Interesting to read the mixed reviews here. I've been here 4 times, and have had an amazing experience every time, barring once where the sushi I ordered seemed to have been thawed out rather than made fresh. That's why my rating is 4 star.
The sake/drinks menu is extensive, (Try the plum wine!) there are lots of unique items on the food menu, and the service is super attentive. Recommended.
Edit: I went back here on the 18/6/19 and everything was frigging perfect. I enclose a collage of what we had. This included Wagyu tataki, Kimchee Tofu, Karage chicken, a Chef's assortment of sashimi, and Scallops seared in butter. The Kimchee Tofu was the stand-out. Simply the best kimchee I've ever had. I just upgraded my rating. :)
Great authenticity. Perfect eating experience. The food is second to none. We always have a great time when eating food Yuki has prepared. A++++
It's a good place catch up with friends. Good environment, everything go slowly, like tapas style Japanese. Can eat slowly, chit chat, no need rush. I like it. A lot choices from sake and Japanese beers. Very authentic. The Agedashi Eggplant and the grill Beef Tongue are must try! It's was so yum! Will definitely come back again.
The food was very good but took forever to come to the table. The service was also a bit lacking, like the atmosphere. I don't think I will rush back.
Great personalized service by the owner. It is run by a family. The sashimi is very fresh and miso soup was not at all filled with MSG. Ramen was smooth and lovely. I had the pork loin bento set.
We were initially apprehensive that the location was quite quiet but the food is worth coming down.
The Life Of A Designer
+3.5
Very authentic Japanase restaurant in Victoria Park! Good quality and good value too considering how fresh the food was! The service was friendly and efficient!
![Zomato]( "Recensione")
I had dinner here tonight and was very impressed!
Free sake tastings! If you are not sure if you like sake, you can taste it first and decide whether or not you want it. I ended up having a lychee wine, which was delicious!
Wait staff: very friendly, smile while serving you and have a few laughs. Highly attentive but not overly attentive. Nice and friendly and make you feel welcome.
Speed: my meal came out very quickly, as did the drinks.
Food: I had the agadashi eggplant, the chicken and mushroom soup and a green tea ice cream.
The eggplant was cooked to perfection. Tender and tasty. The agadashi sauce was full of flavour. It costed $10.
The chicken was so tender and so were the mushrooms. Too often shiitake mushrooms are chewy - but not in this case! It was accompanied by some tender vegetables that were also cooked just right. The soup, again, full of flavour but not overpowering. It costed $8.
The green tea ice cream was also delicious-homemade, a prominent green tea flavor, drizzled with white chocolate sauce: a wafer and sweet azuki on the side. And it was creamy (alot of green tea ice cream that I've had was icey). It was a very generous serving! If i was at home i would have licked the bowl out. It costed $7.50 and could have easily been shared between two.
Drinks: as i said before, the lychee wine was delicious. I also had green tea, which I could tell was high quality from the taste and,like most Japanese restaurants, came with a free refill.
Presentation: the restaurant was clean and had a Japanese feel to it. The food was presented nicely.
Cost: for the two (not so) small dishes, the lychee wine ($9), the green tea ($3 with a free refill) and dessert, I paid $37.50, which is very good considering all of the above!
Overall, I can't wait to come back here and try it again! There are many other dishes on the menu that I'd like to try.
I'd suggest to any readers to try and come before 6.30pm as it is quieter or make a booking to ensure you don't miss out!
Romantic authentic Japanese restaurant at Vic Park. Good food, average portion and reasonable price for fresh and home made Japanese food. Very friendly service ( I think she is the lady boss).
Yuki I cooks from the soul. A real taste of Japan. Salmon head and wing and whiting tempura among the highlights. Add an interesting sake list and the experience is complete.
Dined here last week with my husband and we were both very impressed with the food.
Best Sashimi I've had since moving to Perth.
Will come back and brave the sake list!
I went here a couple of times now, for lunch and dinner. Both times I really enjoyed the food, especially agedashi tofu and sashimi. Lovely staff and relatively fast service.
Delicious Japanese food, been here twice and it was great both times. The staff were really nice and the food is great value for money. Would recommend it to anyone.
Yum. Have been here twice now and faultless. Got 4 dishes for three and only $67. Great place. Chicken was so so tender and the rice was flavourful
Rated highly and I see why, great food really impressed..this place is a little gold mine...really great food
Spontaneous dinner here and service was great. Food was delicate but incredibly tasty. Pleasantly surprised by this little gem.
Our new favourite Japanese restaurant. Very friendly staffs. Consistently good , everything is so yum! I love their grape cider :)
3rd Dinner in a row. Just came in for a quick bite to try a new restaurant and have returned 3 times in 4 days! All food is excellent and served in traditional Japanese style with beers that are specifically ordered by restaurant. Love the Chiro beer
4people-every Wednesday
+4.5
Best service I've ever had in Perth. Truly authentic Japanese hospitality. Best food outside of Japan and sake to match. Highly recommend!
