Love the food here - every dish is traditional and delicious and well priced with a exceptional range of gyoza dumplings on offer including daily specials. The wine list is fairly sparse, but the wines they do have are palate-pleasing, especially The Stump Jump Riesling.The private rooms are especially great if you can get one, but they do book out with larger groups. The biggest issue here is space - you're often sitting shoulder to shoulder. But that's pretty much how it is in Japan too. Credit cards accepted with surcharge and book ahead if you can. Go once, go often, go gyoza.
Very good food, drinks and green tea ice cream. Lots of choices. Portion sizes could be a bit bigger though. My most favorite place in CBD.
Had a feast by myself here with these Japanese style tapas. The food was so delicious and service was quick and friendly. Would definitely recommend.
Second night in a row eating here. Excellent service and food! Can’t say enough good things. Teriyaki chicken was my favourite, so so good you have to try it!! Thanks to the kind staff also, very friendly and kind. Really recommend this place to everyone!
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Firstly, when we first came, the staff was really nice. In fact, all of them are really nice, I'd say this place probably has the best service out of other gyoza gyoza branches, not that the others are not friendly but this branch is exceptionally friendly. The ambience is nice, there's different sections to sit, some places allow you to sit on the floor and have a cut out section for your feet, like traditional japanese restaurants. Another plus point is the promos, the asahi (330ml) is $9 but for $10, you get both the asahi and a pan fried gyoza (which you can choose the flavour yourself, so if you're vegan or not, choose up to what you like). But this promo is only for tuesday. Monday and Wednesday had other promo. The mixed vegetable and chives gyoza was good, a tad bit too salty but it was still good. The beer came later, and I had to ask for it. Same goes for the oriental twist cocktail. The cocktail was nice, not too sweet but a lil too weak, barely tasted the alcohol but it's actually good. When you write review you also can receive free parfait. Overall, I like this place.
This restaurant has a wide variety of Japanese tapas at a reasonable price! Loved the ambience and coziness of the place. The staff were also friendly and accommodating :)
Nice place to chill out with friends especially on a warm night. Great atmosphere and friendly staff to keep us going through the night. Very good deal on the bottomless drinks! The chicken karage is da bomb
Gyoza Douraku serves tapas style Japanese food. There is a large variety to choose from and most are between $6.80 and $8.00. It gives you an opportunity to try a lot of different dishes. We ordered the Yukke, Tuna Tataki, Ebi Kakiage, Soft Shell Crab Mini Burgers and Gyoza. All were very nice and we enjoyed the dishes we selected.
In addition to the delicious dishes they serve cocktails. We had the Peach Sangria and the Strawberry Kiss. Both $15.90 as are all the cocktails by the glass. 1litre cocktail jugs are $24.90. They also have a large range of whisky, shochu, sake and teas. The only suggestion I would have is to have a little less ice in the drinks.
The staff were friendly and helpful and service was good.
Would recommend this restaurant for its range of dishes and drinks.
First time here with a friend because the restaurant looks homey and so nice. The food is tapas size and turns out to be better than expected. We got soba, gyoza and okonomiyaki to pair with a jug of beer; but forgot to take the other pictures cause we dig in straight away. Very recommended place to go for a small portions and drinks with small groups of friends 🥰
Friendly and welcoming staff, really good food; what else could you ask for 🤗 will definitely come back again soon! :)
This is a nice little Japanese gem hidden in the city where people can just hop in and have a great meal. Love the fresh and tasty Gyoza here!
Went to this place on a Friday night with some friends. The food is so good!! We finished the whole thing in less than 30 min. Food was very great!!
Izakaya style restaurant with a big selection of japas-style dishes and also drinks. The food are pretty good although I wouldn't call it authentic. Their seating arrangement is split into smaller sections so it's not very ideal for a large group. The renkon chips and the karaage are highly recommended.
Food - 7
Service - 8
Vibe - 6
Price - $$
Gyoza Douraku serves tapas style Japanese food. There is a large variety to choose from and most are between $6.80 and $8.00. It gives you an opportunity to try a lot of different dishes. We ordered the Yukke, Tuna Tataki, Ebi Kakiage, Soft Shell Crab Mini Burgers and Gyoza. All were very nice and we enjoyed the dishes we selected.
