Very good Authentic Japanese Food. Food was great…read morePrices reasonable Service was great Family run restaurant. We enjoyed our dinner here very much Thank You Arigato

Good food. Looks like a mom and pop owned business. Chef worked hard to cook as well as prepare…read moresushi and sashimi. All of the food was decent and tasty. The only issue was service. Expect food to be served over a longer period of time since wait help was limited. But we all know the difficulty of labor shortages so just be patient with this homely restaurant.

Made reservations. Went to the restaurant. Manager or owner told me my time was 30 minutes later…read more We realized he sold 3 teppan tables with only one chef. Hard to do business like that. We chose to leave for a different experience. Too. Bad. Disappointed.

First time going to a Japanese restaurant. We're thoroughly enjoyed it. Started with a warm Sake,…read moredidn't really like it but that's our preference. Tried Takoyaki for the first time (octopus) was very nice! We both had Teriyaki salmon and teriyaki eel . Very nice, pretty small portions for a main, but we had dessert so that was fine. Reasonably priced. Tempura bananas and ice cream ! 10/10 The place was tidy , the service was prompt. Next time we will go to the other side if the restaurant where they cook on a hot platee in front of you! Friendly customer service.

Delicious and affordable food. The service from the staff was fantastic. clean and tidy dining…read moreexperience.

Eccentric but awesome dining evening!!…read more We booked the day before, online over Facebook, explaining that one of our diners was soy intolerant (but still loved Japanese food.) The owner was cool about it and we organised to be there at 6pm. We arrived at the venu, just a doorway with an unassuming sign between two shops. This instantly reminded me of some of the places we ate when we were in Japan in 09. Walking upstairs it opens up to a two table dining room with a small kitchen at one end. The decor is quirky, with Japanese memorabilia adorning the walls and mismatched Japanese cutlery on the table. There is a Japanese cooking gameshow on the TV in the corner. The elderly Japanese cook greets you from behind the kitchen and motions for you to sit. Since we are the only table to book, Ochiai San is all the staff tonight. There is no menu. We sat down and ordered some Asahi super dry and prepared ourselves. Degustation/ omakase style, heaps of small plates with delicious Japanese food start appearing. The chef was quiet at first, busy behind the grilles, but warmed up with jokes and banter as the night went on. Food was fresh and delicious, made from whatever could be sourced locally and turned into savory creations. 12 different "dishes" served over about 10 plates ranging from Japanese pickles to brothy soups to dumplings to wagyu beef to choco-nanas. All very tasty. I don't normally like degustation style dining but I was happily full at the end of it all. After dinner Ochiai San came and chatted with us about all sorts of stuff, Japanese dining etiquette, what we liked about the meal, took goofy photos with us with some pre prepared photo frames, he really does feel like he runs the place because he genuinely loves cooking. Really great experience, looking forward to going back there again.

We had been planning to visit Sakura Kitchen for ages. We stumbled upon it years ago when going to…read morethe adjacent supermarket and called in to ask about a booking. However, from memory they were booked up weeks in advance at the time so we put it on the back burner. Since then we've heard so many good reports that we made a date to go with some old mates. The unassuming entrance to this restaurant is sandwiched between a pizza shop and a butchery and is actually easy to miss if you are focussed on the pizza or the meat shopping. There is no menu. The Japanese owner cooks for you, seemingly whatever takes his fancy on the day. It's a small and intimate setting and you can chat to the chef from your table while he cooks. There were only three people working there: the chef, and two others who helped prep in the kitchen and wait on the table. We were a group of 12 and we were the only customers, all seated at one table which filled the whole restaurant. The chef will also open the restaurant and cook for just one couple, as he did for some friends' anniversary recently. I don't think the waiting staff were there so he just served them himself. If you are a fussy or picky eater, don't bother going to Sakura because you won't enjoy or appreciate the effort that goes into the food. If you must go, please be well-mannered and don't pout or turn up your nose at things you don't recognise. It's really immature and insulting to the chef. And don't announce to your fellow diners why you don't want to eat it - they don't want to know! But really... just don't go. We had about 10 courses I think. Each course comes on small serving plates, like a Japanese degustation without the wine to match. There's everything from vegetable to meat (Wagu), chicken and seafoods. It's all very good. Not being Japanese and not having a menu to refer to I don't know what the dishes were called but everything was delicious and presented beautifully with accompanying dipping sauces and condiments. There was so much food that we were all struggling at the end, but had room for the unusual green tea ice cream at the end. They are fully licensed but the selection is very small. I was offered a red or a white wine! They also do sake which some of our party imbibed a little too freely.. A trip to the bathroom is amusing, there is a heated Japanese toilet seat which does other things, (see photo). Our bill came to approximately $70 per head but would be less without alcohol. It was a great experience, unique and special and we'll be going back again.

One of my favourite little places in town for sushi. The staff are super friendly and always greet…read moreyou once you enter the shop. The sushi is fresh and you get the standard variety. Anytime I buy this sushi for others they always ask where I got it from! They also do hot meals but I have yet to try it.

Went around lunch time.. we were the only ones in there so service was quick.. just how we like it…read more I went with my sister and her husband.. we each ordered the biggest combo meals that came with a salad, rice, miso soup, and 3 choices. we each got mixed tempura, chicken karaage as our two choices and I got the spicy chicken which was super tasty.. my sister go the teriyaki chicken and her husband got the teriyaki salmon as our third choice. everything was cute and delicious.

I've been to Samurai Sizzle several times with my husband for date night dinners out. We haven't…read morebrought the kids, but I think it would be fine to bring older children. The restaurant is in a spot on Victoria Street that looks like it could be a bit shady (from the outside), but the interior is new and comfortable. There is a large teppanyaki cook-top in the restaurant with probably close to 20 seats that can sit around it. Unlike some other places, the chef cooks here consistently (there is some entertaining as with other teppanyaki places, but there is no waiting for a table to fill up). You can also order from the teppanyaki menu even if you are not seated around the table. Every time I've gone I've ended up getting the teppanyaki venison. I was intrigued by the offering of venison the first time and it's been awesome each time I've ordered it. My husband always gets beef and he's always been happy with his food as well. We like to supplement the usual teppanyaki sides (soup, salad, rice) with seaweed salad (we just love it). They do take reservations and if you have a large group (or you want to sit around the cook top) it would be worthwhile to call ahead.

Booked a few days a head for me and my girlfriend, when we got there they had given our table away…read more We got there on time, the grill was vacant, but as soon as I got in I said my name and they just got us to sit in possibly the worst seat, a tiny table against a wall. Not in a corner. I got up a few minutes later to say we had booked for the grill, and that it was OK when I had booked a few nights earlier but she told me that it was now full. Secondly, the restaurant has no atmosphere. It's basically as quiet as it is awkward, and they play modern pop music in the background instead of a Japanese themed music. Thirdly, with the all you can eat, they take SO LONG to bring you more plates that it really isn't all you can eat! We were waiting up to 20 minutes in between plates, and when it would come, it would be 5-10 small bits of chicken on a plate. As soon as a new plate would get here, we would order another, which wouldn't be out for another 20 minutes. The service was bad. The food was alright, but you got it in such little portions that it wasn't worth it. Even if we had got the table we had booked, there was nothing at all worth returning for. Especially at that price range, there are a hundred better places to go. I had been looking forward to eating here all week. Just go somewhere else.