I can't understand the bad reviews! The food and service were flawless. The price was more than reasonable. Can't wait until my next visit!
Amazing food. Went and had the small tasting plates. All the food was hot fresh and full of flavour. The staff were great food was fantastic. Would recommend to anyone who loves Japanese, love the idea of being able to try lots of different things :)
Ate there last night. Chose the small plate menu, which is a lovely way to eat. We started with edamame beans and squid in ginger. After those plates were cleared we had curried potato croquettes and kimchee. Next we ordered chicken skewers and a vegetable sushi roll. All the food was lovely, particularly the squid and the vegetable sushi roll. We took our own wine, which was put in a nice bucket for us and we were given beautiful wine glasses. My partner also had two Japanese beers and our bill was $65.
There are also main meals on offer but we've never ordered them. The small plate experience is too good!
Fabulous! I can't believe I have not been here before now. Delicious food, fantastic service , amazing plum cider and a wheat free menu! A VERRY enjoyable experience. We will be back
I love Senoji !!! Have been now 5 or 6 times and it never disappoints!! Beautiful fresh and interesting food and great service . Definitely will be back
Thanks to Coco and the team for another beautiful dinner. I love coming here and being welcomed like family, I wish I could come more often. Senoji provides the most homely service and atmosphere :) Absolutely the most understanding kitchen in preparing incredible vegan food; rather than feeling like an imposition, Chef goes out of her way. You must try the agadashi eggplant. :)
A+ on all fronts. Price, taste and size as well as quick efficient service. Give it a go. A rare delight in perth!
We looked for a restaurant close to home, we couldn't decide where to go. It just so happened I was also booking some flights for a course I was doing at the same time, and I had a look at the "Eat" symbol on the QANTAS website. I searched Western Australia and only about 6 places came up. And wouldn't you know it, a place in Vic Park and it was Japanese... great work. And the bonus... for every $1.00 you spend you get 3 QANTAS Frequent Flyer Points. 5 of ate there for $120.00. You can BYO as well... 360 points ... Happy Days.... You have to stop yourself from buying food for the points. The food was good, the service was great... Great Service, Good food, you hand them two plastic cards and before you know your leaving the restaurant feeling great with a heap of genuine Frequent Flyer Points. We are off to the Red Cray next week. They are another place that does QANTAS Frequent Flyer points.
My partner and I both first time dined in here . We had the karaage tori chicken lunch set and the sashimi set . Both were so tasty and the sashimi was just so fresh . Will definitely come back and try more !!
Nothing amazing. Thursday November 15 Dinner
Good Lychee wine
Love the quick service of food
Great service people attending to every aspect of the meal..very good explanations
Sushi not made very well... rice vs protein proportions..
My fave Japanese in Perth. I love Senoji and have been numerous times. The food ranges from the usual (sushi and teriyaki) to more authentic Japanese stuff that you wouldn't usually get (squid pancake, nattou, okonomiyaki) so you can be safe or adventurous. Be careful being adventurous with the nattou though... You can also go cheap (bowl of noodles), or slightly more high market (wagyu, teriyaki duck) depending on your budget.
The staff all seem to be Japanese students and many don't speak much English so dialogue can be an adventure and you can wait awhile for service. But that is part of the charm. They have heaps of different sake brands and you can buy a bottle for yourself, which they will put your name on and keep behind the bar for the next time you come for a meal. They've got some Japanese beer you don't find elsewhere either.
Not fancy, but quirky, interesting and with great food. The best middle of the road Japanese restaurant in Perth.
This place is great!. I really like this restaurant and was surprised to see the negativity in some of the reviews. The service is great, the staff are really friendly, and the ambience from the wooden decor makes the interior really cosy. I'd probably agree it is (only slightly) over priced for evening dining... But, the lunchtime specials are great value. Going for a lunchtime bento box with a pot of (really very nice) green tea is a great way to have a relaxing Sunday afternoon!
My boyfriend and I had a lovely Saturday lunch here. The fish was fresh and well prepared, and we tried most things on the menu! BYO wine. Service was great, but we were the only customers-which we didn't understand as we loved it.
Would return occasionally. Senoji offers what appears to be a fusion cuisine between Japanese and Korean food. I’ve eaten here a fair few times now and I find it to be very hit and miss- some dishes are fantastic and others verging on poor. What they do well is westernised Asian flavours, such as teriyaki. I find the authentic flavours are very lacking, in that some dishes (e.g. ramen) are very bland, but this is the case with most Japanese restaurants in Perth.Overall, a nice casual place to dine out.
Great service, tasty Japanese food. Will return.
+ relaxing atmosphere + good food + sake tasting before buying (even small portions) + overall enjoyable evening out - more staff should be able to take orders - portion size should be bigger for the price paid
Nadine O summed this place up quite well, although we didn't encounter any problems with being understood. Waitstaff were extremely polite and attentive and the food was pretty good considering the price. Clearly sake is something of a speciality there but unfortunately we'd not been planning to drink. Definitely arranging a skipper the next time we go there.
