A red dot Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Victoria

This was a place for dinner with my supervisor and some workmates recommended by his boss. A real nice and cozy spot with the most kind and attentive staff in the house, we weren't going to be unhappy in that department.

They've got a pretty compact menu for a Japanese place and just one sushi option which was odd. 4 people got 3 starters and 3 entrees which I think was an ideal amount. Karage chicken, a beef fry and pork belly fry were the 3 starters. All these 3 were quite exquisite and succulent. The respective meats were cooked perfectly and was hard to pick one.

The entrees were an unagi dish, prawn pancake thing and a teriyaki chicken. The unagi wasn't very good with a stale smell coming through which I know doesn't come this strongly in fresh eel. The prawn pancake and the teriyaki chicken were okay, just nothing great compared to the starters.

So a brilliant start, okay entree is good I guess for a place like this with no Japanese spots around. Yet for this price tag a more authentic cuisine with more emphasis on sushi would've been...

Was disappointed in the banquet for two ppl at a $100, was 6 rather small different dishes which for two ppl and at that price was not good value.

The person that served us was nice but we were told it wasn’t BYO on walking in which is usual in the area but we didn’t check so not their fault just embarrassing to take our wine back to the car.

The bottle of Wine was $60 making it expensive at $160 for only a few small tasting barely entree size dishes and the wine. My Husband was still hungry and disappointed. 3 of the dishes were nice but not fabulous.

Way too much money for half a dozen small entree type portions for TWO people, what was there should have been for one person as a banquet. A banquet suggests being really fed and there was no sushi or sashimi or even a small bowl of steamed rice to add as a base to a couple of the dishes which had a little sauce. Not even one main type sized meal.

Wouldn’t go...

We were passing buy and just took a break in Church street. We saw the open door of "A red dot". Didn't had big expectations, but we were blown off. Very tasty Japanese food. Out of the food we ordered, Chicken Kara Age was on top and salmon teriyaki next in main lunch. Asahi dry zero (non alcohol japanese beverage) was not bad for a person like me who don't have alcohol drinks. I like more spicy food and this place didn't had any spicy selection. Still I was fine with the options we chosen. Green tea was also fine.

We also ordered Mochi Donut and Gateau au chocolat.... and the winner within us was....Mochi Donut. No wonder this is popular here.

A special mention for the clean toilet with wood seating and reading Japanese books.

Over all, we...