In addition to the delicious dishes they serve cocktails. We had the Peach Sangria and the Strawberry Kiss. Both $15.90 as are all the cocktails by the glass. 1litre cocktail jugs are $24.90. They also have a large range of whisky, shochu, sake and teas. The only suggestion I would have is to have a little less ice in the drinks.
The staff were friendly and helpful and service was good.
Would recommend this restaurant for its range of dishes and drinks.
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It’s a 4.2 for us. We thoroughly enjoyed the meal and hospitality here.
This is an Izakaya style bar. It serves a range of fresh dumplings and small bar dishes. It’s a very good fun style of eating. Casual and very enjoyable. All the dishes are a good price and there’s an impressive range. 6-8 dishes will do it for you unless you’re seriously ravenous.
We received a lovely greeting at the door. There was a good crowd in on a Monday. Spring is here and the city is beginning to wake after the long winter.
The manager Hong recommended our dishes and a fantastic selection they were too. The special traditional pan fried pork and garlic gyoza are beautifully made gyoza. They were really lovely. The soft shell crab mini burger is a mighty dish too, one of the most popular we were advised and it was easy to see why. The salmon sashimi is a great dish. It’s really good quality salmon which is nicely cut and presented. Curiously, the salmon tataki was the least impressive dish for me.
The Kinoko Hoiru/Yaki, foil baked mixed mushrooms, is a great selfish. These are lovely delicate mushrooms that are very nicely cooked and presented. Similarly, the crab cream croquette is an enticing dish that’s beautiful and creamy as promised. The wagyu steak dish is a cracker. I was critical a couple of weeks ago of a Japanese restaurant further up Bourke Street because of tough wagyu. The wagyu here was the complete opposite. It was superbly cooked lovely steak and in a very nice sauce. A terrific dish. Our last savory dish was Yakitori. This is a beauty too. It’s very tender moist chicken with a lovely BBQ flavour.
After a good break we finished with very nice soft serve ice cream, green tea and roasted tea. This was a lovely clean fresh way to finish the night.
We loved our night here. The only slight downer were the seriously noisy people in the neighboring booth. Such is life. The food and atmosphere was great.
Our thanks for the invitation to dine here especially Hong the manager for taking such great care of us.
Really outstanding food, and fantastic value! My wife and I always visit here at least once every time we visit Melbourne! The quality of food and huge variety is certain to satisfy any taste, but it's the value that wins it for me. The size of portion and price beats so many others in Melbourne. It want busy when we ordered so service of all meals took around 5 minutes! Great if you have a short lunch break I guess.
Visited today and will certainly be back again!
During my regular flights to Melbourne, I'm already thinking of this place at 39,000 feet. I land, and there is an almost desperate pilgrimage to my regular fix of Japanese excellence. When I eat the food here, I could die happy as if it were my last supper. Just brilliant. Atmosphere, food, service. One of the gems of Melbourne.
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If I was sum up my experience of Gyoza Douraku, it would be comparing it to Daiso (I love Daiso by the way). Everything (most things) are the same price ($6.80 per plate), therefore some things are great value, sound value and lesser value, so choose wisely!
We were invited to try six plates, a drink and a dessert to share. We chose correctly! We enjoyed the gyoza in both forms, both pan fried and in a soup. The baked scallops were my personal favourite. The yukke (julienne raw beef with raw quail egg) is a take on steak tartare and was delicious (but not for everyone's taste). We also enjoyed the foiled baked japanese mushrooms in ponzu butter.
The green tea and strawberry layered parfait was fun and a nice way to end the meal. Cocktails were extremely fun and delightful.
It's a great japanese bar, cosy interior, well decorated and decked out, and had a great vibe. It seems to attract passers by which means it's doing the right things to bring people through the door. Service was friendly and responsive. Eager to please, and quick on the ball. I also liked that they put the expected wait times on dishes, so you know what you're getting yourself into.
Overall, a fun take on Japanese tapas style dishes, at a decent price, in a fun hip spot.
Tip: the spicy miso broth with the gyoza packed some heat, but it was delicious regardless.
Food comes in many small dishes, allowing you to try many of the different dishes! All the dishes were delicious! Especially loved the Crab Burger and Cold Soba. Definitely recommend getting them.
Awesome tapas style Japanese restaurant. An excellent selection of food, with extremely fast service. Will totally be coming back here!!
The Mini burger and the Gyoza were a big standout, well worth trying!!
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