Pika Sushi Traralgon — Restaurant in Victoria

I guess if you’re in the countryside it’s not going to be like the city, but still. Stopped by to dine in for a quick lunch. First of all, they brought out the incorrect order and it was in a takeaway container for whatever reason. Even when she brought back the right dish, it was still in a takeaway box so we had to again ask for them to put it on a proper dish.

Secondly….the nigiri was so weird. Not authentic at all. The rice was literally a rectangle, and also not fully cooked in parts I had some raw rice grains. Sashimi was standard, not amazing but not bad.

Chicken Katsu mentaiko rice bowl….while tasted good, came in a dish akin to a small cake tin. Not a donburi like a traditional Japanese rice bowl should be, a bit weird and too small portion for the price in my opinion. Either lower the price or make it a bit bigger portion.

Also, not really a complaint but a little note; they put free tea for dine in customers but they were all out of green tea and had English Breakfast or Vanilla Chai instead. I wanted to mention these are rather odd pairings for Japanese food, maybe stick with traditional green tea (緑茶、玄米茶など).

Overall, I feel sorry for the Australians who do not know true Japanese cuisine and come here to dine....

Firstly, the food was excellent! Healthy, tasty and filling. I ordered takeaway and the packaging made it very easy to bring home. The ramen broth was put separate to the rest, meaning everything was still crispy when I got home and I just needed to pour the broth in. The ramen was brilliant. I had a chicken katsu Bento Box which was very nicely set out. The chicken katsu was lovely, crispy and tender. The side dishes were also very tasty. I also had Okonomiyaki which was very tasty. The service was very welcoming and extremely friendly! The place is very nice, very clean and inviting. Will happily go back again to try their sushi too, I'm sure it'll be just as good as the rest of the food! Definitely would recommend anybody who's interested in Japanese/Asian cuisine to try...

Thanks for the food poisoning. Always fun to remember an important date because of how sick you were after. I also look forward to when your BOT replies to this review with its copy-and-paste fake condolences so you can keep your rep up by only appearing to care. Can’t even get a real human to reply though? That’s even sadder than the food poisoning. The girl there gave me the wrong sushi even though I speak very clearly and loudly and it was quiet. She seemed very confused and took a long time. Soy sauce was expired, so avoid using those. The sushi wasn’t very packed and pretty much fell apart. The sushi I get at the subway for 3$ was significantly better quality than this dump. Very...