Review Nikaido Japanese Yakiniku Restaurant - Neutral Bay

Have been going to this place for years and it never disappoints! We usually have the All You Can Eat menu and choose either the "Nikaido" or "Premium" option. Kids under 5 years old eat for free and half price for years 6 - 11 years old. You get 90 mins to eat which is more than enough. The meat selection is great and their quality of meat is fantastic. The selection of other items are also great. Definitely one of the best yaikinku in Sydney!

Who can say no to UNLIMITED Japanese best quality beef, pork, chicken, sides etc in North Sydney?! With less than $50 pp on certain days, you can eat really good bbq meats til you drop here. Best to come in gang, hungry, angry and desperate to bankrupt the owner of this kind establishment 🤣🤣

Both the meat and sashimi were fresh and very delicious. The sauce of yakiniku was homemade, and I could taste various flavors. There were many kinds of desserts and they were delicious too.

Best yakiniku!! Great value for the price. $68.90 for premium, can order wagyu beef and more for 100 mins. They serves portion size according to how many customer. Menu has a varieties of food such as rice, fried rice, sashimi, side dishes. Love the atmospheres of restaurant as well, feel like I'm eating the meal in Japan. Recommended to do booking first as they always busy.

Very comfortable seating arrangements! Service is wonderful! food is fresh, super delicious and delivered quick! we've chosen salt and pepper to come with all our meat as they are fresh enough to not need any marinated sauce:) however some items(sashimi etc) can only order every 15 minutes which we think is a tiny little bit too long.. but it is still a great experience! Really enjoyed, Thanks so much again😁

Love the premium meat. I have dined in here so many times and the quality of the premium meat is always very consistent…Just scrumptious ! I must say this is one of the best Japanese bbq I have ever had so far! Can’t wait for my next visit already! :)

Kingfish sushi was tough — didn’t have skin cleaned off properly??? Meat and dishes for all you can eat came out quite late from ordering, not giving us enough time to eat and decide whether or not we want more food. Received incorrect drink, though was quickly fixed. All in all, buffet was quite overpriced — especially given they impose limits after you’ve ordered too much of a certain item. Overall score 39/128

Had the $70 all you can eat for dinner with a bunch of friends. This place has some of the best side dishes I've had at an AYCE, the sushi and sashimi is fresh and the softshell crab is also delicious. The meat however (which is arguably the main attraction) is a bit lacking. A lot of it is frozen but the quality is still redeemable. I'd recommend getting the cheaper options. Overall would recommend, great place and atmosphere!

We had a very pleasant dining experience and was cheerfully greeted by the owner who took us through the meal ordering process via the wall tablet which was easy to use. We like this as it gave you a running total of what you'd ordered. The food was quite tasty and the service was friendly and casual. Good and varied menu centred around BBQ'ing. We also had 2 Nagiri which was not obviously their specialty as it is predominantly a Yakiniku Restaurant. The bill came to $140+ Incl drinks for 3. For a great night out in a casual setting, Nikaido is well worth a try. The Cypress Pine from Japan used for the furniture and fitout is a feast to the senses. Enjoy 🇯🇵

Excellent and affordable quality Japanese BBQ in a casual and family friendly / party atmosphere. Food is ordered at your table via an iPad and delivered by friendly and efficient staff.

Loved it! Good food and good service! 👍

Been coming here with my family since it opened and it’s always an enjoyable experience. The booths are really cute and really add to the experience. Japanese bbq is a bit pricer than korean bbq, but it’s a lot more flavourful in my opinion. <br/><br/>I particularly enjoyed the ox tongue (with garlic) and the chicken karaage. They have a buffet at different price points but we chose to do a-la-carte. The wagyu didn’t seem that much better than the rest of the meats, but still delicious. <br/>

Pretty decent all you can eat japanese barbecue. Few meats and sashimi to choose from, the meal is satisfying and fun. Really like the fatty cube cut, sadly we didnt find out which cut it was, and couldnt re-order. It would have been helpful to have ways to identify which is which. Beef tongue was very good too.The dessert was acceptable as well.We weren’t smelling too smoky at the end, good ventilation is always nice in barbecue places. Food comes reasonably quickly. Drinks were not too expensive but the place can be a bit loud. Can do a la carte if you didnt want buffet, it seems like they offer better cuts for a la carte.

I did my research before booking the restaurant, both Zomato and Google reviews were very good for this place. However from my experience, it’s only a 2 stars. We had the Premium level buffet $69.8 pp, which gives us all the options from their menu - including Wagyu beef. Service was slow, beef were still frozen; they serve Wagyu beef in tiny portions, but other cheap cuts meat in big portions, as well as rice dishes and deep fried dishes, all huge portions. Meats were also cut in different shapes, which makes some of them kinda difficult for stay on the BBQ plate. I guess the food quality would be better for A la carte menus, but I would not go back either way.

I enjoyed the meal and the service was good. It was quite busy which I took to be a positive sign. We will definitely come back and I recommend the sashimi.

