Kabuki — Restaurant in Brussels

I am quite surprised at some of the low ratings. Coming from Singapore I have had the advantage to taste the best over a wide variety of international cuisines. One of them, and one of my favorite is the Japanese cuisine. I am a fan of all the various dishes like sushi, sashimi, maki, teriyaki, yakotori, udon/ramen, unagi, chawanmushi and even their sakes! Been in Brussels for more than 3 years and was never able to find any proper Japanese restaurants. Almost all of them are grossly overpriced for really pathetic tastes. My friend mentioned Kabuki to me and I was highly skeptical as I had given up on Jap food in Brussels. But boy was it a surprise for me. I am very particular about my sashimis as I HATE the taste of raw seafood in my mouth. But the right sashimi will tend to almost melt in your mouth. I had had this experience only once before in Singapore and I was pleasantly surprised to taste the same high quality here! This was for both salmon and red tuna sashimis. Their set meal was a very balanced and VERY filling meal. Hot green tea was authentic. Hot green tea taste can make or break the deal for me. Their service was fantastic too. All of them speak very good English and are ready to help you out. One particular waiter was patiently explaining everything to some family in a very polite manner.

We arrived at 11.30am and the place only opens up at 12pm. 2 other restaurants had not "welcomed" us as they open at 12 too and we were a tad bit early. But the guys at Kabuki welcome us in and informed us they can't serve food before 12 but they can serve us drinks.This kind of service in Brussels is quite rare in my opinion. Overall it was a fantastic experience and it is gonna be a weekly visit for us.

The interior is very clean and well maintained and the restaurant itself is HUGE. They have sushi conveyor seats, teppanyaki seats as well normal seating. The whole place could easily sit 200 people!

The only small gripe was that they give wasabi only on the sushi plates and there is no small container with it on the table. For someone who eats a LOT of wasabi, this was a letdown. A very small letdown though as they give ample and enough quantity on the sushi/sashimi plate.

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Some people are complaining about the taste of sushi. But in my opinion they shouldn’t complain about the taste as I don’t find it bad. If they want quality sushi then they should go to Japanese restaurant where Japanese people are served the sushi or if they are talking about “sushi” in japan was way better then go back there.

As “all you can eat” you get for what you paid but sushi are definitely good even though it may be not the best. I have done train track sushi (all you can eat) which was fun concept. It’s sad how they used to have different kind of desserts but it’s limited now (the fruits are most likely canned fruits). They have limited the fried dishes which was good since first time I went there were nothing but more of fried foods instead of sushi. Second and third time I went there for all you can eat has been improved to more sushi by less salmon type but it’s understandable. But sometimes it takes time to get the sushi or maki that you want to eat more. So some sushi/maki are made too much or limited. Other down side will be they don’t mention about “Miso soup” is included but you have to make a request if you want them (I always thought you need to pay separately).

My fourth and fifth time were “a la carte”. Fourth visit my fiancé ordered boat but in my opinion it was too less for value and I had unagi don which was very lovely! So I was happy with my order and as for my fiancé he had to grab extra snack after our dine out. Fifth time, which was yesterday we ordered a menu and it was very nice! More than the values for sure! I thought it would be not much but it was a lot (got 4 maki’s then miso soup, afterwards we got the menu dish and dessert which was ice cream with wip creams and fruits... didn’t like the fruits).

The waiters/waitresses are ok. Most of the time they do their job so interaction was limited but can’t say if they are...

The restaurant is really pretty but i didn't like the tables literally near the entrance. The decorations of the sushi rails were really nice 😊. I really appreciated the fact that all the waiters are able to speak English in case you don't know the French.the location as i said is really pretty and you have the possibility to ask them to organise special event like birthday, you can ask to put birthday music or to avoid the cake during the dinner. Really nice. I didn't appreciate the cash machine location, was a bit unusual but never mind. The food was good but the quantity were not enough for the price i paid. So at least was a bit expensive but in Brussels it's a normal price and there's not too many all you can eat. There's easy possibility of access for disabled people and the menu is also for children. I took a portion of noodles but as i said wasn't enough for a person (in my opinion). And the sushi wasn't that amazing but was nice. After all the restaurant was really clean and they were all friendly. I would return i think. But not during dinner cause cost really...