Ocha - HAWTHORN

Great service at this restuarant which also has a separate take away section.<br/ <br/ The food was delicious. I tried some Katsu Chicken, vegetable tempura, vegetable and water chestnut gyozas, sushimi, Unagi (eel) sushi, a pork Katsu slider, a grilled salmon slider. Phew hahaha but I shared these dishes. Oh and I almost forgot the miso eggplant which was served hot and this was some of the best eggplant that I've ever had! It was perfect.<br/ <br/ Everything was really good, fresh and tasty. A couple of the highlights were the sushimi and the Unagi sushi who h was served piping hot! Yum. <br/ <br/ My hot sake was good quality and the Sochu was a winner. The dark kirin beer was a great way to start my meal. <br/ <br/ If you like good quality Japanese food at reasonable prices, then I can recommend this place.<br/ <br/ Previous review March 2019<br/ <br/ I ordered home delivery tonight and it wasn’t good. I ordered 1 entree combo, some sushi, an okonomiyaki Japanese pancake and popcorn chicken w a can of drink for $70!!!!<br/ <br/ <br/ I really like Japanese food don’t get me wrong but tonight wasn’t good.<br/ <br/ The popcorn chicken was greasy and tasteless. What? No flavour.<br/ <br/ The okonomiyaki for $8.50 was literally no bigger than a beer coaster. <br/ <br/ The dynamite sushi roll was ok, but that’s it. Again not much flavour other than cucumber. <br/ <br/ The entree combo looked amazing but it wasn’t the best. Maybe it was just the home delivery... I hope so.

Super fresh ingredients. Excellent quality of authentic Japanese food. We let the kitchen decide what to serve us crab and nori tempura, agedashi tofu, soft shell crab slider, crunchy prawn ball and scallop dishes were clean, delicious. Service was on the spot polite, friendly and responsive. Highly recommend.

Amazing food and service, very authentic Japanese menu cuisine. Been back more than 10 times and always better than the last. Sushi and sashimi is a must !!!

This unique Japanese restaurant is quite different from the others if you are looking for a good lunch/night out and you live by, I recommend it to all. I especially love their great salads.

A nice cosy japanese restaurant situated in Hawthorn. To begin we had edamame, the soft shell crab sliders, crunchy prawn ball and Hokkaido scallops. The scallops were beautiful and soft with a delicious creamy sauce. The crunchy prawn balls had a lot of flavour. The soft shall crab slider had a nice kick to it but could have had a bit more. Next we had the sushi and sashimi combo and new style kingfish sashimi. Both were good but the new style kingfish sashimi had a lovely ponzo dressing with chilli garlic and ginger. The eggplant with red miso was well balanced and the gyoza has lovely flavour. The grilled pork belly mini okonomiyaki was well seasoned, as was the popcorn chicken and tempura whiting and veggies. For dessert we shared the toffee pudding, chocolate pudding and ricotta donuts. The toffee pudding was a clear standout, soft, moist and sweet dessert all perfectly balanced. <br/ <br/ Look forward to returning to try more items on the menu.