Koto Sanpo — Restaurant in Brisbane City

We came here with a group of 7 on a Thursday evening.

We noticed that there were some items on the menu not being offered anymore due to staffing shortages, including many of the signature dessert options, which was quite disappointing.

Half of us ordered the salmon Bento Box and the other half ordered the lava omurice. I ordered the salmon.

The salmon Bento Box was presented with two slices of raw salmon, one grilled salmon fillet, tofu, miso soup and some other smaller side portions. There was certainly a variety of ingredients and extra effort was made to make the Bento Box look presentable. The salmon fillet was overcooked and dry, which was quite unfortunate. Everything else was satisfactory. Portion sizes were as expected and price-wise it was also reasonable.

In previous times when I tried out the chicken lava omurice, I found the meat slightly dry but the sauce from the omurice was able to balance the meat to a certain extent.

Staff were very friendly and helpful. The restaurant was kept clean and tidy.

Closest parking would probably be Myer centre so if you're dining at night you might want to book earlier to save a bit in parking. Alternatively, you can park at King George Square for $5 (night rates) and walk over.

PS. This place is also famous for its matcha green tea ice cream so those of you who love green tea ice cream, give...

Updated Sep 2024: Koto Sanpo reopened finally! They had their soft opening on 21 Sep, due to the massive line we could only takeaway drink - had the matcha latte float 🍵🍦🥰 it was a long wait however understandable as it was their soft opening day. Staff were lovely! They currently only open for dinner from Tuesday (for now).

Review in 2019: So happy with Koto Sanpo. Their teriyaki chicken, salmon and namban chicken bento 🍱 were delicious. Love the addition of really fresh sashimi, agedashi tofu, tamago, tempura prawn, miso soup with every bento.

Their omu rice range is my absolute favourite! Took me back to Japan 🍲

Their matcha desserts though.. amazing!! Big love for the parfait, matcha parfait pearls and anmitsu. 🍵🍰

Love their matcha softserve, matcha latte, watermelon matcha drink, matcha yuzu, the sweetened matcha (with just enough sweetness) drinks.

Ps their "pork ginger set" is only served on weekdays and it is so delicious!

Customer service was friendly, efficient and attentive too.

Honestly can't fault this...

Koto sampo is one of the best places to go for lunch or dessert in the city. I’ve heard lots of good thing an about it and rumours are true!!! Ever since the store responded I’vE BEEN DYING TO GO AND IT WAS SO GREAT!! 100% recommend for anyone + any matcha lovers this is ur new go to spot!!!

The area is really nice and spacious and the food is to die for! The workers are really nice had great customer service I can’t even think of one thing wrong with this place.

The food was so good and the variety was so huge I had trouble deciding, I just wanted to get EVEYTHING + ALL THE DESSERTS AND DRINK!!! The matcha was so good so rich and flavourful. I would so get 10 more !!! The food was great came out fast and the portions ARE BIGGG. Only thing is the pasta has this over creaminess to it tjat makes it lack flavour the more you eat it. It was sfill great but realy lacking flavour. Overall this place is the best!!! I can’t wait to come back and try the...