With several other Ottawa Foodies folks, I attended the first-ever Izakaya event here. The experience was excellent overall and everyone I spoke to was very happy to have been part of it.
The focus of Izakaya is on small tapas-like sharing plates and sake. There was a large selection (30+) of small plates to choose from, ranging in price from $4 to $15. Portions were ideal for two people to share, so we asked for a knife and tasted tiny morsels of everything at our table of five. This worked quite well.
The food quality, preparation, and presentation was up to C'est Japon à Suisha's usual high standard. Service was absolutely stellar, with Liz expertly juggling our various food and drink requests and seemingly even reading our minds when we wanted to change a small Sapporo order to a large.
RiceLover
It contained 2 fairly big wagyu ground beef croquettes, a salmon and cucumber roll, cold soba noodles, a green salad and red bean mochi.