The food was delicious and arrived quickly. The best thing though was the staff as they were all…read morevery friendly, efficient, attentive, and basically just really lovely. They checked in constantly with us and ensured we had everything we needed. Thank you! 10/10

Buffet cost only 29 per person and u can order all the food on double-sided menu. (There is booklet…read moremenu and perhaps not for buffet). The seaweed salad and beef carpaccio were excellent. Others are normal as other restaurant. Beside the food I really like the environment. The service was excellent as well, fast and high quality.

I've eaten at Jirochyo several times and I have been quite frankly blown away by the quality of…read moreservice and cuisine every time. I plan on being a long term patron and feel I've found myself The Japanese Restaurant of choice in the South Eastern suburbs. The decor is clean and authentic, sporting metal tables, adorable Japanese art and mood lighting. There is a Sushi Chef at the end of the restaurant who you can watch prepare your fresh sushi or sashimi, it's a delightful place to be if you truly appreciate Japanese food and culture, as I do. The staff are incredibly sweet and attentive too! The menu is authentic. There is a couple if ways to approach ordering depending on your mood, group and such. The entree options can be ordered almost like tapas, the mains are filling on their own or you could order the platters of sumptuous sushi with fresh wasabi and tasty pickled ginger (not the sad looking pink stuff.) You can leave satisfied on $20 or $60. I think even if you are Japanese foods number one fan or just discovering the hidden treasures of the cuisine, I can not imagine you will not be pleased with your visit to this fine establishment on Hampton St. Enjoy!

One of the best sushi joints in the area! Sashimi very fresh! Melts in your mouth fresh! We had 2…read moredrinks ordered the sushi sashimi boat ($44) which at first we thought was tight for the # of pieces. However the QUALITY of the sushi sashimi MORE than made up for it. Thinking about it makes me want to go back now!! We also ordered the Sama Fish. This was amazing. Grilled to perfection! Beware it can be a bit too fishy for the uninitiated. The surprise quality of the night was the the agedashi dofu! Best I've had in a long while. Decent amount of bonito flakes sprinkled on 4 cubes of perfectly cooked tofu .. lightly fried on the outside with soft centre tofu inside. This mixed in with a salty bonito broth!!!! OMG!

Delicious and creative menu. We loved the funky atmosphere of this restaurant and all of the menu…read moreitems we tried, especially the broccoli tempura. The most unique restaurant in Melbourne!

Yum. Mr Miyagi certainly lived up to its reputation. I love Asia fusion and certainly wasn't let…read moredown. We went here for lunch and I had seen and heard about the food from yelp and friends that have been here. We decided to go with the "feed me" option where the bring out a set menu and a tapas style. The dishes were all amazing. My favorite being the taco as it was amazing. The tempura nori taco shell was light and crispy and filled with rice, salmon, chilli oil, kewpie and topped Napa cabbage and spring onion. It's to die for. A favorite of all our group. The following dishes were all good also from the salmon tartare to the brisket roll. Also the MFC miyagi fried chicken was good coupled with mayo dipping sauce satisfied the bogan in me. The feed me selection was enough to fill me up and feel satisfied with out being too much so that I felt over full and heavy all day. There was other dishes on the menu I will certainly go back to try as they all looked and sounded good. The service was great and very attentive and friendly. The food came out fairly quickly so as not to be waiting too long for the next dish. I highly recommend mr miyagi and am eager to return myself.

So much to unpack here ... There were four of us for dinner and they seated us at a strange table…read morefor six, and so we were kind of spaced out too much. They gave us only two menus for the four of us which was annoying. The soup came out first and the other three of us had to wait so much longer for our entrees to come out. They too came out staggered, and since the chicken ribs came out SO late, they were still eating them as their main meal came out. I hate that. Cutlery was practically thrown at us. No class or care. Didn't find any of the staff warm or friendly at all, sadly. The one redeeming feature is that the food is nice. Is it the best Chinese food I've ever eaten? No. But it would scratch an itch if you're craving it. Also, just pray that if you order the Sweet and Sour Chicken like I did, that it's not drowning in sauce, as the batter then goes soggy and the cutlery gets sticky and sauce ends up on the table. Sadly, I wouldn't return here. There was no warmth, atmosphere or anything inviting, and some dishes were dirty. Yes, the food is ok, and reasonably priced, but there are so many other places one could go to. Sorry, but just being honest.

