Umino Hoshi — Restaurant in North Island

Sushi options are great, very fresh and tasty. Katsu chicken donburi (and I suppose other Donburi that feature a meat on top of rice and shredded cabbage) could do with a spruce up. Chicken itself was wonderfully juicy and crispy, but the rice and cabbage lacked flavour and was a bit dry. Maybe mix the cabbage with a light mayo dressing to add some moisture? Also a bit extra Katsu sauce and mayo overall would really lift the dish. Staff are friendly, prices...

Was it the best sushi ever? No - but it was fresh, tasty and excellently priced around $1.80-$2.20 a piece. The prawn twister was slightly soggy. The beef sushi was fab. The egg was excellent and the pineapple cream cheese avocado was innovative and really good. I loved the green tea and was good value at $3.00 a pot (3x decent large Japanese style cups worth). The staff were nice and friendly, warm smiles. I'd go back. In fact I probably...

Went for lunch mid week. Spent about $40 (2 adults + 2 kids). Sushi was fresh and yummy, pieces were a good size. Compared to other sushi bars (our favourite is Suncourt Sushi in Taupo!) there was not a big selection (max 10 different types, mostly canned tuna and Teriyaki chicken) and fillings/toppings were small given the price ($1.80 for cheapest nigiri or...