Japanisches Restaurant NihonBashi — Restaurant in Vienna

The city of music attracts many Japanese to live there and study classic music or at least visit the opera. Hence it comes as no surprise that the Japanese community is so large. But where do all these Japanese go when nostalgia overcomes them? To Nihonbashi:

Unfortunately there is no one line that can describe what makes this place so special. But if I had to pin it down to one appeal point it is the authenticity: The all-Japanese crew with their incommensurable sense of customer service just wants to make you come back (or tip them - in Hungarian: "Amilyen az adjonisten, olyan a fogadjisten."), the great attention to detail that makes you wonder where to get all that stuff from, and the fine nuances of the dishes that bring you straight to Tokyo.

The sake selection is bigger and more exclusive than in most drinking bars in the western world: I counted a dozen sake and at a later visit learned that there are special limited offers in addition to that. Also you can chose from many different shochu and umeshu and Japanese whisky.

The food is marvellous too: The sushi is outstandingly fresh and the cut is nothing short of perfect - even for the maki. The rice is clearly of a very high quality - not like in most of the so called Japanese restaurants. The miso is made of paste rather than of powder. Unfortunately it is served before the other dishes when you are not Japanese (while the Japanese get it at the same time as the other dishes) - without asking. The Kurodai is a handsome fellow prepared with a very sophisticated mirin-sauce. But the meat tastes so soft and fresh that you will easily finish what looks like a big portion. The sukiyaki is made with excellent Austrian beef and prepared on the table - highly recommended for sharing. The meat is so tender it melts in your mouth and goes excellent with the sukiyaki sauce.

The only disappointments is the shortage of desserts: There are four regulars and one special - all of which are very good indeed. But a high class restaurant like this one should have more than that - especially since there are so many teas (all of which are brewed with leaves rather than in tea bags) and especially in the city...

One of the most authentic Japanese restaurant in Vienna. Kudos for opening during Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day. This restaurant serves excellent Japanese cuisine that we were so delightfully intrigued that we ended up going back to the restaurant on both nights.

1st Night, with no reservations, we didn’t wait that long for a table. The service were excellent as we were greeted and ushered to our table once available. The sommelier, Sato-San recommended a very nice bottle, Gassan ($66 euros) instead of our initial order of a pricer sake for our guilty pleasures. Food wise, we ordered a braised sea bass that seems to be their signature. We also ordered tempura with soba, 6 types of sashimi and chicken karaage. Overall food and service experience was exponentially wonderful and well indulged.

2nd Night, we wanted something simpler and nothing beat a nice sukiyaki for rainy weather in Vienna. As usual, the service was just as good as last night, with special mention to Sato-San for recognizing us again. We ordered the sukiyaki with added portion of beef. We also had 2 ikura sushi and we ordered again that highly addictive appetizer that is a mixture of tobiko, ika, cucumber and seaweed. The sukiyaki was gastronomic experience that we ended slurping the delicious soup broth that had the essence of both the vegetables and the beef. Unfortunately, raw eggs to pair with the sukiyaki wasn’t available, seems like a food regulation in Vienna, however it did little to dampen our food experience.

This restaurant can be affordable depending on what you ordered. The portion of the food is decent and as for quality wise, it is very good. We recommend the Braised sea bass, tobiko appetizer and sukiyaki, if you...

The sashimi set i ordered came smelling extremely strong. Who eat sashimi pretty often knows that shouldn't smell at all when it's really fresh. I'm from São Paulo Brazil where we have a huge Japanese community where you can have the best sushi you can get there outside of japan. Japanese huge phishing boats are even going to the Brazilian coast for fresh tuna due to the high demand in Japan and the lack of management of natural resources not allowing the tuna to reach the adult stage anymore. So I'm not a newbie or someone that have no references or knowledge about it. The fish they served what not even close to be fresh or edible. I ate a few pieces because was hungry and felt right away. I was just hungry and ignored the strong smell. They even put some slices of lemon what is a well known trick when you are cooking seafood or fish to cover the smell. When they came to charge me (fully) they said sorry and that other people was eating without a problem instead of acknowledge the issue they know that is real and pretty obvious for who have a bit of knowledge about seafood and fish in general. They get 5 stars because people that go there pretty often have no idea about what it is, no references. The tea and mushroom soup was good. The Ambient and staff as well. But the sashimi was pretty bad. They can get someone pretty sick. This is serious to serve...