Our fav favFAV! The food here is beyond fresh and scrumptious. What makes it even better are the staff- especially Yeon who we have come to know and is ALWAYS exceptional. When you turn up and they remember the bottle of wine you have- excellent customer service. Proud to have this restaurant in our hood- Moonee Ponds �
Amazing food with incredible presentation! It is so tasty and special! My favourite is the entree and ice-cream! Absolutely love the cozy ambiance of the restaurant and excellent service! Yo(the waitress) delivered best customer service! We had a great night for my friend's birthday! We ordered both banquets! Definitely will come back
Food and atmosphere was amazing.
The only issue was the spicy tuna sushi roll just covered in sriracha, I usually love spicy tuna but this was just too much of one taste.
Aside from that every thing else was great, really good, great ageadashi tofu.
I had an amazing experience with Yokoso Izakaya. The waitresses were really attentive. Whenever out plates were empty, they would clean up and ask how our dishes were. Instead of ordering mains, we just ordered entree’s to share. Everything was delicious. My favourite was the Gyoza 😍
Every visit over some years has been consistently very good. Very high quality; freshly cooked and always heavily booked. Most nights are 6 or 8 pm bookings. Well worth booking as many are turned away. You are greeted by staff as you enter. A small but good and reasonably priced wine list or you can BYO for $10 per bottle.
We started with pork gyoza which arrived quickly and perfectly cooked; melted in your mouth.
We then had the Marinated grilled king fish marinated in sweet miso sauce as a shared entree. Excellent.
We shared the crab seafood rolls which are beautifully presented and stuffed with seafood.
For the main, we shared the large sushi which has incredibly fresh seafood. The soba noodle salad was a nice way to finish off a well balanced seafood oriented meal.
Great quality and great atmosphere; highly recommend and we shall return soon.
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Delicious sushi in a truly authentic Japanese restaurant- what more could you possibly want?!
Entering Yokoso Izakaya, you will immediately be greeted by a plethora of renowned Japanese welcome, as smiles and pleasantries are exchanged as you are lead to your table. You will notice an ambience that is rustic yet modern, a bar bearing views of the kitchen hard at work whilst the lights are set to a warm date-like initiation. Today we decided to order two serves of the double salmon, a spicy tuna and spider roll.
The food came exceptionally quick, and was devoured even quicker. The spicy tuna is fresh as ever, laced with some sriracha sauce to add a tinge of spice. The spider roll is warm with freshness, a crunch that is soft and tasty all the same. And finally the double salmon. Thick, belly like pieces of salmon oozing with delight in your mouth- making for a wonderful dinner indeed.
Although portions are small considering you receive 4 pieces, we would advise ordering more if you wish to eat until you are full. Reasonable pricing for the sheer quality you get, attached with great service and ambience make it for a delightful Japanese dinner. We recommend this spot and it is not hard to see why it is so popular!
Food: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Ambience: 4/5
Value: 4/5
Overall: 4/5
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Yokoso is a Moonee Ponds neighbourhood gem. Many customers are addressed by name. We have been here a number of times over the last few years and every time we have been impressed with the quality of the food and service. There is a 6 and 8pm sitting. It is wise to book as we have often seen people disappointed as it’s regularly booked out.
The moment you walk in, there is a warm welcome of ‘Hajimemashite’ from the wait and kitchen staff.
It is a step above ‘ordinary’ Japanese food with the usual fare and some unusual dishes.
We had the Gyoza pork dumplings; ‘golden morsels’ which melted in your mouth.
We love the Yokoso King Crab Rolls which are pieces of crab rolled with avocado, carrot, daikon and mayo; a fresh and colourful dish.
We then shared the large sushi platter ( $35); perhaps not as large as some restaurants but outstanding quality.
For dessert, we shared the citrus based pannacotta, decorated with a few strawberries; it cleanses the palate and so a lovely way to finish the meal.
We ate an interesting, well balanced meal.
There is a small wine menu which is reasonably priced or you can BYO for $10 per bottle.
Highly recommend for groups of 2 to 10; we’ll be back.
I loved the yokoso experience. I have a very fussy partner and our lovely waitress went out of our way to follow up menu adjustments with the chef.The chef/kitchen had no issue altering the calamari to remove the chilli and adjusting the sashimi dish. Thanks yokoso for being so accommodating and for the delicious food. Look forward to coming back. Your service was definitely above and beyond. I only wish I had known our waitresses name to mention her! I was there in February /early March for a Saturday night. The place was packed but it was still fabulous. 😁
One word can be described; Amazing!
All the staff is very helpful and outstanding with decent, well valued food.
I am so happy to that the restaurant is in local.
Definitely be back soon!
This is a local favourite and tonight we were here to celebrate the small person’s birthday who had a hankering for sushi. The chef kindly made him his favourite avocado hand roll. It was packed out but we weren’t made to feel hurried. A very pleasant meal indeed.
A girlfriend and I ate here last night, Yokoso Izakaya is a nice quaint restaurant with attentive and friendly service.
A nice refreshing beer went down nice along with some of the dishes we ordered, some better than others. The wagu beef tataki was outstanding, the garlic chips adding to the flavours all round. The vegetarian dumplings weren't really to my liking, they were quite boring and the filling did not compliment the dish at all. The chicken yaki tori skewers were lovely, the sauce more runnier than I've had before but still nice nevertheless. For main we had the chili ebi prawn, the prawns were nice and there were plenty there, the sauce had a great chilli punch but I wasn't a fan of all the onion and capsicum in the dish.
All in all a nice restaurant that I'd happily come back to.
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