I felt like I was somewhere in Japan! We sat at the counter, which I recommend if you were here for…read morethe first time, a couple or a single. There was 6-7 people cooking on Friday night, one people at each station. Thus the food come out very quickly! We learn the hard lesson by making a mistake of ordering everting at once. Sure enough all the 8 dishes were delivered within 20 minutes.... make sure to place your order one to two dishes at a time. Food was good. Yakitori juicy, Hotate was fresh, seaweed salad, grilled mackerel, all dishes we ordered were pretty good. Old fashioned fries are a good deal (for Aussie price). Plenty of sake choices. You can choose from 100ml or 300ml so you can taste a little first, to see which one you like. I'll come back here again.

Yebisu Izakaya has this nice and friendly vibe. Full of energy and the service was excellent! We…read morewere here on a weekday every for a light snack so the wait for table was around 10 minute. The ipad ordering system is well designed with detailed descriptions and wonderful photos. I did have a higher expectation with the food after reading all these 4/5 star reviews but nothing we ordered was really memorable. Maybe I did not order the right things? Good as a place to meet up with friends and have a drink but if you are looking for higher quality of Japanese fare, you might need to go somewhere. Just be careful the portion is tapas style and your bills can quickly added up if you want to have a full meal here.

Okay, I don't get why this isn't just called Korean BBQ?…read more We opted for the al carte and didn't want to do the AYCE since don't think we could do much damage. Got the following: Pork Jowl - this looked like pork belly to me and it tasted like pork belly. Wagyu short ribs - this was the only better tasting item. Prawns - eh Marinated Wagyu LA Beef ribs - this was super sweet. Didn't care for their marinated concoction. The three sauces that they supply you with here was underwhelming - this sauce that was filled with chili wasn't even spicy. It was sweet and I was expecting heat but heat level was 0. Seaweed looked a bit slimy.

Great value with Groupon AYCE Wagyu and seafood deal, though we did have a little trouble finding…read morethe place. Other than that, the touchscreens worked smoothly, and the waiters brought out our orders in a timely fashion. We could only order 5 items at a time, but you can place an order right after the previous one. The marbling on the steaks varied with each serving, but it's what you expect from a place that serves AYCE wagyu. Preserved veggies were delicious, and the black sesame ice cream was a great end to our meal!

Went in around 6pm on a weekday and got seated instantly- not super busy at this time…read more Got the mystery sake and it was a super delicious yuzu sake! The waiter told me they actually only had 5 bottles of this left! I had these dishes: -5 nigiri sampler - good sampling of fish, delicious. -ponzu oyster - oyster was very creamy, yum! -negi nuta - green onion side dish made with miso. Crunchy and fresh. -miso snapper - soft and flaky -yakitori - juicy Would come again!

Whether it's rocking up solo or rolling in with the entire family, the food has always been great!read more

This place was great! Initially we almost walked into the meat grilling restaurant next door, but…read morethen realized our mistake and went to the right location! Very small store, so do expect to be shoulder to shoulder with other folks. All their skewers were very tender, cooked just right, and jam packed full of flavor (and salt). The winner for me would be the chicken meatball with egg (it was so good we each got another!) and the grilled onigiri was a nice touch as well. Definitely a great spot to grab a light bite.

Authentic yakitori grilled over coals. We really enjoyed our meal. We ordered a selection of the…read morespecialities including chicken and spring onion skewers, chicken meatball with poached egg and the grilled onigiri. With 3 adults and 1 toddler we spent $175.

Great sashimi and ask for the daily specials. Super fresh and presented with style. Friendly staff…read moreand a big selection of sake. Worth stopping in if your in the neighbourhood, right on the corner.

Small sushi Japanese type place on the corner of Liverpool and Dixon right near Chinatown. Has a…read morefew seats inside and tables outside. We stopped in for just a few things to take with back to our room. Super friendly guy helped us pick out some customer favorites and then whipped them up in a few minutes. We had a tuna sashimi, salmolm roll with cheese that was good and one each chicken and Wagyu beed yakitori skewers. Everything was very good.

