Yayoi Garden Japanese Restaurant, Sydney CBD, Sydney
✦ Located in they Sydney CBD, this is a fancy-ish Japanese restaurant – somewhere you might want to eat for a nice evening out or for a date with your partner (note this one which I visited is the Bridge Street location ‘Yayoi Garden’)
✦ Service is attentive but is does get busy so try to make a booking
✦ Decor is classy and laid back, with the feeling of being in a Zen garden
✦ Dishes slightly on the pricey side but worth it in terms of taste, portion sizes are average
✦ A few dishes you don’t see in a typical Japanese restaurant which are worth trying
Clean and relaxed table setting
Soft shell crab fritter with garden salad – $20 – I wanted more!
Prawn spring roll with sweet mayo – $12 – crispy pastry and fresh prawn flesh
Premium wagyu sukiyaki with mushrooms and udon – $33 and the recommendation of our waitress. Very nice
Unagi Hitsumabushi – $23 – a dish not normally seen in Japanese restaurants with unagi rice and a dashi broth served separately. The waitress noted to try it both without the broth first and with the broth after and see which you prefer. I much prefer the broth and it changes the whole dynamic of the dish and adds an additional element of flavour.
After adding the broth
