Frommer's Review
This is a great restaurant that's a paean to the "stinking rose." Ninniku-Ya is located in a cozy old home, with tables in a split-level dining room and outdoors under venerable trees. The menu titillates with many garlicky surprises and specials. The seasonal specialties are fine but not necessary, as the staples are quite wonderful. The four-mushroom pasta is sublime, the hot-stone filet mignon tender and tasty, and the garlic rice a meal in itself. Every garlic lover should experience the garlic toast and the roasted garlic with blue cheese. Everything contains garlic, even the house-made garlic gelato, which doesn't overpower. Yes, that's garlic gelato -- and it gets high marks from me. Look for the festive fairy lights lining the building.
