Very small restaurant but very good food. I had a bento box with teriyaki chicken, miso, salad,…read moresalmon sashimi and rice and fried spring roll and one other fried dumpling type thing. The teriyaki was excellent, the salad was only ok and a bit dry. The fried items were not the flavor profile I was expecting but not bad. Being from the US, maybe it's just how it's done in Australia. One of us had teriyaki udon noodle bowl. Excellent noodles and broth. One had a sushi roll. WOW. The largest sushi roll ever. It was almost 2.5" diameter. Way too big to put in your mouth. It was like a California roll - avocado, cucumber and crab salad inside with salmon and tuna sashimi on top. Taste was excellent but very awkward to eat. Overall, friendly with good food. Totally forgot to take pictures.

This place held up to the reviews. The sushi was tasty and fresh. The staff were friendly. I would…read moreconsider this place as a good place for Japanese food.

Saw the great reviews for this place (in particular ramen) so a few friends and I decided to cycle…read moreto Neutral Bay from the city. We arrived at noon and it was empty so we had great service. I ordered the spicy tonkotsu ramen, a friend ordered the cha-shu ramen, and another ordered the miso tonkotsu ramen. After you order ramen they ask what kind of noodle you prefer, thin (standard) or thick (udon style.) Word of note, each bowl comes with two egg halves, so don't be a fatty and order an extra egg like I did...but you will probably want to order extra cha-shu, unless you only like 1 or 2 pieces of cha-shu. I ordered extra cha-shu ($2) and only had 3 pieces...I think they're skimping a little here. We also ordered a salmon roll and skinny avocado roll, and these were really good, especially the cut of salmon. Sushi is definitely good and reasonable here. Taking the first bite, the ramen was really good...but after a few bites it seemed to be missing something. I'm not sure what it was, but the flavour started to get bland, on top of not having many pieces of cha-shu to add more flavour to the ramen. Still better than Ryo's Noodle, but I don't think I'd venture out of the city to come here for ramen.

This is my boyfriend's favorite sushi joint in Neutral Bay. When we walked in I saw some great menu…read moreitems and dinner specials. I was expecting a great sushi experience. We ordered the small sashimi plate and 2 rolls. The sashimi came out first and was great! I loved the shredded radish that accompanied the fish. However when the rolls came out I took 1 bite of the spider roll which was tasty, when I went in for my second piece I noticed a long hair in the sauce. I was so disgusted and wanted to send it back but my boyfriend insisted I not make a fuss. So I sat there and ate the sashimi instead. When I thought I might try a piece of sushi from the non hair found roll, guess what, I found a hair just sitting on top of the rice( see posted pictures if you don't believe me) that was really all I could handle. 1 hair, ok I don't think its acceptable, but 2 hairs in 1 plate?! That's just asking for a health inspector. I had to say something at this point to our server who said he would talk to the chef. He ended up comping the sushi rolls which was nice but really I want the restaurant to take a little more care in the kitchen and pride in their food. A restaurant at least should have good food and meet the minimum health standards. I'm sorry but I just don't think I can come back.

Great Sushi & Sashimi Its in the area of Marrickvile where…read moreall the good Vietnamese shops are. Would be perfect if they served Sake but still really good i will return. And $1.50 unlimited japanese tea :) well unlimited hot water still good

With an array of Vietnamese Restaurants on show while driving through the streets of Marrickville,…read moreyou'll be forgiven for not knowing Japanese Restaurant Sakae even existed. From the street Sakae looks like any other shops in the centre of a bustling Illawarra Street with its modest entrance. There's nothing flashy about this place. The menu was extensive with lots of Entree options on offer. My husband had the Tempura Entree. It's a decent size for an entree, it includes 2 pieces of prawn, 1 piece of fish and 6 pieces of veggies fried in tempura batter. I expected tempura batter to be light and this feels heavier than what I'm used to. I had the Yakizana Entree. It's lightly salted half grilled Mackerel. The fish had been de-boned and the skin was crispy. It was a nice dish. Highlight of the night was the Deluxe Sashimi. It contains 22 pieces of sashimi goodness. It was a feast of raw Salmon, Tuna and Kingfish, as well as scallops, oyster, squid and Ikura or Salmon Caviar. Cut with great consistency, everything was fresh and the Ikura was real (unlike some other Sushi/Japanese place that serves fake ones). It was delish! I was a bit disappointed with the Cooked Tuna and Cucumber Hand Roll. The tuna was too mushy and it was so loosely rolled that when picked up most of the fillings fell out. But the mini rolls were neat and beautifully presented. The service was warm and friendly. And overall it was a pleasant experience. Would love to try other entrees the next time we come.

