This is the best sushi i have ever had in my life, no exaggeration. Good service, the workers are…read morenice and welcoming and make food fast!! The interior is nice and the train is filled with sushi!

Unbelievably good sushi and Japanese take away, with outdoor seating, just up from the beach in…read moreCabarita. Friendly and efficient staff and fantastic food at a great price. If you are in Cabarita and they are open then go and eat the sushi, the miso, the gyoza, the tempura noodles or anything else. They are clearly people who value fresh, high quality food with love and taste. No website, only a facebook page "Izabu Japanese" https://www.facebook.com/IZABU-Japanese-Food-900546296662388/

Verdict: Choose another ramen joint…read more Was here on a uni holiday Wednesday at 8:20pm (it closes at 9pm, like most places on the coast) - there was no one here. For comparison, the Grill House and Kubo's Bar & Grill had multiple tables, and at least 10 ppl in the shop. Ordered the black garlic ramen (usually $12), enquired about extra noodles (called "kaedama") - $3 here. I was taken aback - places with the nerve to charge for kaedama charge less (Ramen Danbo $1, Muso $2), and most places offer it for free (Hakataya chains and Ramen Champion offer 1x, Gentotsu offers UNLIMITED) (on further research, $3 is on par with JFX Nexus). Apparently there's a large bowl option (+$2), so I chose that. The noodle and soup itself was fine, but there was only one slice of pork to boot even for the size upgrade (and the $6 sliced pork side option is also the most expensive of ramen joints). I can see ppl visiting this place if they needed a ramen fix, and this was the only place within walking distance - but JFX is 3min walk away, and they offer free miso soup. No wonder this place was empty. Note: - Cash only - No BYO drinks - There are no pickled vegetables offered for free

Really great value authentic Japanese "fast" food of don dishes with meat and rice or udon/ramen…read morenoodle dishes. Same great taste as the Sydney restaurant, but less queuing. Sukiyaki don is always my favourite with beef, miso soup on the side and I like to drink an iced cold green tea. Definitely recommend for students or anyone looking for a cheap meal as you can be well-fed for under $15. They often do lunch specials and bento box meals at a great price.

Great Japanese meals with friendly service and value for money. Our one must go to when we are in…read morethe Gold Coast.

Great food, really tasty and at a reasonable price. The service was good, the staff were very…read morefriendly and accomodating. Will definitely come back for more whenever I'm in the GC.

My husband & I tried Sato on a whim as it looked interesting & authentic when we walked past. So…read moreglad we did! It's a quaint, traditional style Japanese restaurant complete with gracious waitresses in kimonos. For entree we ordered a shared plate of 5 types of mixed sashimi. The sushi was wonderfully fresh, delicious and nicely presented. For our main course we chose Beef Shabu Shabu for two. This was also delicious and fresh, and the waitress took time to show us how to correctly cook the various vegetables and beef in the broth. They also have a nice selection of sake, Japanese beers (some on tap) and local wines. I highly recommend this restaurant for a slightly different but very tasty night out.

Around two years ago, on a recommendation my wife had from a Cha Cha fan, we made the drive north…read morefrom Palm Beach to sample the fare at this local Japanese favourite. The menu then was extensive, the food offerings somewhat unique, and we enjoyed the experience enough to remember it fondly and to return again when we had the opportunity, like last week. But sadly, we should have simply recalled and been satisfied with that memory because everything had changed, and not for the better. The menu has shrunk into your basic Japanese fare of chicken, pork, seafood, etc, and not very inventive or well-cooked. A tempura order of vegetables and prawns was undercooked, not crisp, and the vegetables and prawns limp and pale. Someone forgot to turn up the heat on the deep fryer. Another dish of salt and pepper seafood was nothing like imagined with a variety of steamed items like calamari, bay prawns, two mussels, fish pieces, a few small scallops and other forgettable ingredients. The expectation was that all of the items would be flash-fried like salt and pepper calamari usually is, but that wasn't the chef's interpretation of it. The saving grace was a small entree serve of marinated silken tofu which had a tangy and tasty flavour and at just over $6 was well-priced. However, nothing else was and despite our negativity of the dishes once set in front of us, the place soon was packed with diners and large tables of millennials who obviously have more money than good taste. But for us, it's ta ta to Cha Cha.

Authentic Thai food We've visited this little restaurant…read moreseveral times now - and we keep returning. The food is fresh and tasty, the flavours are authentic, the service is friendly and the prices are reasonable. BYO for $4 per head is a plus! Aroy mak! The food at this small BYO restaurant is wonderful and tastes authentic - a world away from the standard Thai restaurant menu offering in Australia. All the pastes are made in-house and the food can be made to whatever heat you specify. The soups, curries and salads are excellent and we particularly loved the choo chee barramundi. The home made coconut ice cream and mango sticky rice are wonderful too. We've here twice now and plan on coming again to sample more dishes. Authentic friendly staff too!!

This is our favourite Thai restaurant when we are in town. The friendliest service, delicious food…read moreand kid friendly too with plastic bowls and cutlery plus a booster seat if needed. It has a small dining area so it is best to book in advance. The prawn cracker entree has the most amazing sauce to accompany and they are not your usual run-of-the-mill common pink variety of cracker. We love the Penang beef curry and red duck curry with lychees but everything we have had has been great. We will be back, no doubt about it!

Friendly staff but very average food. Overpriced too. sashimi wasn't very fresh, gyoza were…read moretasteless, Karage was more like Korean fried chicken. wouldn't go back.

I'm going to give this place 2 stars because it wasn't inedible.. it just wasn't good.it probably…read moredeserves 2.5 stars. The service was good and the waitresses were really attentive but I think for the price it was a massive let down. The miso soup was good. The beef tataki was prepared earlier and my partner said it had a roast beef taste to it. The edges were cooked but raw in the middle and cold. Fridge cold. We shared the prawn and vegetable gyoza which tasted like the pastry was stale or suffered some serious freezer burn before being fried. The inside was a bit mushy. It wasn't terrible but it wasn't good had no crunch or crispy to it. I had the Teppan which is tofu and vegetables in a sizzling plate. It came out sizzling and 2 of the tofu pieces were soft and nice and the other 2 were a bit hard and dense. Flavour was acceptable. Way too much onion and not enough other vegetables. My partner had the teriyaki chicken which had large chunks of chicken.. cooked well enough.. the pieces were large so there wasn't enough marinade to go and it was more chicken to marinade ratio... Both our rices came out tepid almost cold instead of hot so I don't think it was fresh. Some of the rice chunks were hard. I think especially at any kind of Asian restaurant. The one thing that should be excellent is the rice and it wasn't. Actually that's probably a good way to describe the evening... it just felt not fresh and I think for a $70 dinner for two, no drinks. The meals should be at least that. We didn't order from the train just the set menus. I definitely won't be coming back and if you come from Melbourne where the Jap food is pretty much always good and at this price point great... be prepared to be let down!

Waka Japanese Dining (previously known as Sora) is a fantastic little Japanese restaurant located…read morejust a few minutes drive away from the hustle and bustle of the very busy Broadbeach area. The menu is full of very authentic and tasty items (we have tried a number of them over the years), but by far our favorite which we have without fail every time we dine here is their Bakudan Tofu. This is basically sashimi slices (salmon, tuna and one other I don't remember) and tofu in a spicy sesame broth - totally yummy! The owners are always very friendly, and even remember us even though we aren't here overly often! Waka are currently undergoing a big renovation to it's outdoor dining area, they are hoping to be back 100% by January 2016. For now, it's only dining inside.