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    Arakawa

    5.0 (1 review)

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    10 years ago

    The best sushi on the Goldcoast. Always consistent. A little pricey but worth the splurge. The service is great too

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    JFX Japanese Restaurant - Salmon sashimi salad

    JFX Japanese Restaurant

    4.4(9 reviews)
    4.9 km
    $$

    Thoroughly impressed with this restaurant! Its a small place but their food is outstanding! Parking…read morea probably the only issue, but if you come in the evening it is a bit easier to find. We ordered the Wagyu Beef Bowl, Bento Box with Chicken, and Aburi Salmon Carpaccio. The most incredible item was the Carpaccio. Without a doubt, one of the best starters I have ever eaten in my life! The flavors and seasoning was perfect. I'm a huge fan of Aburi so trust me when I say - you won't regret getting this dish! The rest of the food came out pretty fast too and was very good. The server was top notch too. The waitress often came by to refill our glasses and check up on us. Glad to have discovered this hidden gem.

    My friend took me here the other day for some Japanese BBQ. I've never had Japanese BBQ before so I…read morewas excited to try! The BBQ option was about $40AUD per person. Honestly, this price is ridiculous. Most Korean BBQs are about $20-30 per person. Anyways, they have indoor and outdoor seating. We opted for indoor seating because it was around 8pm at night and was super windy! They gave us order sheets and we mark what we wanted and how much we wanted. Those order sheets were pretty nifty! You just mark down what you want and give it to any of the workers. TIP: If it's your first time here, order a small amount for each type of food that you want. This is so that you can try everything out and check out the proportion sizes. if you want more, just order more. They do charge you extra if have leftovers! My friend and I ordered: beef, pork belly, shrimp, ribs, corn, mushroom, salmon sashimi, salad, salmon sashimi salad, gyoza, takoyaki, edamame, kimchi, and ox tongue. The ox tongue was yummy! It was thinly sliced and flavoured very well. The corn and mushroom were cooked with butter; yumm! The salmon sashimi just melted in my mouth! The workers there were very friendly and helpful. It seems like they lack English, so it was a little difficult to communicate with them.What I found was a little annoying was when they greeted customers. It was cool they they greeted customers every time they came and left; however, they would yell at the top of their lungs.The place isn't very big so you could definitely hear it every time. I believe their store closes at 9pm, so at around 8:30pm, they close the kitchen. Make sure to get your orders in before 8:30pm.

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    JFX Japanese Restaurant - Edamame, kimchee, salmon sashimi

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    JFX Japanese Restaurant - Meat, corn, mushroom

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    Yamagen Japanese Restaurant

    Yamagen Japanese Restaurant

    4.2(6 reviews)
    4.0 km
    $$$$

    Our food was soooo good but our service wasn't. :( Came here for my birthday and put it in the reso…read morenotes online. Server pretty much forgot about us throughout the dinner, and forgot our drinks. When delivering the check, he put our drinks in twice. Cocktail my lady friend got tasted like it wasn't made with any alcohol. They didn't acknowledge my birthday at all, except at the end when I mentioned to my friend and my server heard and then they took off a cocktail and half of a sake bottle. But by that time it already felt like I didnt enjoy my birthday dinner. Wanted to give two stars but the food (kingfish roll, seared scallop roll, chicken yakitori, chili garlic edamame, bottle of sake) was so good that I wanted to at least give three stars Loved the soundtrack and decor as well, but service really does make a meal.

    Wow what an absolutely fantastic dinner. A fusion explosion and enjoyment of something a little…read moredifferent - not at all expected. Staying at QT, I didn't wish to venture too far tonight, so the hotel's food offerings were on the cards. Japanese has always been (and remains) one of my favourite cuisines and so the local Yamagen was on the cards. The Yamagen menu offered a few tantalising fusion options which are not "normal" Japanese faire, so I decided to go out on a limb and try these. I am so glad I did! I started with the Sashimi Tacos. One word - WOW. Taste and texture were fantastic and an absolute joy. A fantastic fusion take and well worth trying. The crispy pork belly for main was chosen and also just as delicious. The nashi pear base was great and the textures complimented each other perfectly. My only complaint was that there was too little of it, I could have eaten two of these (because they were so delicious, not because of the portion size...) But dessert was also on the cards, and the "Yonuts" were chosen. I am so glad I did. Powdered wake seaweed with fine sugar created a sweet and savoury juxtaposition which perfectly complimented the isolated caramel balls of joy. Oh wow. The wait staff were attentive but not overbearing and the whole experience left me wanting more. I try to dine at different restaurants when interstate, but I will be hard pressed not to come back for take #2 tomorrow evening... Thank you Yamagen for a great dinner - definitely one to savour again!

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    Yamagen Japanese Restaurant - Yonuts!

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    Arakawa - japanese - Updated May 2026

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