Les avis sur Osmo X Marusan soulignent un endroit vivant et prisé des étudiants, avec une esthétique moderne et japonaise et une ambiance propice au travail sur ordinateur et aux rencontres; la musique et la fréquentation peuvent être très fortes, ce qui convient à certains et peut gêner ceux qui cherchent le calme pour étudier; les sandos tamago et karaage, ainsi que le katsu et le curry, reviennent fréquemment en tête, accompagnés de boissons comme le matcha latte, le hojicha latte ou la yuzu lemonade, et plusieurs évoquent le goût et la texture comme des points forts, certains parlant du matcha comme exceptionnel, d’autres le trouvant plus ordinaire ou trop sucré selon les préparations; le service oscille entre attentif et chaleureux et parfois lent ou inégal, avec des retards ou des plats manquants lors des heures d’affluence; l’espace intérieur et la terrasse bénéficient d’un design attractif et d’un cadre agréable pour travailler ou se détendre, mais l’affluence et le bruit peuvent limiter le confort et le calme recherché; au final, Osmo X Marusan est perçu comme une expérience distincte et energique, offrant des sandos et des boissons qui valent le détour, tout en imposant patience et tolérance au volume sonore et aux éventuels temps d’attente.
Great atmosphere. It's in a modernist sort of bunker with bare concrete & nice light. It's set up as a cafe populated mostly with students & with huge speakers & a DJ. Probably a great place for clubbing too. The food is perfectly acceptable but not great: steam table curries. Miso soup was very good.
Drinks - I've only had their matcha latte & it's good! No complaints! However!!! I thought I'd treat myself so I got a katsu curry for lunch. It looked great! Plated nicely but WOW was it bad. I couldn't finish the meal. The curry was tasty, but the katsu itself was the worst I've ever had. They didn't trim the silver skin off of the pork!! & if you've ever cooked pork you know to trim that stuff off before cooking. Silver skin doesn't break down when cooked & becomes tough & chewy because it's made up of elastin (versus collagen, which breaks down when cooked). It completely ruined the texture of the katsu. I forced myself to eat some of it (because I paid my hard earned money for it😭) before the texture of the meat made me feel sick. I let the staff know but unfortunately they weren't able to help & I would have to pay if I wanted something else. So I tried to make it work & took another bite of the katsu. It looked like lean meat so I thought I was in the clear, but the silver skin was hiding lmao! It was so chewy I had to spit that out too. It was as if I was chewing meat flavoured bubblegum. I've never experienced this when I've had katsu anywhere else. Truly such a disappointment. To make it worse, the rice was also mushy. How do you screw up rice if you're serving Japanese food? That was the icing on the cake. What a waste of food. All that is to say that I would not recommend the katsu curry.
The overall experience was good. However the drinks that we ordered, the limonade & the matcha latte were not strong enough for me. The matcha tasted almost like green milk. The curé was supper good, the egg sandwich didn't taste anything special, my expectations were kinda high due to instagram. The sandwich does look really good & aesthetic but it isn't worth the hype. But the overall experience was really nice.
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Highly recommend - one of the few places in the area that delivers delicious & fresh food. The staff is kind & the space has this cool & cozy atmosphere with lots of windows. Would go back many times over!
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Went there for late lunch (week-end). It was difficult to find free seats for 2 persons (lots of people studying/working with their laptops there). The food came out quite fast & the service was good. I feel like the tamago sando is a bit too hyped, recommended for those who never tried it. The taste was normal to what I expected. The katsu sando & the curry was yummy. The best part was the coffees! Would come back just for the Hojicha latte (with white choco).
Sandwichs vraiment très bons & originaux, autant celui aux oeufs que celui au poulet frit. Ils sont un peu petits, mais abordables. Le café était également très bon. J'ai trouvé la musique trop forte & l'acoustique de la salle ne la mettait pas en valeur.