Located off the busy Military rd in Neutral Bay. This Japanese restaurant is part of the samurai…read moregroup. They use a touch screen pad for the inside tables and a normal menu for the outdoor tables. Staff are friendly and efficient and happy to help you choose items off the menu if you are stuck. To start we got a few specials including the pork belly bao and the deep fried sole fish, then onto some grilled salmon and by this stage our bellies were getting full! So we opted to get 2 small desserts which was the banana split and the green tea cake roll. Overall, good food with lots of flavour. If you visit do try and get a seat inside because its pretty fun to order off the menu.

I totally rate Izakaya Samurai as one of best Japanese restaurants in Sydney. I love the fresh…read moreproduce, the friendly staff and the prices are reasonable for the portions. I tell Melle that the last time I came here that the sushi and sashimi were so tasty and fresh. She nods but it's not until she starts eating the salmon nigiri and sashimi that her eyes light up and says ohhh wow this is really fresh and tasty. Yuri then explains which tuna is which. There are three grades of tuna available on the menu tonight. Melle prefers the medium grade and we all enjoy the usual tuna grade sashimi and nigiri which is typically served in restaurants. The usual tuna grade is a deep purple. Yuri explains that the lighter the tuna, the higher the grade. The highest grade is fatty and delicate. I love it!

Very cool and artistic restaurant in Sydney. Especially sake, yakitori and the Japanese sweet are…read morethe best! It is a best place to hold a party. I love their soba, put the shallot pieces mix a little wasabi to their things like soya source, which should pour on the soba, amazing flavor come out, taste is very smooth. Another dish I especially recommend is eel and rice, which should be eaten three steps instructed by their staff, fantastic.

Wow! It took a little getting used to ordering off an iPad without knowing too much about what you…read moreare drinking or eating! I like to ask questions and be reassured my meal is adequate. If I ordered McDonalds by looking at their advertised photos I'd be shocked when I saw what I actually ordered. Nice clean place with many smiling faces from the Japanese staff who are hard to understand at times. Priced ok for city food. Kids were a bit bored. Food was good but instructions needed!!! Wasn't sure what was sauce and what was soup! A good licensed bar fixed most things. Japanese beer is crisp light and tasty but they keep a few versions to suit your palate. Nothing has been wasted by my tribe, they devoured all making me feel a little better about paying the bill!

So it's been 2 years since my last review. I still love this place as much I have the first time…read more My most recent visit was on Sunday post Mardi Gra. I was happy to see it not packed. To ease into a Sunday. But noticed lines for brunch places which I deem sub-standard. Social media has a lot to answer for crap places that cost too much and too much hype. As time passed, more patrons rolled in. They close at 5pm in Surry Hills. But Barangaroo is open everyday. Btw, they do sell that yummy Unami sprinklings on their chips these days in a bottle. My biggest gripe is that the only dessert on offer is a mochi. But now they also have soft serve ice cream. White chocolate and rose flavour. But for me, I wish they had their old desserts. But not enough patrons. So I understand that.

I don't understand the fanfare. The food relies on established taste combinations and brings…read morenothing truly new or inventive to the table. I had the ebi burger which, in my opinion, is a western friendly burger that borders on being adventurous but is just shrimp cutlets, a dairy based sauce, and burger buns. Nothing new in the taste and tasted exactly as expected. Also ordered the naked ume burger with an extra patty and found it dry, almost muted and kinda a waste of a meal. The fried brussel sprouts were decent but not good enough for me to return just for them. I think not...

The salmon don was really good! the salmon was the belly part, so very fatty and melt-in-yo-mouth!…read moreVery fresh too! The sukiyaki was a bit overly sweet, but the toppings like beef and tofu were good! Still a good deal for 1 person. Definitely a good eat

We are definitely a rice is life kind of family and so we decided to eat Japanese tonight. I'm so…read moreglad we found Yayoi just in the nick of time. We got there at 1956 and they stop taking orders at 2000. We had about four minutes for all three of us to pick a meal and place our order. With that being said, I'm not sure we got a full look at the menu but we're very happy with our selection. The food was delicious, filling, and very reasonably priced. One thing they did not do is refill our water. This seems to be a common thing in Sydney so maybe people don't drink much water or maybe you have to ask. We haven't quite figured that out yet.