Have been able to try this restaurant out through Uber eats and have been quite happy with their menu! I’ve ordered the tempura chicken soba noodle salad which was super tasty, the noodles were soft, the chicken was tender and the broth was flavoursome. Next time I would like to try their bento box as they look great!
I’ve had both take away on many occasions and have recently dined in. The bentos are yummy and great value for money. Friendly and fast service.
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Having not been here for many months, I thought it'd be nice to revisit Naka Naka.
We ordered 2 bento boxes and I udon noodle. We also had the karaage chicken. Everything came out in a timely fashion. The bento boxes were huge. The teriyaki chicken was quite salty so it had to be eaten with rice. The udon had a lovely texture. The beef came in a large portion and was delicious. We also enjoyed the miso soup.
With only one wait staff for the entire restaurant, I shudder to think how she would cope on a busy night!
Previously:
While on the hunt for eateries in Balwyn, we stumbled upon Naka Naka on a Sunday afternoon. We were greeted warmly and seated immediately.
They had an extensive but not overly busy menu with all the usual suspects. There was even the option of ordering multiple tiny dishes tapas style.
For entree, we had their takoyaki balls which were warm and delicious - these were placed on a dollop of intense teriyaki sauce. The chicken karaage was well seasoned, crispy and savoury. The bento box was chock full of other items but the renkon chips were the biggest highlight.
Service was efficient and prices were reasonable. We will be back.
Me and my partner ordered a Teriyaki Udon and a chicken karaage bento box. The udon is nice and flavourful of miso and seaweed soup accompanied with some teriyaki chicken served on another plate, the chicken was a little salty but goes very well to the udon noodles and soup! It’s savoury and just satisfied my cravings. The karaage box was great, the batter was perfect with a hint of curry! How interesting! The Bento side dishes were generous and good! Pleasant experience over all. The downside is they don’t serve ramen anymore.
Decided to drop by for dinner with friends a couple of weeks ago to get a local sushi fix!
Overall the fish tasted fresh and the flavours were definitely there. They are a teeny bit generous with the rice however the flavours of the fish and sauces made up for it.
Only comment I could make is that they were definitely understaffed as tables were left haphazard, a lot of customers were waiting to order/pay/ they struggled to answer the phones.
Small Japanese restaurant in the Greythorn shopping area. Dishes are reasonably priced. Favourite dish of the dinner was the Aburi Salmon Nigiri. Also enjoyed the octopus balls, tofu and tempura.
Least favourite dish was the Beef Teriyaki.
If you like matcha, they offer a matcha platter for dessert consisting of matcha icecream, matcha cheesecake and matcha daifuku.
Went for dinner, ordered the katsu chicken bento which came with a small salad, renkon chips, edamame, potato mash, spring roll, rice and a small serve of ginger. Also ordered the takoyaki (octopus balls), okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake) and soft shell crab salad. The bento box was cooked nicely, chicken was crispy and moist however needed a tonkatsu sauce, salad needed more dressing but was fresh, Edamame, potato mash and spring roll were nice. Takoyaki was nice, would have preferred bigger octopus pieces in the balls, okonomiyaki tasted exactly the same as the takoyaki, its like they used the same batter, however both still nice and the soft shell crab was nice however needed more dressing and only got 3 pieces of soft shell crab when the dish cost $9. Overall food was good however need sauce, decor and ambience was nice and service was fantastic. I hope this place can succeed.
Nice Japanese restaurant located in Balwyn! The service was great and food was excellent too. Price was just right and portion was just nice!
food 4/5
service 4/5
environment 3/5
A nice Japanese restaurant in Balwyn. strongly recommended the seafood hotpot and the grill eel with rice.
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I'm so impressed by this delicious somehow cosy nook. Usually japanase restaurants can be clean, simple and tasty much as the run of the mill sushi bar. or maybe the more outstanding Yuzu restaurant in Collins St. But this place... there's just something which elevates it -- some extra depth or richness of taste. I'm not usually a huge fan of the slightly sweet Japanese food style -- my mum thought it was just sugar-- but there was something stronger carrying it -- so I asked the chef and he said-- the pork soup is boiled for 7+ hours...... that was why the taste was so amazing...
um-- ive never had eel in this quantity before, and cooked so deliciously? the grilled salmon was tender on the inside and crunchy on the outside -- the fried rice was kind of celestial-- even the green tea was supremely emerald and rich... i really enjoyed it--- and of course the ambience was so calming and it made everyone in the room feel a part of a tiny community... o,o ah... lovely music too :) thank you Naka Naka :)
um.. lastly i just wanted to mention the staff are working hard. i dont think it can be easy. i just wanted to encourage them and hope the restaurant sees even more success (so i can eat more of it -.-)
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