Heaven! Ordered the tasting menu. 8 of their favorite dishes. Great flavor! Refreshing! Perfect…read moreafter a 15 hr flight from USA to Australia. I never order eggplant. I would order Akiba eggplant again and again. Kingfish sashimi is addicting. Sat at the bar. Willow, Host, and Max, Bartender, deliver exceptional service. Highly recommend for a quality meal, great service, and vibe!

Akiba is such a fun spot with awesome vibes. The pork belly bao is hands down my favourite - so…read moresoft and full of flavour. The Japanese fried chicken and kingfish sashimi are also great. Staff are friendly, and the neon-lit, buzzy atmosphere makes it a perfect place for a night out.

A solid pick if you're after something a bit fancier but still relaxed. The duck pancakes were so…read moregood, and the pork belly had amazing flavour. The atmosphere is calm and classy, and the staff were really welcoming. Prices are on the higher side, but the food makes it worth it.

We had some great food here, but the service was stretched very thin and a bit patchy. Would…read moredefinitely go again.

Just got dinner here and had a great time. You walk in and immediately the atmosphere sets in, the…read morebar setting, the art, the lights, and the music, I cannot complain. Food wise I definitely over ordered but that was mostly because I could not narrow down what I wanted. I went alone and sat at the bar. I ordered 1 wagyu cheesesteak spring roll, one jalapeño noodle popper, 2 honey chicken bao buns, and a side of the yakimeshi fried rice. The apps came out almost immediately along with the Seoul sister cocktail. The bao buns and fried rice too a bit longer but the waiter made sure to check in with me and let me know that he would check on my order without me asking him too. The apps were delicious along with this sauces. The bao buns were also really good, just a bit messy to eat. The fried rice was so damn good but at this point I was so full that I got a take away box and am hoping to heat up the rest tomorrow! Overall great experience and hoping I can come again and do the taster menu they offer!

We opted for their 'regular banquet' that came with a free sparking wine, 9 dishes and an identical…read moredessert each. The highlights for me was the wagyu cheesesteak spring-roll and the tea smoked duck pancakes. The atmosphere was great with attentive waiters, who were amazing in explaining each of the dishes that came out. Full review: purplecuriosity.wordpress.com/2021/01/05/lazy-su/

This place is well known for it's selection of deep fried chicken. The best is the sweet and chilli…read morechicken in my opinion but it's also well-known for its unique "snow" chicken where they top the deep fried, battered chicken with shaved cheese. It comes with a very small serving of radish, this is to balance out the flavours and to add a vegetable to the meal. If you only order the chicken you do not get the "ban Chan" (side dishes) that Korean restaurants are well known for. I like the soondubu jiggae. With every jiggae (soup) dish u order, you get the first rice bowl for free. The chapchae (vegetable noodles) are tasty because of the sesame oil sauce but they have no where near the decent amount of mushrooms, carrots, spinach and other vegetables, as this dish normally comes with. The sizzling dishes are well worth it, they are delicious and a more sweet and savoury flavour. If you have a Korean friend ask them to show u the ropes to the menu as not all their dishes come with pictures

Every dish I have ordered from here (and I have been several times) has been perfect! My mother has…read morecomplained a little about the serving portion of the kimchi jjigae but otherwise everything was delicious. I especially recommend the gangjeong.

This place is absolutely clown shoes…read more Booked here for my son's 14 birthday dinner as that's what he wanted to try. Arrived and seated, waited 30 minutes for someone to take our order. Young bloke behind the counter kept looking at our table then looking away. Wife went to the front counter to ask if we could be served, and was told that they had to serve someone else first - another table that had arrived 15 minutes after we did. Just got up and left. What a disaster this place is. Has completely turned me off going to their Civic location ever again too.

The menu was exciting to browse through and not too hard to follow. You are given a variety of…read moredishes to choose from, meat bbq cuts, fried chickens, soups, bibimbap and big-pots. Since we were three that night, we opted for a set menu, so we can try the various meat bbq cuts and the additional sides! The quality of the meats were delicious, evenly cut, clean and the right amount for the group. Full review: purplecuriosity.wordpress.com/2020/06/09/11470/

Tasty food, but loses two stars for having no EFFPOS…read more Overall: Suggest eating at any of the businesses surrounding them (who all accept the most common payment methods) until they adapt or perish. As always, I hope the ATO goes over these places with a fine tooth comb, as there really aren't many legitimate reasons left to make it hard for your customers to give you money.

*This is for the Isla Filipina(halo halo) dessert. Listen Australia or anyone else reading this, if…read moreyou only have to try one Filipino dessert in the summer, This has to be it. It's shaved ice with jellied fruit of coconut, jack fruit, beans etc. Top with ice cream. Folks on a hot summer day this is to die for.

Really tasteless and over priced for what your get. I liked that they had a brown rice option. But…read moreI was served a cold hot tea. Had a donburri that had some funky seafood creamy like sauce it tasted like nothing. They just seemed to slap some cheap packet pickled ginger and daikon with a pinch of cabbage

I particularly liked the sichuan garlic pork belly, as the belly evenly soaked the sichuan sauce…read moreand was perfectly tender. Special mention to their white chocolate chilli pudding, that was topped with vanilla ice-cream and milk crumb. I recommend going with the banquet option and if you're feeling a bit adventurous, ask to keep it a surprise. Full review: purplecuriosity.wordpress.com/2020/12/30/natural-nine/

One of my favourite restaurants in Canberra has long been the Chairman and Yip and on our recent…read moretrip I was a little disconcerted to see it was no longer at its Bunda Street address - I found later it had moved to new digs in Barton - and in its place is Tasting China. Well we were there, so in we went.... Still a very elegant and inviting place -dark wood, a splash of colour around, comfortable seating, moody lighting - and the menu was appealing. A good range of dishes representing the cuisines of Canton, Sichaun and Shanghai. The wine list is well put together, with a fine selection of regions and varieties, although somewhat limited where "by the glass" is concerned. But a bottle of Geoff Merrill's Grenache rosé suited us just fine! To the food - we began with Zhong dumplings - gelatinous and tender dumplings filled with a mix of chopped boiled prawns and ginger, and doused with a mix of soy and garlic and chilli oil. These were simply outstanding - among the best dumplings we have eaten - the filling was juicy and aromatic, full of warm flavours and the companion sauces and oils a wonderful boost. Our second starter, sea scallops with sugar snap peas, sesame oil and ginger sauce, was another mouth-watering experience - the scallops were plump and luscious, so very lightly cooked, a scatter of shredded ginger added warmth and spice, while the snappy peas crunched and delighted. Stunning. Warned of the size of the mains by our waiter, we ordered only one - a very wise move - and our Sichuan Rock Ling in hot chilli oil arrived - a massive bowl of soup filled with batons of succulent fish, and well stocked with Sichuan pepper, numbing the lips and delighting the palate. A bowl of steamed rice helped soak up the soup. This was a very spicy and fitting conclusion to a brilliant lunch. I have to say Tasting China is a more than worthy tenant of the old Chairman site - excellent food, great waiters, very good beverage list, welcoming décor - it will be on my must visit restaurants for future trips to Canberra. We loved it.... Absolutely recommended!!

Delicious authentic Chinese in a great upscale atmosphere. Angus beef stir fry was excellent. Loved…read moreit!