Like a Beyonce song this was KURAlicious. Come for the lunch…read morespecial, stay for the dinner.

Just ok, honestly - depending on your expectations…read more Looking for a cheap and cheerful meal that won't break the bank? If you don't mind being crammed in a super noisy space, it's worth a go. Kura seems to be really popular with students & to-go customers and I'd say maybe go that way because the interior isn't much to get excited about. They are listed as a sushi place which is what we wanted, and they do have it, but it's a short menu. My husband really wasn't impressed with his sushi sampler - he said it was like grocery store sushi. I had a chicken katsu which was just "ok" - it was a little undercooked which is always a little concerning. The people working are really nice, the food comes up lightning fast and it's cheap! Lots of combos for under $15. Not really my jam but I think if you're ok with no frills it's worth checking out.

Went out for dinner and everything initially tasted fine. I had a chocolate mochi dessert, tuna…read morerolls and chicken and nothing else to eat before or after the meal. When I got home, I started experiencing severe stomach pain and intense nausea. I ended up vomiting throughout the night. Based on the timing and symptoms, it is likely that I got food poisoning from the sushi, possibly because it had not been properly refrigerated or prepared in hygienic conditions.

This place has nice tasting fresh fish It has a good self…read moreserve ordering system with an fast turnover sushi train belt, food came very fast also Only down side was they were out of kingfish nigiri but had sashimi

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.

The restaurant is above the food court and nicely decorated. The lunch menu had variety (sushi,…read morebento, hot pots, noodles, rice bowls and etc.) I had the grilled salmon bento box ($24) which came w a miso soup, salad, sashimi, salmon roll and two piece of grilled salmon (great flavor and love the crispy skin) the food was fresh and good quality (portions and fairly small as I was hungry after the bento). I was happy w the food - just wish my bento box came w rice (which is what I am use to). Overall good food and nice environment - I would recommend.

The service is insanely good here - some of the best I've ever experienced! You would take a sip of…read morewater, they'd come over to replenish that sip immediately. They cleared anything used right away and were always asking if things were okay. I asked for a drink I saw here on Yelp in a photo and they made it for me, given it did not look anything like it but it tasted lovely and we all had a good laugh about how unalike it was from the original picture! I tried sushi tacos for the first time ever, and although I wouldn't go that route again purely off of preferring seaweed to be not crunchy, I am glad I tried it and ate the whole thing. I'd definitely return to try something different next time!

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.

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.

My husband keeps raving about this place and tries to come every time he's in Sydney. Since he…read moreinsists this is the best sushi he has ever had ... Well I have try to see if it's worth the hype. They recognize him immediately which I find a little funny because he must come here more often than I think. We sit at the sushi bar and we are greeted by the chef and the waitress quickly sets down our plates and takes our drink orders. They pour us sake Japanese style. The service is impeccable even at the sushi bar. We had the omakase, which means the chef chooses your food for you and it consisted of all raw foods. We had a mix of sashimi and nigiri from both fish and shell fish. My top favorites were the scallop lightly seared and the super decadent toro with uni on top. That was so simple, but I have never had them together! There were 2 things about the omakase experience that really set this place apart from other sushi restaurants. 1. I tried fish that I have never heard of nor tasted before (and I can't spell them either) 2. They presented different parts of the fish for you to try. For example, he gave us yellow tail belly and then presented a yellow tail closer to the fin with a little of the skin to give it more flavor. I appreciated the extra attention of presenting the same fish, but in a slightly different way to enhance its flavor. Looking around I saw plenty of tables eating a mix of both raw and cooked foods. Even though we only had raw food, the cooked food looked delicious. If you're looking to try the omakase, call ahead to let them know. It was possible to also have cooked foods in our omakase, but we preferred raw. Yes, this place is worth the hype because of their service, attention to detail, great food and presentation and somehow it was still laid back. They knew my husband by name and most restaurants in big cities lack that personal touch.

Wow. We were looking for dinner around the Rocks and wanted something different from burgers. Turns…read moreout Sydney has a diverse population and has a lot of good Asian food. This looked like a generic Japanese place, like the ones you find in English speaking countries. Yelp and other apps seem to recommend it, and I walked in suspiciously. Turns out, it was great! They advertised wagyu beef grilled on pink Himalayan salt, and that was what we got. It turned out to be a thick slab of salt on a gas stove, where you could grill the wagyu and veggies on the salt itself. Since the salt provides the flavour, you don't have to add extra seasoning to the food grilled on it - it made everything taste delicious. The beef was also of good quality and had fabulous marbling. We also got agedashi tofu and some grilled salmon. The tofu were so-so, but the salmon was so delicious and presented very nicely with vegetables. Service was so-so, but the prices were great since the US dollar was strong (woohoo), and I think that was the cheapest quality wagyu I've had in a restaurant. I still haven't seen places in the US that does the salt grill thing. I wish I could go back and have this again!

I have to confess that I went for a family event so i didn't have to pay. The food was amazing. The…read moreflavours are authentic and the presentation was simple but perfect. It was a feast for the eyes and taste buds. The chicken karaage was great, one of the good ones in Sydney. The tempura roll was nice, albeit not so warm when it came to the table. Sashimi was superbly fresh. All in all quality of ingredients are amazingly fresh. Portion runs big so be careful not to over order. The price runs on the more expensive side but it did reflect the quality and taste so I didn't feel like I was ripped off. But then again I wasn't the one paying. I don't think I'll rush back with that kind of price but if you don't have to worry about the moolah the it's a great Japanese place to go.

I love this place. The food is always delicious and it is reasonably priced. There are always lots…read moreof Japanese people here, which is a good sign. I simply don't understand the bad reviews.

If you can't dine in Tokyo, The Sushi Counter is your next best option. Fabulous food made fresh to…read moreorder. The best miso soup you will ever find. Friendly hosts make it a pleasure for patrons. Settle in for a meal to savour.