One of the best japanese restaurants on the North Shore. Super welcoming staff & their green tea is…read morereally really yummy. The food always comes out super quickly and is always fresh and delicious. Try their other restaurant in Glenfield - it's just as good!!!

I shared a Kyo-ya Special between two, which was fresh, tasty and nicely presented…read more With a shortage of excellent Japanese restaurants on the Shore I would probably come here again if I was looking for a casual dining experience close to home. There is just a lack of atmosphere and "wow" factor with the food however it is a lovely place with good service and very handy to the beautiful Takapuna beach. Even on a busy night such as a Friday Kyo-ya is popular but you can probably still get a walk-in table, another bonus opposed to facing the crowds in town.

I love this place, one of my favorite Japanese places to eat at in New Zealand…read more The food is amazing and fresh The staff is wonderful....Konichi-wa Ai-san I tried most things on their menu but my favorite is beef tataki, shrimp tempura and all of their sashimi Beautiful presentation, all food is soooo fresh...its not that cheap but this place makes me happy...give it a try, it is real Japanese , delicious

Went here with the family on a Wednesday night for a combo birthday / new job celebration. Great…read morelocation. Excellent service. Exemplary food. Prices there or thereabouts. Highly recommended! Super useful online booking and text confirmation system. Suggest sharing rather than solo ordering.

Awesome fresh sushi and sashimi. So delicious. Suitable for…read moreall ages. My teenager liked the food. Sea views. Inside/outside tables. Good wine and cocktails. They accept walk ins.

This place is pretty good. Pretty damn good in fact…read more Today I had a real hankering for Japanese and with only 30minutes to spare before my next meeting I popped in Musashi to pick up some takeaways. Whilst Musashi looks pretty inconspicuous from outside, inside it absolutely hums. The decor is pretty nondescript, black walls with wooden features and giant sake bottles sitting on shelves but the food, well, that is another story. Being in a rather indecisive mood, I decided to go for the chicken teriyaki bento box. It was delicious. The miso had a load of flavour and was clearly not of the packet variety, the edamame beans were perfectly salted, the salad of finely cut cabbage and japanese mayo was crunchy and fresh but the real star of the dish was most definitely the chicken. It was cooked to perfection and was unbelievably tender plus the teriyaki marinade was one of the best ever had. My only teensy tiny complaint was that serving size seemed small given the price. Regardless, that food was that good I will definitely be going back. ASAP.

Musashi is a really great japanese restaurant. The menu is made up of traditional meals with a…read morecouple of Musashi originals thrown in for good measure. The decor of the place is pretty standard. The walls, atbles and chairs are all dark, the table settings are immaculate, and there is a private room that you can hire out if you wish. Both the food and drinks are moderately priced, which makes it great for groups and couples. The service is awesome and you;re alwasy greeted by a smiling face. There is a handy 'most popular' board which lets you know the most commonly ordered dishes. I recommend ordering something off the board (even if it's just little), you never know, you might find your new favourite thing. It can be busy on Fridau and Staurday nights, but I think it makes the ambience cool. Pop in for lunch or dinner - you'll always leave satisfied.

We were invited to lunch here and to be honest did not have high expectations. However we were…read morehappily surprised. Bian has both cooked meals and pick your own sushi. The salmon nigiri and eel nigiri were great. Salmon was fresh, and they were on point with the eel to rice ratio. For pick your own sushi I usually tend to steer clear from ones that are wrapped in seaweed, unless it was just made, as the seaweed is always soggy from sitting there for a while. In terms of cooked meals, the spicy chicken katsu don was delicious. It was missing spice but the chicken was tender and coating was perfect. We also tried the pork curry don. The pork was very dry (get chicken instead) but we enjoyed the curry itself. They do small donburis for $8 which is great if you are wanting to have some sides too - highly recommend. Our favourite has to be the tempura. It's $9 for a small and $14 for a large with assorted veges and prawn. The veges were super sweet (kumara, pumpkin, long beans, onion) we actually enjoyed them over the prawns which is definitely a first for seafood lovers like us. The batter was just right, not too thick and not overcooked. They provide tempura sauce unlike some sushi places that just give you soy sauce. The staff there are also super friendly and food comes out quickly. There is lots of seating both inside and out. Will definitely be getting tempura and chicken katsu before hitting the Takapuna shops next time we are in the area and craving Japanese!

