1 /5
Rating
★
We should have known better when we saw the word karaoke in this restaurant. Don't get me wrong, I've nothing against it. In fact I love them. But let's face it, food isn't usually great at a karaoke joint. But our beloved Japanese joint, Zenya was closed for renovations so we thought we'd try this place. Expensive mistake! Greeted by a woman (possibly the owner or manager) who was busy on her phone rudely ushered as along with one of the staff to a table. Orders are done via a touchscreen tablet, which was fine and our orders came out surprisingly quick. We ordered oysters, lotus root chips, mixed tempura, crispy chicken skin (signature dish), sashimi, pork belly don (rice), cold soba and soy bean drink. Lotus Root Chips - although crispy, it was greasy and doused with a teriyaki like sauce. It's like the oil wasn't hot enough when it was fried so it soaked up all the oil. Mixed Tempura - 2x prawns, 1 each red & green capsicum, 1x carrot, 1x zucchini, 1x sweet potato. Nothing special at all. Crispy Chicken Skin - supposed their signature dish. It looked leathery and tasted worst. Sashimi - 3x salmon, 2x tuna, 2x thin slices octopus, 1x scallop cut in halves. Fresh. Pork Belly Don - firstly awful presentation. The rice was splattered into the bowl, few pieces of poorly cooked pork belly with no flavoured or colour thrown on one side and salad leaves on the other to fill the gap. Cold Soba Noodles - probably the only decent dish. Not much to fault on. To sum up, foodcourt quality food at restaurant price. If that doesn't put you off this place, while we were eating the same woman that seated us walked past loudly asking a staff if they were doing a poo in Cantonese. Regardless it be another language, it's not something that should be converse in any restaurant.