I dot do many reviews and mostly use Yelp when wondering where a good place to eat is - obviously…read more:) It would be totally amiss of me however to not review this place. I'm a big fan of Japanese cuisine- have eaten all over the world and have dined at the best restaurants in Sydney from Tetsuyas to Koby jones etc. this place is by far the best Japanese restaurant in Sydney. The food is original, scrumptious and prompt. I couldn't possibly sing its praises enough, if you're anywhere in Sydney and feel like amazing Japanese food then try this spot. Best when warm as the seating is mostly al fresco but they also do take away!!!

Decided to try this as we always go to the usual suspects on Harris Street. Love this place. Nice,…read morecosy intimate atmosphere. I called ahead as we had 5 people and I remember it being pretty small. They had one table left inside. We had a range of dishes, including sashimi, sushi, tofu, tempura and karaage chicken. The food is nice and fresh. The karaage chicken was really nice and juicy and had a great tangy taste which I think is what the chicken was marinated in before it was crumbed and fried. The BBQ Wagyu main was a good size however it does not come with any sides like rice or miso. It was lovely and tender and just yum. The volcano inside out roll was filled with calamari and was a big serve. I liked how they had specials that were slightly out of the norm eg sand whiting tempura. They also had mushroom karaage but we ran out of space on our little table :)

I reckon this is the best Japanese food we can find in Hornsby-Pennant Hills area…read more Plenty of options from Sashimi, tempura, salads, wagyu beef, all really tasty BYO wine Japanese bottle beers are available

Ever since my son started learning Japanese at school, he has fallen in love with Japanese food…read more(which is absolutely fine with me) so Mori has gone onto high rotation in our "what shall we have for dinner' playlist. There are a few Japanese/Korean places in Hornsby but by all accounts Mori is the most authentically Japanese. The food is good. Really good. And unlike a lot of Japanese places the portions aren't tiny. You can get a good meal here at a reasonable price. The place itself is pretty tiny and always crowded. Seriously, the place is small. Don't go with a large group, you will not fit. Tiny as it is, Its usually better to try for a table rather than go for take away. Although they do take away, a lot of japanese food doesn't take kindly to sitting in a plastic container. It really should be eaten absolutely fresh. Some of the dishes are more durable and will stand up to the trip home so if you chose wisely, you can still get a good dinner even if the eat in is packed.

Authentic Japanese restaurant hidden in plain sight. The decor is old school and you'd feel like…read moreyou're in Japan. Majority of the wait staff were Japanese. We ordered kinpira, a very simple everyday Japanese dish and I felt like I was back in Japan. The crispy soft shell crab hand roll was delicious. The kushiyaki was really good as well. We got grilled Patagonian tooth fish and it was delish! Just as we were leaving the people next to us ordered tempura soba that smelled amazing. Now I have to go back.

If you close at 9, advertise you close at 9 and we show up at 8:15 but get turned away. I don't…read morecare how good the food is. Zero stars for wasting my time.

This Japanese BBQ restaurant is situated in the heart of North Sydney with a stunning outlook at…read morethe Sydney Harbour bridge from certain tables. The restaurant is a large space carering to groups of any size, with a range of different sized tables all with the BBQ's in the centre. It is great to have a meal sitting around the BBQ, although evolved human kind has been doing it as soon as we discovered fire. Rengaya is a little pricey, but it is in a great location and they are serving quality produce. I like the fact that you are in contol of cooking the meat, so you are guaraunteed to have an awesome chef. There is a range of sashimi; live lobster, fish, wagyu beef as well as other entrees like oysters, scampi and salads. We loved the Special Sashimi Selection: with fresh salmon, tuna, kingfish, white fish and squid add some fresh wasabi and soy sauce a nice simple and health start to the meal. Wagyu "yukke, a Japanese wagyu beef tartare seasoned with finely chopped shallots, sesame oil, garlic and an egg yolk on top. Simply delicious. There are a range of assorted sides to choose from. Although a Korean favourite, I am a sucker for kimchi. Their famous ox tail soup with vegetables and herbs came highly recommended and did not disappoint. Full of flavour and a good amount of spice. The meats they offer have various cuts, selected from the best quality 9+ wagyu beef. We went for the wagyu amusement where we could try rib finger, wagyu rib, wagyu loin, ox tongue, and oyster blade. You can then select particular cuts you like as well. They come with salt and pepper or bbq sauce and a range of dipping sauces. Try the meat without the sauce first, so good. We tried the zesty ponzu vinegar, we also went with sesame dipping sauce for a contrast of flavours. To accompany this we had assorted vegetables and the foil yaki mushrooms mixed with garlic butter. All cooked to perfection, of course. We loved the quality of ingredients and the Japanese BBQ experience at Rangaya. If you are super hungry, Rangaya offers a quality all you can eat BBQ experience.

Rengaya is our favorite in North Sydney. They serve high quality meat however it's sometimes hard…read moreto find a server to take our orders, especially there are some birthday parties there. Yet we will go back there as we enjoy their dishes.

