St Pierres Sushi & Bento Bowl (Te Irirangi) — Restaurant in Ōtara-Papatoetoe

Oh. My. Gosh. The food here changed my life.

I was so sick of eating burgers and chips and was craving some Asian food. This place hit the spot!

We were reading the menu when we were approached by Alf (I think that was his name!) who offered us taste testers. He offered us crispy chicken and katsu chicken which were absolutely delicious. After what felt like a week deciding on a meal (all options were so very tempting!) we decided to order some rice paper rolls, udon noodles with extra noodles and the katsu chicken don.

We.were.blown.away.

How is this store not famous across the world?!?!

The food was quick to come out and the portions were large. Alf walked over to the table and placed our food in front of us, going above and beyond. He was super approachable and had the best customer service.

It’s not just this store, but all Sushi + Bento Bowl stores that we ordered from - they were super friendly, quick and were easy to talk to. We would know, after our meal we ate at Sushi + Bento Bowl at least every second day after this experience. I wish I was lying…

We begged them to open a store in Australia, so we will see how things go. 🤞🏼

You can literally order anything off the menu and it would be a win-win situation. You won’t be disappointed.

Thank you Sushi + Bento Bowl Manukau and Alf! We will see you when we return…unless you meet us in Australia...

Ordered a regular karaage bowl from bento, they used chicken from a snack cup that was sitting in the warmer, obviously it wasn’t fresh and was cold. Portion sizes have lessened majorly since I last ordered from here, my regular bowl looked bare, 5 small pieces of karaage with a tiny drizzle of sauce, a little bit of salad and rice, there was so much empty space in the bowl. The lady on the front isn't approachable either or she seems under pressure or really stressed perhaps. Place is pretty much dead nowadays, especially compared to a few years ago. Wouldn’t order from here again....

We love St Pierre's Sushi and everywhere we went they always had a great variety on display. At 2pm this branch had almost nothing in display so my friend and I have ordered something to be made. We've been told to wait about 7 minutes so we were just in front of the shop waiting for the order to be ready. After 15 minutes we went and asked if its ready and they said that the order was ready long ago and waiting for us to pick it up. Well, we were just there and waiting foe them to let us know when it's ready.

That was quite...