Arata Japanese Dining — Restaurant in Balcatta

One of the biggest rip off for value/quantity I have ever seen in a Japanese restaurant. For some reason their take away menu is far more well priced and more diverse but their dine in menu is two pages of garbage. Small serving sizes, little to no sides such a salad. The katsu chicken (7 pieces of chicken) came with one peice of lettuce , tiny handful of cabbage and one singular slice of tomato, guess im not even worthy of having half a tomato used for me. Then had the audacity to ask for $14.50. Then if you want to add rice thats an additional $3. Of course i want rice, thats what its served with, why doesnt this come with the order. Like come on. On their takeaway menu they have katsu chicken Don which has rice included and good serving size for 12.50. It's almost like your begging people to not dine in. Disgusting. Gross. Avoid...

Ordered a take out of udon with tempura veggies and demi glace hamburger steak Bento. A meager, tiny portion of udon noodles. Less than half the size of a normal udon. The tempura was also pathetic. A serve of just 3 pieces consisting of pumpkin, ocra and a piece of carrot.... Really a piece of carrot?? The Bento box, again a tiny amount compared to the on line photo. The hamburger I suspect was from frozen, not fresh made and the salad size was less than a mouthful. Taste was ok. But really the serving size is not adequate and a misrepresentation to the photos. If you're hungry you'll need to order a lot to feel full.. and that makes it expensive compared to other...

You feel like you are back to Japan. I've been here for several times with my Japanese friends. They all agreed with this. Every single dish is stunning so far as we have tried, very friendly staffs always make me so happy, reasonable price, good variety including new style Japanese food(They may seem not traditional Japanese food for non Japanese but I would say they are one of the most authentic Japanese restaurant in Perth), Many car park around there as it's located in a small shopping centre, there's no reason I don't recommend this place. If you are Japanese, like Japanese cuisine, or even you have not tried Japanese cuisine, you must...