This is my first time trying a proper sushi place and it was awesome the fish was fresh, flavours…read morewere amazing and I am definitely coming back here again!! The special price of $3 a plate was a good deal and the staff were very friendly all saying hello and goodbye! For people who don't like sitting on stools there are booths and tall chairs along with a menu of ordering your own sushi if you don't want to stand at the train of sushi. Along with miso soup and green tea available

They appeared to have recently changed their menu. A few dishes have disappeared from the menu -…read moreNo more beef tataki or ramen. The udon bowls have shrunk and they no longer take Amex. This and the sizes of some of their ingredient portions make it feel like they've taken cost cutting too far. No longer feels like decent value for what you pay.

(Please read October 2018 update, can't be arsed doing yet another review of Makoto, but the news…read moreis good!) This hurts. For 15 years I've been enjoying that feeling of having a special place thats pretty much perfect. Where the guys knew me and the food was way above the rest. Makoto was the best Sushi Train I'd ever been to and it was fully 1 minutes walk down the road. So I went a lot, I mean at least 800 times. The value was there. My favourites were the tempura king prawn hand roll, the king prawn and omelette hand roll and the most basic of all, the salmon sushi. Thing was, all the offerings were fresh generous and delicious. Last year a new owner came in. You don't need to read anymore if you, like me, know what that always means. The first to go was James who had been there from the start. Most of the staff went because they put in the ubiquitous computer screen ordering system. Then they removed all the old prawn dishes. All of them. Now you are lucky if you get a pre prepared frozen crumbed prawn covered in a mayo mess. Then they reduced the sizes of every dish on the train so the salmon was much smaller. All my favourites disappeared or were scrimped. Then they put all the prices up. The next thing to go was the queue, then the regulars stopped going. Now there's barely anyone there at 12 noon when there used to be a wait for ten to fifteen minutes. I'll still go now and then because its still fresh and its still close. The really sad thing is that I see people there who never saw what it used to be - they probably think that this is a pretty good place, they don't know what it was like. Sigh. Update October 2018 The tempura king prawns hand rolls are back!!!! The other day they had the old cooked prawn and mayonnaise gunkan on the train, its not back full time but at least it made an appearance! The salmon sashimi is no longer scrimped upon. Its back to its old size. Back to 5 stars for the prawn hand rolls alone. Thank you God, I really missed those things. And they are still on the blue plates, which have been bumped from $3.60 to $3.80 - so what - 20c!! Two words - yaa. hoo.

This a big call but I think this is the best sushi train in Sydney!! Genrally I don't like sushi…read moretrains but this is certainly an exception. The seafood is always fresh and of a high grade. However this does come at a price and you will certainly be paying for it. They have great Salmon sashimi but my favourites come off the menu, not the train and they are the omelette and king prawn hand roll and fisherman's soup. The Agedashi tofu ain't bad either ! I only wish less people knew how good this place is as sometimes the queue is pretty long.

Surprisingly enough, this was my first Japanese dining experience in the Sydney area and I wasn't…read moredisappointed. Sure I've had sushi with questionable ingredients from the mall and train stations but Sakura is a wonderful dining experience with very reasonable Sydney prices. Walking in to the restaurant, you may question if the food will be any good as the decor looks like an old cafeteria with a few long tables. The menu is comparable to "War and Peace," offering food choices to even the most picky eater. From bento boxes, tempura, sushi rolls to sashimi Sakura leaves even the most hearty eater fulfilled. I left Sakura vowing to come back again. No room for improvement. BYO with a minimal surcharge.

Went to a surprise birthday here and got a private room, there were at least 15 people there. The…read moreatmosphere was cool but the sitting arrangement was strange, the seats were half in the ground half above.. sounds weird? Because it was! So difficult to get up and back down! It was a massive pain! That was the only thing that ruined the experience, other than that the food was great and the service was also awesome. The ordering process was nice and easy, the fact that it is self ordering from the room on a screen makes ordering fast and easy and you can really take your time ordering. The sushi was nice and fresh and the chicken dishes were flavoursome, the portions were pretty small but the prices weren't terribly expensive, with the in room ordering it made it way to easy to order, especially in a bigger room where there is 2 screens to order! Very hard to police who is ordering what. Overall it was a cool place to go with nice food and good friendly service.

For all tech-savvy people out there, Wagaya is definitely with it. Touch screen ordering ipads at…read moreevery table makes it simple, quick and fun to order. Be warned though if your overly eager fingers traipse across the screen, the servings are quite small and you may end up with a much larger bill than planned. Although the food is reasonably priced, it's not recommended for heavy eaters. There are heaps of different dishes to choose from, and the food is categorised to make finding your favourites that much easier. I have a few friends that are terrified of eating eel but the dragon rolls, which is eel with a smoky bbq sauce and cream cheese is enough to tempt even them. The service is quite speedy, so no more waiting for table water as the staff zip from one booth to the next. On busy nights waiting for a table can be the pits because it gets heaps of customers who are coming from Darling Harbour. For bigger groups, it's recommended you book out private rooms in advance. If you do get one, you'll get a feel for an authentic Japanese dinner, with a low table and floor cushions to kneel on. I've heard a fair bit about this place and I'll admit that I haven't tried their sushi roulette (salmon rolls where one has a nasty wasabi surprise) but that's definitely the next fun thing on my Wagaya agenda!