The best restaurants serving Japanese food in Canterbury South East

so i saw some cucumber hosomaki in the fridge and thought it look delicious but i was terribly mistaken the seaweed was incredibly watery and you could see visible wet marks in the box

Love it in here, we’re local and come quite often. It’s so peaceful and we’re always left full without feeling like we’ve overindulged. The sushi is excellent, but salmon heavy- some tuna would be great. Service is gentle and largely good, although they don’t tend to accommodate even small requests like bringing the food at the same time, giving us some sirracha sauce and bringing crockery/cutlery when food is delivered to table. The space is a little cold, both in temperature and decor- the clumsiness of the partition curtain only detracts from the space. That being said, we keep going back! Bring cash if you want to tip as they don’t do it on their card machine.

We were a table for ten people this evening, and had a big party platter of assorted sushi, absolutely exquisite! The mackerel was divine, as was the salmon and the sweet prawn. Followed that up with Bao buns with pork and bbq, miso soup, chicken ramen and steak and egg noodles, and a grilled mackerel. All were exceptional. Really fresh, very tasty and so nicely presented. The service was excellent, the staff all so friendly and very patient. We’ll definitely be returning, as it was also such good value for money. Top night out.

SEVERE FOOD POISONING Had sweet chilli chicken and noodles. Was asked at the counter if I wanted it "heating up" which I thought was odd. I asked if it was hot and they said it was OK. Seeing as it should've been safe to eat and I was eating in I said it was fine. Anyways, 5 days of extreme illness and a day in hospital followed. Severe food poisoning related to bacteria from chicken. I hadn't had any other chicken all weekend. Currently writing to kokoro to explain what happened.

The roti raisukatsu starter was absolutely delicious. Firecracker chicken and hoki fish were good, but frankly i think the food in Pho is better. Service was moderate. Smily people, but my chicken arrived after my wife had finished her fish.