For reals, this place rolls out some fresh to death sushi!…read more Normally I find it hard to get excited about sushi but this place is next level. The ingredients they use are incredibly fresh - no slimy salmon or limp cucumber here. Not to mention their topping to rice ratio is unreal and they don't stinge on the avo. I am huge fan of their vege roll - packed full of carrot, cabbage, capsicum and the like. Warning: The lines here at lunch times can get a little daunting but don't let that deter you - these guys operate like a well-oiled machine. Simply grab your box and tongs, choose your sushi and pay - in and out in 5 mins tops!

Wide range of Japanese food including traditional, fresh and clean with great service. This is the…read morekind of Japanese we were looking for and finally found. Highly recommend :)

Great place for Japanese food. Very nice and cosy, love the cute little details. Everything was…read morewell thought out. Plus, I love that they are so kid-friendly. They gave my 3-year-old her own set of cute utensils and Hello Kitty plastic cup which she really loved. The food is really good and affordable. I always order tonkatsu from Japanese restaurants and this one did not fail to delivery the authentic taste and crunch you'd find in a really well done dish. My husband had the steak donburi while my mom had the salmon with avocado donburi, both excellent dishes. They have a menu of just $10 donburi, which is really money well spent. This place is worth revisiting when you're in Birkenhead.

Absolutely perfect experience! Everything that we ordered was timely, homemade, fresh and layers of…read moreasian flavours!!! Staff friendly and quick. You get a strong feel of the locals filling up the dining room for dinner.

Your typical japanese (almost fast-food) donburi place. There's quite of a few of these Renkons…read morearound Auckland. Prices are fair, and if you feel like the portions are too small you can try upsize your veges or rice for $1 which I thought was a great option. Great choice for takeaways and a nice range of sides.

The hundred metres of restaurants between Hurtsmere Road and Lake Road is a competitive place to…read morerun an eatery. There are some great places and Renkon holds it's own. The Teriyaki Salmon seems to be a universal favourite among my friends - quite often it will be the only main ordered by a group of 4 or 5 people. At $11-12 it's great value too. Renkon is a busy and noisy kind of place. It has a great energy like the yakatori bars in the city. If you're after a quiet, romantic spot it might not be the ideal spot, but as a casual place to hang out with friends or grab a bite to eat before a movie it's perfect.

I have become an avid fan of Japanese food in the last year. Even though I hate sushi and the…read morethought of seafood makes me want to gag I have a severe weakness for Japanese teppanyaki restaurants. So when a friend told me about Ten and described it as "AMAZING" I had to check it out for myself - being the self appointed teppanyaki expert I am. I was definitely not disappointed. As my boyfriend so accurately described it Ten is a Japanese restaurant with white man portions. The entrée salad and miso soup were significantly larger than anywhere else I've been and the main course was pretty much huge. So a word of warning make sure you turn up with an empty stomach! Size aside - the food was perfect and the staff were very welcoming. The waitress was almost excessively sweet and the main chef had some serious swag! I think I'm making the big call and saying Ten is a ten out of ten!

on Sunday being Mother's Day I took my partner and sister to the restaurant for a happy time…read moretogether however once the cooking started at our table I was enveloped in smoke I asked the chef if the extractor was working he acknowledge it was but did nothing to stop the smoke i am disappointed and angry at his response we paid the bill and left never to return since then I have got very sore eyes and developed a persistent cough so much for what should have being a memorable day for us Thanks

I come here every week. Sometimes more than once. It is that good. Just like the town Daikoku, I…read moreonly ever go to Daikoku for lunch. I'm sure the dinner is excellent, however the lunch special at $13.80 cannot be beaten. For such a thrifty spend, you receive a princely set menu with salad, rice, miso, chicken, fish or beef, grilled veges and ice cream for dessert! The Takapuna Daikoku has a great location, set above Hurstmere Rd with what real estate agents would probably call "a glimpse of the sea". It has a large seating area with big picture windows and a lovely balcony which, due to the nature of teppanyaki cooking, has recently started serving a new Japanese tapas style menu as well as the feast that awaits at the hot plates.