Good solid four star Japanese. This is a favourite restaurant of my good friends who love their…read moreJapanese and good food generally. Nice restaurant. Very good dishes. All of them. Every dish we had tonight was great - see photos. Service, particularly from the lovely Zoe, was efficient and friendly. We had a great night. Been here twice. I'd love to come here again.

Good value, good food, and Sake and Japanese beers are good too, well priced, Shabu Shabu was…read moreamazing

Popped in for an early dinner. Love the late 80s, early 90s Japanese decor. It is all immaculately…read morepresented and clean. Friendly service, with our waitress wearing a traditional Japanese outfit. Extensive menu with good vego and vegan options. Very reasonable prices. My vege bentoh was the best I've ever had, and all prepared fresh. Well priced alcoholic drinks. Just $5 for a glass of Japanese plum wine. Will definitely return. Note: $25 eftpos minimum. They also do take-away.

Unassuming little cafe on the corner with onstreet parking only, Satsuki was a pleasant surprise on…read morea cold wintery night when we needed take-away. Nasu Ten: lightly fried eggplant with slightly sweet twang 10 piece sashimi: fresh and tasty Vegetarian okonomyaki: huge round okonomyaki with mayo and soy sauce on top, not too doughy Nabeyaki udon: udon with chicken The food hit the spot and I am glad they do takeaway as we have previously tried to get a table and they have always been full! Total was $55 for two very full people with okonomyaki to spare for next days lunch.

Excellent okonomyaki and delicious yaki niku. It's small and you should try to book but it's so…read moreworth it. A little Japanese secret in the middle of suburbia.

I've eaten at Jirochyo several times and I have been quite frankly blown away by the quality of…read moreservice and cuisine every time. I plan on being a long term patron and feel I've found myself The Japanese Restaurant of choice in the South Eastern suburbs. The decor is clean and authentic, sporting metal tables, adorable Japanese art and mood lighting. There is a Sushi Chef at the end of the restaurant who you can watch prepare your fresh sushi or sashimi, it's a delightful place to be if you truly appreciate Japanese food and culture, as I do. The staff are incredibly sweet and attentive too! The menu is authentic. There is a couple if ways to approach ordering depending on your mood, group and such. The entree options can be ordered almost like tapas, the mains are filling on their own or you could order the platters of sumptuous sushi with fresh wasabi and tasty pickled ginger (not the sad looking pink stuff.) You can leave satisfied on $20 or $60. I think even if you are Japanese foods number one fan or just discovering the hidden treasures of the cuisine, I can not imagine you will not be pleased with your visit to this fine establishment on Hampton St. Enjoy!

One of the best sushi joints in the area! Sashimi very fresh! Melts in your mouth fresh! We had 2…read moredrinks ordered the sushi sashimi boat ($44) which at first we thought was tight for the # of pieces. However the QUALITY of the sushi sashimi MORE than made up for it. Thinking about it makes me want to go back now!! We also ordered the Sama Fish. This was amazing. Grilled to perfection! Beware it can be a bit too fishy for the uninitiated. The surprise quality of the night was the the agedashi dofu! Best I've had in a long while. Decent amount of bonito flakes sprinkled on 4 cubes of perfectly cooked tofu .. lightly fried on the outside with soft centre tofu inside. This mixed in with a salty bonito broth!!!! OMG!

This was very close to being a perfect suburban Japanese dining experience for me, with just a…read morecouple of small bumps keeping it from becoming my new local Japanese go-to. The dumplings were one such thing - beautiful measured tastes in the dumpling and sauces, but they were a little chewy and under-cooked. No such issues with the Tempura Calamari which was cooked nicely, as was the Nasu Dengaku (eggplant dish) which was up there with the best I've had. What a dish. The tofu was also fine, but got pretty soggy and lost its crispness pretty quickly in the sauce. The sashimi is where this place really steps up its game. Perfect melt in your mouth stuff. The sushi rolls that accompanied them on the platter we got were just ho-hum, but that sashimi was to die for. Next time we'll probably just gorge ourselves on endless plates of that. Service was again *almost* great. Lovely and attentive to our water, but they did give us prawn sashimi after we alerted them to not wanting it due to allergies. Lucky one of us could eat it, so it was all okay, but you lose a little confidence in them there. Overall though we really enjoyed it and will be back to give them a chance to nudge this 4 up to a 5.

