Tomi Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Christchurch

Worst meal I've had in Christchurch since returning 3 years ago. Miniscule-sized meal in a small container that you had to cook yourself for 8 minutes. Laughable really - 3 carrot slices, 1 broccoli floret and a teensie piece of meat. Poor quality, poor service, bland, overpriced meals in relation to sizing, $8 corkage charge, cramped seating and very noisy. One of our guests couldn't eat the food she was given. After a long and embarrassing complaint with refusals twice, she stood her ground and the meal cost was finally taken off the bill. The 6 of us will never return. We left Tomi's and went to Strawberry Fare for lovely desserts and cheeseboard. I think Tomi's is "dining out" (no pun intended) on the fact that John Keys and the Japanese Consular have...

First of all, let me tell you that I have lived in Japan for 3.5 years and I’m a big washoku fan. It was my first time going to this restaurant and I liked how clean it was (including the toilets). The staff were very attentive and friendly too. We ordered takoyaki (cause I miss Osaka so much!), pork and beef sukiyaki and while takoyaki and pork were nice, broth of sukiyaki was too sweet! I mean much sweeter than authentic Japanese sukiyaki. I wonder if it was a mistake or kiwis prefer (not a kiwi myself) sweeter broth, hence change in sugar amount. But I hope the chef takes into consider that broth was almost too sweet to be for sukiyaki. Overall, we had a...

The food was wonderful and yummy, but the service was really slack and slow. Waited a long time just to get a menu and the place wasn't even full at lunchtime. The staff just ignore you until they're ready to serve you. There was no welcome like you usually get in a Japanese restaurant.

Finally, the waiter cleaned the table, spraying a liquid cleaner on it while we were already seated. Would have preferred that he just spray the cloth away from us and wipe down the table.

The fried chicken was crunchy but rather dry. Had to request some sauce to make it go down easier. The salmon and sushi were...