Tomi Japanese - Governors Bay

Incredible food, the salmon sushi rolls are addictive one plate was not enough! All the food is fresh and incredible. Presentation is excellent! Will be back!

First of all, let me tell you that I have lived in Japan for 3.5 years and I’m a big washoku fan. It was my first time going to this restaurant and I liked how clean it was (including the toilets . The staff were very attentive and friendly too. We ordered takoyaki (cause I miss Osaka so much! , pork and beef sukiyaki and while takoyaki and pork were nice, broth of sukiyaki was too sweet! I mean much sweeter than authentic Japanese sukiyaki. I wonder if it was a mistake or kiwis prefer (not a kiwi myself sweeter broth, hence change in sugar amount. But I hope the chef takes into consider that broth was almost too sweet to be for sukiyaki. Overall, we had a really good time.

Very friendly and attentive staff. The bento boxes were great there was a bit of everything to try on and the portions were more than enough. Loved especially the grilled fish, tempura and pickled aubergine.

Tomi was a very decent find. We were on holiday in Christchurch and decided to try this place and it did not disappoint. Plenty of parking out back which is always pleasant, the ambiance inside is actually very Japan like, feels authentic. The food itself is damn amazing, everything we got tasted excellent, salmon Nigiri was special, I’ve never seen it prepared like this with such a long tail. And topping it off, service is excellent, always with a smile and the staff were very helpful. Can’t go wrong if you want some tasty Japanese food.

Good restaurant, good Japanese food, Japanese owned. We really enjoyed it. They let us order ahead and they have high chair for our baby. There are some carpark outside the restaurant. Everything is fine. Only thing though, that waiting staff who serves our table with piercing and ponytail with undercut can do better with proper restaurant training.