TJ Katsu (serve Full Menu) — Restaurant in North Island

Edit. As of 17th december i recently was disappointed with this restaurant on the 16th i came in to get 3 sushi at $1.60 each and a crumbed prawn for $2.10 and the girl tried to charge me $8 something. On the 17th i arrived about 8 10pm quite hungry and ready to spend $30 and had been trying to rush only to be told the kitchen is not taking any more orders when the restaurant closes at 9, this is not good ive been a regular customer for nearly 3 months spending an average of $40 a week and they couldnt add one more meal to the list 50mins before closing? It wasnt that busy there were still 3 tables empty . I dont know if i want to continue going there after that experience. The help yourself sushi is quite small and pricy, but tasty, however the bento boxes are amazing, big, filling, not too expensive, delicious and fresh and I highly recommend a bento box from here, for $25 you get tempura calamari, tempura prawn, tempura vegetable patty, and spring rolls, your main of choice, mine teriyaki salmon, a salad, 2 pieces of chef choice sushi, rice and miso. I come here once a week for...

Despite the absence of WiFi, or the questioning and confused face of the waitress when I asked for an L&P, the quintessential New Zealand drink I've learned being obsessed with, the experience with this shop was very good overall.

The food was not immediately cheap, but still justified by its quality and portion size.

I ordered a "Combination Bento", and in a dozen of minutes I was welcomed by a stunning quantity of food encompassing chicken katsu teriyaki, teriyaki chicken on a generous portion of fluffy and perfectly cooked rice, two pieces of meat-based sushi (whose pieces of chicken and meat were not freshly cooked but still met my taste buds quite requestive standards), various small starters like crunchy katsu prawn and spring rolls, and a salad.

The chicken was pleasantly tender and flavorful, and all the katsu pieces crunchy outside and succulent inside.

I would give 5 stars if some of the pieces of meat wouldn't have been barely reheated and the local beverage was available, but this is the fullest 4-stars review I could give to...

As a tourist from a more northern city of New Zealand I found this place a bit overpriced. The Katsu something I ordered was a normal Donburi with rice, a salad, and chicken but for some unknown reason it also had an omelette that was ok but didn't match the rest of the dish and basically ruined it. Highly recommend not ordering anything an omelette over it unless you feel like having a weird meal.

Sushi seems a bit expensive for their size but as I'm from a different city I don't know what their renting costs along with raw food costs are, and compared to a similar place in Hamilton, they are the same price but if a lower quantity.

I'd give it 4 stars but the weird omelette which is placed in a few dishes dropped...