Tanuki's Cave - Auckland

My boyfriend I went here for dinner and absolutely loved it. My new favourite little place! I loved the atmosphere, music and the food was delicious. We ordered pork belly skewers, steak skewers (I highly recommend this! The taste was so succulent you could taste the butter and wine) and the fried cheese skewers! Perfection

Such a sweet vibe! Totally different and novel. Staff were efficient and quick. Food came out pretty fast and it was glorious! Will def return

Great for a date night, food is good but not the best Japanese but cool atmosphere and a little bit different. Good drink selection as well. Jelly sake, steak with butter and chicken cheese balls are a must!

Went in quite late around 9.30 one weekend and it was still full. The tako salad was different but nice. We ordered pork belly, scotch beef and scallop skewers. Great to grab a few bites while drinking. Service is efficient.

The last time I ate at Tanuki’s cave was a crazy 8 years ago. But the quality of food and service were just as good as I remember. While we waited for a table at the Yakitori bar in the basement, we had the Spicy Tuna roll and Tiger prawn roll to start. The rice was fragrant, pillowy and well seasoned. Generous portion sizes of tuna and prawns for what you pay. Next we ordered ourselves the Tender chicken thigh skewers, Scotch fillet steak with butter and sou sauce, OMG this was my favourite. the steak was so tender and oozing with that butter steak juice goodness. We also had the Shitake mushrooms stuffed with chicken mince, they came in great big crumbed balls. In my opinion the chicken mince was on the dry side but flavour was there. After 8 years, Tanuki’s cave still satisfies.