great! I am glad they've stayed consistently awesome!!

I am always speaking Japanese when I am there, a couple times a foreigner has walked in and asked their questions in English and both time the staff guy didn't miss a beat and responded totally well. Go Akasaka! I should have mentioned this before you went--the best pita/falafel place in Tokyo is like 30 seconds from there. "Pita the Great" --run by a wacky Israeli, all vegan, lots of sandwich options, bread baked on premises. It is on the second floor (from an outdoor staircase) in the middle of the Akasaka Twin Towers building--the one closer to Roppongi Douri.