In support of a friend who is currently researching for a business concept involving dumplings, my…read morehusband and I have visited a LOT of dumpling / dim sum / yum cha venues. To put this into perspective, next week we're travelling to asia to do just that. Anyhow, I digress. The point is we get through a lot of steamed (and fried) parcels of deliciousness. Ripples in Bentleigh (not the other Ripples which I'm lead to believe is less than fabulous) is rather tremendous. Take a look at the pictures I've uploaded and you'll see how fresh everything is. This is now amongst our new favourites in Melbourne. So why only four stars? Well... the debate at our table came to the conclusion that you can't give a place 5 stars when you've only been once. Surely at least a star should be reserved for consistency. Anyone can have a great experience once. It's really not my thing, but I'll also say this - Ripples is extremely child friendly.

I was pleasantly surprised at just how much I enjoyed the food at this little restaurant…read more Walking in, I thought it looked a little dodgy, as it is very dated both inside and out. I chose this place as it was the only thing open when I finished work. All I wanted to do was grab some food and get home to the TV. The menu was very varied, I had a hard time deciding between the Mongolian beef and the satay chicken. In the end I went with the beef. One word. Delicious. The beef was sliced so thinly it literally melted in my mouth, and the sauce was awesome. I have since been back many times, and everything I try is as good as the last. The prawns, in particular, are smashing. I am always a bit iffy of buying a seafood dish in a Chinese restaurant, but the prawns were super big and juicy.

This suburban restaurant is surprisingly very busy in the evenings, considering its rather…read moreinconspicuous location. So only come here if you have time to kill because the service is extremely slow. However, the food is generally quite delicious, especially the XO sauce (big) prawns on noodles. A great place to hang out for group meals/gatherings, as the place has many big tables.

It's a 4.6 for us. What a gem this restaurant is. No wonder so many Japanese people specially…read moreseek it out. It serves some seriously good, sometimes absolutely spectacular traditional and fusion dishes with lovely service in very pleasant surroundings. It is the perfect combination for a great night out or a really enjoyable lunch. Two Sheds and his regular dining companion, a Japanese food aficionado of some note, were lucky enough to be invited to edit here on a cold and dark Tuesday night. This new and beautifully put together Japanese restaurant is located very near St Kilda junction and a short walk from Windsor station. We were greeted by the maître d warmly and shown to an ideal table. The fitout is extremely inviting, warm and there is even a lovely Japanese Garden/courtyard for lazy summer afternoons. How I'd love to have that garden at my own place, including the beautiful stately bamboo. The menu is elegant and well put together. A beautiful list of sakes is included on the wine list, with a small, but well selected, list of wines. We asked the maître d for the chef's selection. For entree followed sashimi (at our request), carpaccio of salmon, tuna and kingfish with a ponzu sauce and exquisite scallops grilled with enoki mushrooms. Our favourites on the sashimi were the salmon belly and kingfish and snapper. The salmon belly in particular had a texture and consistency which we handy experienced before. These were amazing (see pictures). The grilled scallops were topped with a salmon roe mayonnaise which was something we've not experienced before. It is a gorgeous dish. It set off the flavour and texture of the enokis very well. And was a perfect match with the recommended dry sake. As good as the initial dishes were, the absolute highlight offerings were still to come. The dishes of the night came with the main courses. The first was the black cod. Cooked slowly on the grill, this salty and strong fish was served on a bed of special miso. Exquisitely flaky and flavoursome, an acquired taste because of its strength, but something that you MUST come here to taste. It is an exceptional dish which sent us into a state of ecstasy. Some people don't like the skin, but please try it, because that too was cooked perfectly so as not to be tough. Trust us. This dish alone is enough to cross town for. It's amazing! The wagu beef was served on an authentic Japanese grill. Placed on Houba leaf - magnolia in English - over the grill, to protect and flavour the beef. The beef is sourced from Gippsland. It was tender, rare and superbly flavoured. Along with the black cod, you could not get better, authentic, dishes than this were you actually in Japan, a wonderful country that my dining companion and I have been to many times. Dessert was a touch of tradition coupled with a touch of fusion: green tea ice cream with a delicate and small black sesame panna cotta square. The ice cream was deliciously matcha flavoured (another Two Sheds favourite flavour) and the panna cotta square had delicate smoothness about it which was beguiling. Serves were a perfect (small) size given the feast we'd already eaten. We were sad our visit had to come to an end here. We enjoyed the whole experience immensely. Japanese food of this high quality is truly a thing to behold and celebrate. If this restaurant was near my home I'd be here on a very regular basis. My dining companion is so lucky. He is in the next suburb and is already planning regular returns including with his partner and father who adore great Japanese food. If you're nearby, just visit. If you're not nearby, my strong advice is make a little effort. I would cross town to get to Fujitei anytime. The restaurant is in the Le Clec category to me. A wonderful restaurant with a buoyant rating and just waiting to be fully discovered. Our thanks to Ryoichi for such a great experience with superb hospitality. We love this restaurant and highly recommend you visit it soon.