All you can eat buffet for 90 mins, you order from the iPad, very easy to use and there are lots to choose from, but unfortunately you can only order the same dish with the same amount of people sitting at the table and you can’t order it again until you wait for 15mins. 😬<br/><br/>The meat wasn’t as good as we expected. The ‘wagyu’ was not soft & tender as it should be, there were a lot of sinews & veins in the meat made it very difficult to chew. We had wagyu in other bbq place and it was nothing like that. The scallops in foil had a rubber texture and the taste was bland. Since the grill mesh they use is a little dome shape, the foil & some bigger pieces of meat kept sliding down, it was very annoying. 😑 On the positive side, I enjoyed sashimi & sushi more than the hot food. They were fresh and the sushi rice had the perfect texture & flavour. Dessert was good as well, both Black sesame ice cream & coffee jelly were delicious. 🙂<br/><br/>There was a countdown on the screen in the last 15 mins, we didn’t really notice that until it was 5 mins remaining, I tried to order my desserts quickly but time was up and the whole screen froze. Luckily the friendly staff reset the time for me and gave me another 15 mins to navigate. Make sure you watch the screen closely and don’t make the same mistake like me! 😓

Very nice Japanese Yakiniku restaurant. Nice ambience / cozy place. Fantastic BBQ meat and excellent service. Came on Monday evening. They have Mon-Thu $39.80 buffet with 50 variety. This promo ends 1 July (but when I last went the boss said it is to be extended for another 3 months due to popularity).<br/><br/>We decided to go Premium, $69.80 as we love Wagyu meat. Meat is of high quality so food wise, cannot complain. I suppose what we like apart from the good meat is the level of Japanese service. Very fast food delivery (maybe being Monday a bit quiet).<br/><br/>Highly recommended but one thing to remember, they accept CASH only for the promo deal.

This is a fantastic Japanese yakiniku BBQ place! It is run by the Japanese delivering the authentic Japanese yakiniku experience. They also offer 3 types of all-you-can-eat buffet. There are a lot of choices to choose from. Always go for the premium wagyu beef! The marinated sauce is good. The staff service is top notch👍👏👏. Note: no lift access.

There are so many great eateries in Neutral Bay. I absolutely love Izakaya Samarai  but recently I discovered a new Japanese BBQ Yakiniku eatery called Nikaido in Neutral Bay. The entry is not as obvious so keep an eye out for their sign as you walk up the stairs. Owner and Chef Hitoshi Takagaki of Nikaido tells us all about his love of BBQ flavours. His restaurant is a mix of Japanese Restaurant and Yakiniku as you can order lots of other menu items from Nikaido as well. For full review including photos, go to the blog post.

Having been to Japan several times, I have come to deeply admire the Japanese attention to detail and relentless effort to reach the highest standards. This pursuit of perfectionism is reflected in Nikaido Japanese Yakiniku Restaurant in Neutral Bay. Hinoki, a type of highly-prized cypress native to Japan is used throughout the restaurant’s interior.  The wood is lemon-scented, lightly coloured with a rich straight grain and is of such quality that, for centuries, it has been used in palaces, temples, and shrines. Owner and chef Hitoshi Takagaki imported the wood from Japan, along with barbeque grills and extractor fans, to recreate an authentic dining ambience for native Japanese and local Sydney patrons.

Yakiniku is Japanese for "grilling meat" and when visiting a yakiniku restaurant like Nikaido at Neutral Bay, that is exactly what you do. Nikaido has recently opened and the restaurant looks amazing. It has a blend of old meets new, with even small traditional Japanese seating areas located away from the main dining area. If you are planning a visit, make sure to ask for the traditional seating area for that authentic experience.

All Japanese yakiniku restaurants are not created equal. While most Australian diners are likely to choose their favourite barbeque joint based upon premium cuts of wagyu (guilty as charged), for Japanese diners, I'm told it’s all about the sauce. I’m speaking with Yuri Tazunoki from Washoku Lovers at Nikaido, where she’s very excited about the sauce. We’re talking thick, brown Japanese barbeque sauce that’s made here with a not-so-secret addition – ramen stock – an idea generated from owner and chef Hitoshi Takagaki’s time in a Sydney ramen shop. From his time managing a Newtown izakaya, Takagaki has brought over an extensive iPad menu of additional dishes to make your simple barbeque meal into a well-balanced, table-sized banquet. Luckily when our avalanche of side dishes arrives, we’re hidden from view in a top-of-the-line private booth screened with beautiful pale hinoki or Japanese cypress. Yuri explains it’s quite an extravagant use of this slow-growing tree that is normally reserved for houses or baths. The heavy wood screens cleverly soak up sound too, so our booth feels quite intimate despite tantalising strip-wide glimpses of our barbeque-loving neighbours. After lining our tummies with...

We tried this Japanese Yakiniku restaurant last night and were very impressed! The restaurant opened only this month (December) with the official grand opening in January so currently the ambiance is nice and intimate. In addition to the standard restaurant open table setting, there are also partly private booths for a more intimate experience. The produce was fresh and of high quality and the service was just fantastic. We tried (and recommend) wagyu beef (perfectly marbled), marinated beef ribs, beef tataki (lightly seared and well flavoured), tofu seaweed salad, pork belly, lotus root crisps, chicken karaage and bibimbap. All of the dishes were reasonably priced.<br/>We will definitely come back here for Japanese BBQ. I highly recommend dining here if you're in the area!