust me, I had sweeter ice creams or honey than this dessert and I finished all of it. Was it delicious? Yes. Was it too sweet for me? Coming from a customer who orders bubble teas with less sweetness, NO, this dessert dish is perfectly fine. Overall, I might come back to try their sushi and soba, or heck, a $100 splurge on omakase. Please improve your service and learn what not to say to your customers. Maybe change your tone to "may I suggest the black sesame mousse" instead of calling me fat indirectly... But must I say, GOD your bathroom is to die for... I literally took pictures and snapchatted your basin. It's so zen and makes me want to wash my hands forever and ever. read more

Incredible experience here! The staff was so friendly and knowledgable. Very clean place with great vibes. I'm not the most exotic eater but the pork ramen here has changed my beliefs! It was unimaginably delicious and the pork was cooked well. My ramen came with a half roll of the day which was California and was again, delicious. Make sure to check out the white seaweed salad and get some dessert because they all hit the mark! read more

Tei-An - Pork ramen! - Japanese Near Me - Dallas, Texas

This place is serious yo. They seem really committed to their food--making it as authentic and its seafood as fresh as possible for an inland city. The ambience is also really cool--dimly lit, with a dining room whose focal point is a long, roundish serving table surrounding a trickling rock (no joke, and it's a lot nicer than how I just described) and a separate bar/lounge area. Heck, even the bathrooms are pretty nice; they even have those fancy toilets that are equipped with the bidet. Enough about trickling rocks and bidets on toilets; let's talk about the food yo. Ordered the spicy tuna pressed sushi and chicken karaage for apps, and then my friend ordered their pork ramen while I got hot soba with duck breast and shitake mushrooms. The food came out without too long of a wait, and the food was all quite good, really good, in fact. It's hard to mess up chicken karaage (and they didn't), the pressed sushi was really something interesting and good; there was something--something vinegary--that they put into the spicy tuna that gave it another dimension of flavor while keeping the heat in check. Both the ramen and the soba were good; It's just that I've never spent so much on a bowl of soba before. Don't get me wrong, it was pretty good; I think they actually make their own noodles, and the broth was really flavorful but not overly salty, you could really tell they put a lot of time into prepping the broth and noodles (probably over a day beforehand, in fact). But still, I've had a lot of good Japanese noodle dishes over the years, and hardly any of them came close to $25 for a bowl... That said, the ramen is equally good and nicely priced. Given that it's the only ramen dish on the menu while the rest of the noodle dishes are varieties of udon and soba, it seems as though ramen may be one of those we-do-it-because-we-can sorts of things. But it works because they do it well. Go here to impress a date or a business associate or whatever; the ambience, the food, the service--Tei-An delivers. read more

I came here for the ramen but that was the most forgettable part of our meal. The ramen was good but every other dish we ordered was wonderful. I prefer slices of pork in my ramen and theirs had chunks. Not as nice in my opinion. The broth wasn't as complex as I'm used to and it just didn't seem to blend together too well. It was good, but if I go back I will be trying more of their beef and pork entrees. I would advise to stay away from the sushi. Being a Japanese restaurant, they had lots of sushi to choose from, but this is not a sushi bar or sushi focused restaurant. Their sushi is not bad, but it is not their specialty. If you order sushi, order something out of the ordinary and you'll be pleasantly surprised. Their Uni was very nice. Don't come here expecting "firecracker" rolls, or other quirky named dishes. The duck tartar, pork skewers, dumplings, seaweed salad, udon, and almost anything else we tried were superb. I will be back as their menu is extensive, fresh, and exciting. So many little dishes to try and so many flavors, they were just wonderful. The interior is amazingly Japanese. Tastefully well done. Muted tones of tan, green tea, dark teak, and browns. I lived in Tokyo for a year a few years ago and this place made me long for Japan. Bathrooms especially nice with their electric toilets. Those are so nice and once you don't have them on a daily basis, I promise you will miss them. read more

The ambience is romantic, the decor is elegant Japanese. We started with a sushi sampler and the dashi broth soba. The sushi was fresh, but the portions were small, and there was a blandness to it that made it not quite memorable. I'd heard that they hand cut their noodles, and having tried the soba, I can say that this is probably true - it was one of the best soba dishes I've had, but the portions were, again, tiny. We decided that we were still hungry after the sushi and the soba, so we also got vegetable tempura, agedashi tofu and the chicken wings, which we'd heard were delicious. All 3 were very good, but not so exceptional that I'd prefer having these appetizers at Tei-An compared to anywhere else. Overall - this is a really nice restaurant, with a very date-night-y feel. It's definitely somewhat upscale and pricy for the amount of food you get, and not somewhere I'd visit outside of special occasions. I was wearing a nice top and jeans, and felt somewhat underdressed (lots of people in suits, business attire, fancy dresses). So considering how often we go for sushi and/or Japanese food in general (read: at least once a week), it's not somewhere we see ourselves frequenting on a regular basis. Great for a date, celebration, or anniversary though. read more