Love, love love this restaurant, and I lived in L.A. for many years, home to great sushi - sorry,…read morehaven't been to Japan yet. I am quickly writing this review because I have been there 3 times already in as many weeks and am going back tonight, but have still not written a review which at 5 stars is very well deserved. So the carpaccio of fish is just superb. The quality of the fish, the nice thick portions of fish and the sauce is just perfection. The house roll is one of the best I have had anywhere, raw, great texture and a bit of crunch - I was nearly put off because it was tempered but it is so light, it just totally compliments it. The black cod was fantastic, so perfectly done, a little small but with other dishes which you have to try, not complaining. Their super special eel roll is just so huge and delicious with what felt like an entire eel ! We got this at the end, but it could have been a whole meal in itself it was that well done and cooked to perfection. Everything on the menu that I have tried so far, makes going out to eat here pure joy. The restaurant itself is clean and cute and welcoming. The staff have been wonderful, on one occasion the owner's mother served us, such a lovely kind, gentle woman who truly did not look old enough to have a grown son ! We enjoyed the ambience, the staff, and of course the food, which made it a wonderful night each time I have come here. Highly, highly recommend .

It's safe to say, I'm addicted to Japanese food. There are specific things that I look for in a…read moreJapanese restaurant. Yokoyamas fits my vision of what a good Japanese restaurant should be. Yokoyamas checks the following boxes: 1. Authentic flavours 2. Fast and friendly service 3. Delicious dishes that look as good as they taste! 4. A variety of dishes on the menu 5. A decor that makes me feel like i've just sat down in downtown Tokyo. What more could a girl ask for? It is a little expensive - but what GOOD Japanese cuisine isn't? You know what they say, you get what you pay for.

Very good, pricey but worth the repeat visit, just like what we've done for years…read more I love small, quaint, pleasant service and good quality food. This place is one of them. Enjoy!

This place has excellent, lightly cooked, traditional Chinese food. It's also BYOW…read more The oyster/lemongrass starter is excellent. Other highlights were the chili prawns, and the shitake mushrooms with spinach. Usually Chinese food leaves me feeling bloaty, but this was really lightly cooked and very flavorful. The service was great too, we had a very friendly and funny server.

Sorry to have to give this restaurant only 3 stars, but there is no way around it. Went for dinner…read moreand ordered the duck crepes for a starter and the "three time" chicken as a main. Overall the food was very good. It didn't make me jump for joy or strike me as some of the best Chinese I have ever had, but it was good. The duck crepes were a little measly for the price, but more importantly the just didn't seem "ducky" enough if that makes any sense. The covering dough and the sauce where in charge on this dish and the duck was merely a bit player. the chicken was good, although it was a little sweeter than I would have thought. A healthy amount of ginger really set this dish apart and overall I was pretty happy with it. 4 stars for food. I wouldn't go back (at least for dinner) because of the price, however. I know Melbourne is expensive, but with 100k Chinese places to choose from, I think I will spend my money on excellent rather than merely good Chinese food. In addition, the service was very bad. I waited for at least 20 minutes after I was finished for my food to be removed and then waited for another 15-25 minutes to get my bill. I never did get the bill. Eventually I just decided to go downstairs and ask for my check and pay myself. Bad service on one occasion does not necessarily mean that service is always or even mostly bad, but with so many other options to choose from, why risk it?