Great little spot. Had sashimi, pork belly in ginger, wagyu beef, scallops. All done to perfection. Only negative is that I didn't like the scallops being sliced thin.
Came here for dinner on Fathers Day, the place was full and busy. Once we arrived the staff were friendly and attentative...our table of 5 selected a number of small dishes to share...the food is tasty...the issues we had (which to the waiters credit he had warned us) was that the 2 owners are the only chefs and their restaurant style is expected to be slow. They serve each dish as its made so you wont get everything at once. I guess so you can talk and enjoy the foods. Anyways, the bigger issue was that there was only 1 waiter taking orders despite the 4-5 other staff members walking around. This apparently was done on purpose as the restaurant didnt want to stuff up and orders, so they had their main man only take orders. This was disasterous as you had to wait forever to order more food/drinks. Apart from that, everything else was good. Just odd only one person could take orders. Suggestion for others, order everything at once.
Enjoyable evening out. Had a light dinner here on a Sunday night. Food was pretty tasty in pleasant surroundings. Service was good. Nice mix of dishes on the menu, with the emphasis on ippinryouri (small dishes, of which you order as many as you like), which is a style of dining that I enjoy. It is moderately expensive, but I will go back.
Very Enjoyable. Went for an early dinner with my husband & 15month old and had a really lovely time. Sashimi was fab as were our two mains. The staff were very friendly and the atmosphere great & it was reasonable priced ... we will be back
Great food, staff are attentive and knowledgable. Never had a bad experience here. Love the Sake tastings too!...
Really Great food and service was friendly. Not the best ambiance but Cosy
We eat here all the time and both love Japanese. Not the cheapest nor most expensive restaurant around but the raw fish is always fresh and amazing quality. The staff complete the experience, always find them lovely.
![5]( "Recensione")
Agreed with Eric’s comment below – definitely purely for food and culture enthusiast only!
My partner and I are so so glad we found this little hidden gem and met the loveliest man behind it all – who has been there for 20+ years!
Yuki (Head chef) puts his pride and soul into making these dishes as authentic and simple as possible – identical to the taste you would find in Japan. I have never enjoyed such simple tastings in Japanese food in Perth, unlike at Senoji. Hands down J
Note: The chef solely works alone; please be mindful of the chef, and expect to wait – Yuki does an amazing job at managing, preparing the meals and serving. There were 3 tables and we did not wait all that long – we were happy to.
Senoji has been the first Japanese Restaurant we have been to that has kept it simple with no fusion – and we have tried all the Japanese Restaurants North to South of the river of WA
The food was delicious, authentic and the chef was very kind - remember not to shake his right hand too hard though, he has an injury! Thank you Chef.
We will see you again soon.
Purely for Food and culture Enthusiast only!!! Literally a japanese home kitchen in restaurant setting.
**If you want an eat and go, this will not be your option. Cause ONLY THE CHEF ALONE working and serve you most of the time. Be prepare for a longer wait. So I would suggest plan your dishes to keep your food coming.
A great overall quality of real Japanese cuisine. Prepare to encounter authentic japanese culture which you might see mean (very rare), it's just their culture. The chef is a lovely person.
Had the best sashimi pick around town. The salmon were evenly textured and well balanced fat ratio, served with the right temperature.
You can taste every each ingredient from the udon as well. you can even taste the soup from the noodle!! The broth was rich and all ingredients were fresh pick.
Definitely will go back for more!!!
REMINDER: Do not expect fancy restaurant service as it's privately owned little cosy hidden gem. Treat it as you're being served at home.
We stumbled into this place looking for a place to eat and were pleasantly surprised by the quality of food throughout our dinner. The chef puts his heart and soul into making his dishes authentic and tasteful for his customers, while giving efficient service. Since then we've come back and still the food is fantastic. We'll be sure to do another booking at Senoji again!
Hands down the most authentic Japanese dining experience in Perth.
Expect a wait, expect food to be made to order, and enjoy each other's company in an authentic Japanese setting.
New favourite.
We had to wait a bit longer for food but it was well worth it. Amazing food, sauces in every dish was on point. Chef was very nice and friendly, he also gave us complimentary dessert which was delicious.Highly recommended for authentic Japanese food.
This is one of the most authentic Japanese restaurants I have ever been to. The flavours were absolutely delicious and it was worth all the wait! :) I am so glad I gave it a go! Chef is very passionate and it reflects on the dishes. Highly recommend it!
Very authentic Japanese cuisine and some exceeded expectations by a lot!! Though not all food was extraordinary, the gyoza was pretty average. Food was overall great but jazz music really gave me anxiety when I’m having sushi.. and the scent could improve it smells like soggy wood upon entrance which takes away a bit of appetite. Price was on the higher side but quite worth it for the quality of food. I am surprised that I only came to discover this place after years and years of eating at Vic park every day.. but I will be back, they got the sake tastings that we wanna try next time!
An error has occurred! Please try again in a few minutes