After my favourite Japanese restaurant in Balwyn changed hands (and quality) I was desperate to…read morefind another venue to satisfy my craving for perfect tempura: crisp crunchy batter, with no taste of over-used frying oil and vegetables with some bite to them. Wa Fu fulfilled my requirements. Each succulent piece of the mixed vegetable selection (eggplant, zucchini, carrot and sweet potato) survived the 10 minute drive home in a brown paper bag and was complemented by the best Nasu Dengaku I have ever had: the deep fried egg-plant melted in my mouth, the miso sauce was perfectly balanced between sweet and savoury and left me feeling that this is a place to revisit! The warm welcome, the cleanliness and the ambiance further enhance my belief that I can stop searching for that perfect tempura! A very pleasant surprise from a suburban café.

I loved the food and the service, I highly recommend going here. But I did have one small problem…read morewith the how the seats were a little torn, but otherwise I had a wonderful lunch here.

This is a local favourite for Japanese food. It is very well priced for the quality and quantity of…read morefood. The bento boxes are Oishii (Japanese for delicious). The staff are very friendly as well. I generally don't like coming to Koornang Rd but I will defiantly make the journey for Shyun.

Juicy Noddles not matter by fried or spoiled by beef soup. I am so glad we have a hot and Asian…read morefood before we left Melbourne. Wish this restaurant can make great business in Chadstone.

July 2018 **** It's been a year since I last ate here. This…read moretime was in need of hot soup on a wintery night. Ordered the seafood soup. Pretty darn good. Comes with rice and the usual Korean side kimchi condiments. All were flavourful and reaaaaally hit the spot on taste heartiness and overall satisfaction. The soup seemed endless quite good size. I just looove Korean soup in rice on a cold night! June 2017 ** A ok all rounder... but if Korean fried chicken is ur thing... there are other places worthy of $$. soups here pretty good. the bulgolgi beef?? .... um u better off getting beef ur self and buying a bottle of bulgolgi sauce from ur local Asian grocers...

Fitted us in nicely on a Saturday night. Reasonably priced. Everything was slightly on the almost…read moresickly sweet side. We ordered chap chae, spicy fried chicken, mushroom dumplings hot pot and spicy beef ribs hot pot all for $86 and the 4 of us were stuffed. It was good but probably nothing to rave about. Best dish was the spicy sizzling chicken which didn't come out sizzling but was yum nonetheless. Service was good.

No obvious signs or bright lights…read more Sitting near the corner of Waverley and Warrigul Road, boy am I glad to have stumbled upon this place. With both indoor and outdoor seating, this small restaurant welcomes people of all sorts and has Japanese beer on tap! Wooden chairs and tables with menus on wooden boards, Cafe Carpenter combines Japanese and Korean flavours and does it well! I have found a quiet hideaway near home!

Oh..where to begin. Korean, Japanese and everything in between, the sheer variety is a bit…read moreoverwhelming at first. If I could order everything I just might. Normally I am a bit skeptical about places with too many choices, but at this place they do not disappoint. If you are looking for a friendly neighborhood restaurant and drinking place (Like an Asian Fushion Cheers?), but maybe are unsure of what you want, but just know that you want good food, then Cafe Carpenter is the place for you. It is not easy to find a place with a classically trained chef from Japan and someone who also actually lived and breathed the Korean street food scene. Food wise, from the LA Ribs, to the Donkatsu, and Takoyaki everything is excellent and authentic. Wide selection of alcoholic drinks, coffee, as well as desserts. The pricing is also very reasonable for comparable quality. While the quality, variety and service were all excellent, the one thing that stood out most for me was the friendliness and warmth of the owners and staff. I highly recommend.