🇯🇵 japanese food
🍱 breakfast set
🍣 chirashi
🏚: Wabi Sabi Salon
📍: Collingwood
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📝: Small little Japanese style diner in Collingwood, serving delicious Japanese Teishoku sets and dishes. Definitely a must try for Japanese food lovers out there.
❤️: I ordered the Japanese Breakfast Set, a salmon main whith so many side dishes—too many too count! There was beef shabu shabu, onsen egg, natto, and so much more.
So obsessed with how cute the set is, with so many side dishes to eat with. Loved the teriyaki salmon, of course, the main course, but I’d also like to shout out for the mushroom tofu side, a little crispy on the outside but soft and tasty inside.
I love Wabi Sabi so much! It's healthy and fun and colourful and so tasty. The food is wholesome and affordable for what you get. I recently got a Bento to take away, which isn't composed like a Bento but contains various elements (black rice, crumbed tofu, pickled veg) that could define it as such. Curry on top is optional but highly recommended. Each element on its own has such great flavour already but the combo is even better. For $12, it made a super filling and satisfying lunch.
This place has very similar if not the same menu as Neko Neko but somehow the food here tasted better, perhaps made with more TLC.
Vegan dumplings and spicy ramen were delicious!!
Agedashi tofu and mushroom on rice were also very tasty.
Will definitely be back for more.
Service was very friendly and inviting even though we had to queue on a Sat night, expected after 7pm.
Tried two of the ramens there. The tofu one and the shoyu shickoji one. The Tofu one was great , I really enjoyed it, quite spicy which I like.
the other one was quite bland but I guess some people enjoy that as my friend didn't mind it. The edamame s were very cold and tasteless though , about more salt or something would have helped.
The service was quick and staff were helpful.
Loved the ambience and the food. Been there twice and was extremely satisfied with both the food and the service on both occasions. The jap curry was delicious and so was the teishoku. Would definitely go back again.
The Wandering Reviewer
+4
A late night supper here and it was superb. Seated at a lovely crafted timber table with the restaurant still sprinkled with diners on a Tuesday night, we chose food without really knowing what we were ordering. The lovely staff gave us some guidance but it was still pot luck. And we struck gold. I had a lovely noodle broth with vegetables. My friend chose a dish that looked superb. Alas no photos of the meals because frankly on this occasion, it would've been inappropriate.
Staff are so lovely with excellent English and know the menu inside out. Nice red wine and good beer as well.
Wheelchair friendly. Kid friendly. Parking out the front is limitless after 6.3pm. A must visit.
Wabi sabi salon in Collingwood. I am really into this small cosy cafe or restaurant. Give you a unique Japanese fusion and like something you won’t experience in Japan. I like their lunch mini bento box and poke bowl. Prawn Gyoza is a bit salty to me but I know that Japanese do eat strong and salty food thus gyoza is not always type.
The food and service is really good here. I got the tempura mushroom dinner bento and the veg gyoza. However I feel they're a bit overpriced, especially when it's not a fancy place, we had to sit at a communal table. I'll definitely come back though as it was all delicious.
Wabi Sabi has completely changed the way I view Japanese food, these guys definitely know how to put on a feast! With a great selection of vegan options there is no way you can leave this place hungry. The atmosphere is lovely and they have an adorable little outside area that is great for warmer days. My favourite dishes here were the Shoyu Shio Koji Ramen and the Vegan Heaven Curry. I will definitely be coming back to this place for another feast soon. *sponsored free meal
The food was amazing. I dont usually eat sashimi and I'm now a convert. Second time I've ever eaten ramen and such a standard has been set that I think I need to drive to Smith St everytime I get a ramen craving now! Flavours of everything were amazing.
It was four years ago since we came here and the food this time was much improved from the previous experience. The menu is designed for sharing but is much smaller than I remembered so it didn't take long to order.
Regardless, we enjoyed some flavoursome dishes that woke up the tastebuds. The memorable offerings were the Pumpkin Stuffed Mushrooms, Prawn Buckwheat Tempura with a delectable apple cream mayo and the Salmon Sashimi Cerviche.
The three of us were uncomfortably squeezed onto one of the tiny tables in the main room. They wanted to serve more dishes but we had no space left. The lady moved us into the covered garden area at the back, which was nearly empty.
Staff were friendly and helpful throughout the visit. The portion sizes were quite small for the price and we went elsewhere afterwards for dessert. Both visits had some hits and misses but definitely improved from last time.
Overall good experience. Dishes looked fancy. The salmon sashimi was a bit too salty, which made the following dishes tasted plain... Vegetarian katsu curry was undesirably sweet... Disappointed that the menu got much smaller.
Looks a small restaurant from the street, but actually quiet large as there are other areas.
The service was great, especially the waitress, exceptionally good ather job.
Food was great as well
My friend and I enjoyed vegetarian lunch there. Our dishes were nice and colourful with a variety of vegetables. The staff were very friendly and helpful and we received excellent service.
Took my partner on a date night here, booked online noting allergies and that I didn't want to be near the door. When we arrived she clarified my allergies without mentioning it and we were sat on the mezzanine level which I found really cute. The service was friendly, bubbly even, the waitress was really lovely, listened and made great recommendations. Had beef tatake, salmon ceviche, chicken karage and pork gyoza - all very good. The only small nitpick is I would've liked salt on my edamame. Cost for two (with cokes not alcohol) was just under a hundred.
Oh my goodness, the service here was lovely! The food was equally great, price was reasonably cheap for the portion we received. Saving this as one of my favourite restaurants! :)
Spent a week in Melbourne and this was the best restaurant out of all of them. Interior is quirky and clean, staff are polite and service is quick. The food offerings are the best of all, and worth the trek out of the city. Still very much traditional Japanese flavours and offerings with their own signature twists.
Was most impressed by the tofu katsu curry, but the chicken karaage was great too! Highly recommend.
Great food, a lot of choices for all diets and really well priced, lovely staff… it gets a bit crowded and can be really noisy, great for quick dinners.
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