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.

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.

Small suburban Japanese restaurant. The diners were mainly Japanese families…read more Had the udon hot pot lunch set - on the menu it said rice, miso soup, and a dessert would be included with all sets. But we weren't served the rice or miso (would have been too full anyway) but a little disappointed we didn't get what was promised. Udon tasted authentic, the prawn inside the tempura shell was fresh and cooked well, loved the runny egg yolk and large mushrooms. Soup base was light and tasted good. I ended up slurping all the soup, even though I don't normally eat the soup in noodle dishes. The dessert was one small scoop of black sesame ice cream. The ice cream was served inside a ramekin, and the ramekin and ice cream was frozen and ice cream had ice shavings around it. I'm pretty sure they made it more than a week ago and froze it. Didn't taste fresh, and was very dry and hard. I pierced my spoon into the ice cream and a small piece came out. Tasted very frozen, hard, and could taste the freezer taste. I didn't have any more.

Sometimes I forget that Japanese is so much more than just sushi…read more Don't get me wrong, I scoff sushi like the best of them, but come dinner time, I tend to search for a hot dinner instead of some delicate cold sashimi. Hence my wariness when a recent family diner was booked at HaNa Ju-Rin in Crows Nest. But I was oh so wrong. I'm sure it helped that my sister-in-law is an expert orderer, but I still managed to be dumbstruck by every dish. There was gyoza, there was udon, there was king fish salad. Then there were slightly more adventurous dishes like giblets, intestines and beef tongue. And finally there was the dish that rocked my world: okonomiyaki. Sweet mercy this fried pancake slice of savoury deliciousness canNOT be good for you, but you'll definitely find me hoeing into one next time I have hangover. In fact, hangover or no, you'll be sure find me hanging out in front of HaNa again soon.

I was working at the Video store until 9pm and when I finished I decided that seeing as I'd just…read moreearned some money, it was only fair that I be allowed to spend it. So I treated myself to some takeaway for a late Sunday dinner. I'd often been to the Thai and Indian places for my well deserved late in the evening meal, so tonight I thought I'd go to Fujiyama's, the new(ish) Japanese Restaurant on Norton Street. I entered through the balcony eating area, which always seems to be full, went up to the counter and picked up a menu. I read through the dining options but in the back of my mind I always knew what I was going to eat. It had to be the Bento Box, that classic Japanese dish. An assortment of fine foods separated by barricades all inside a box. I looked around the classy joint as I awaited my order. Other people came in and picked up their pre-ordered meals. I wandered around and read newspapers that had been left on the various inside tables. Then finally, my food was ready. I picked up some chopsticks and a serviette and made my way home. I turned on the tele, I opened the box and I tucked in. Japanese food is always a little bit expensive, I find. But it is always good and I am seldom disappointed. This was no exception. Yummo. (Editors Note: Yummo?) (Seaton's Note: Do you have a problem with Yummo? The food was Yummo.) (Editors Note: You're an embarrassment.) (Seaton's Note: I just want love.)

I took some friends to this restaurant last night. As usual, the food is still fantastic however…read moreI'm not sure what has happened to the service since my previous visits. The only thing I noticed was that the wait staff seemed less attentive than they used to be. We sat down at our reserved balcony table, shortly after we noticed the table besides us had left. I think this was because of the meal although some of my friends suggested it was because of us - who knows. :P The remnants of their meals strewn across the table stayed there until we were about to leave. It was not like they were extremely busy either. To add to this we had to stand and wave our arms around in order to get the attention of the waitresses. They were lovely and polite etc, just didn't check on us or even see us attempting to get their attention more subtly. I left the food until last so I can end on a more positive note. AMAZING - AGAIN! We enjoyed the delights of soft-shell crab salad, sashimi/sushi plater and I never come to this place without ordering their baked salmon roll (DEVINE). The sushi/sashimi here is always fresh and delicious, soft shelled crab is great and you all know what I think of their Baked Salmon Roll! mmm We all left with full bellies but still heading for Bar Italia for a yummy gelato for dessert. Grand Total, $17 each, no tip tonight. I'm still a fan but think they can work on checking the tables more often.

Wonderful neighborhood sushi, noodle, and tempura restaurant. Staff are attentive and friendly. The…read moredining room is small, so call ahead for a booking if you can.

Quality authentic Japanese food. A kind welcome from the…read morechef and staff...even a free app after we ordered some wine and sushi. Highly recommend. Great neighborhood spot.