Sash

I came here with friends for a 50% off the bill promotion. The food was all beautiful presented and tasted delicious all except for the Lamb Ribs. The fat on the lamb ribs were not rendered and were still white and solid, making it very unpleasant to eat. I took one bite and couldn’t finish the ribs. Looking back, we should have sent the dish back to the kitchen. I hope the owners of this establishment take note. If we do return, it won’t be for the lamb ribs that’s for sure!! The tacos, baos and buns were their specialty!

The menu is pretty interesting as it fuses multiple styles of cuisines. The tacos were absolutely insane, especially the lobster and beef. Portions were definitely on the smaller side while still being tasty. I didn't rate their pizza bases too highly and tbh the design of the place is not exactly my cup of tea....still it's pretty great and worth a look!

Such an awesome venue with a lot of promise. The cocktails were stand out on the night. The fusion attempt of Japanese cuisine with other cuisines however were a little hit and miss. The sashimi was very well flavoured, the nuggets also great but the tacos and pizza missed the mark with overly rich flavouring overpowering other ingredients which lost presence. The owner at the end incredibly respectfully asked for feedback on the pulled pork pizza dish we didn't enjoy so much. This shows great promise that customer opinion is valued and I hope this goes on to evolve the great potential of Sash.

Japanese fusion restaurant and bar! Love the food, each dish has their own merit in terms of flavour and uniqueness. Must get the tacos, baos, fried chicken and the eggplant fries! Also their cocktails were really tasty and unique, you can see the bar tender is very passionate. Bonus: Book on The fork Au and you can get 50% off on all food. #SashJapaneseSydney @asianfoodninja #asianfoodninja

Overall, the food is quite tasty & very different. The reason it does not score higher is mainly due to the pricing, which I believe to be too high. Came here at 50% with The Fork so I wasn’t overly concerned. You can get food that’s better round the corner (Longrain & Chin Chin) for a similar price with better potion sizes. It’s also $5 for a small post mix soft drink which is crazy. If the pricing is adjusted a little, this place could be really good. The Crab Medusa roll was outstanding & my favourite dish. Edit: I have eaten at most top restaurants in Sydney, number 1 in the world (Osteria Francescana), number 9 in the world (Mugaritz) & plenty in between (point being I’m not tight on dining out). Suggesting I don’t know value in a weird response from management isn’t ideal. My feedback is honest & I stand by it completely. I never said don’t go here etc but suggested local alternatives which offer better value, in my opinion.

(3.5 stars) With Sydney’s Liberal Premier Gladys Berejiklian still frowning upon late night good times, pre-loading is the only way to get any mileage out of your night. Kick off with cocktails and a pre-club feed at Sash. This Melbourne export recently opened up a branch on Wentworth Avenue in Surry Hills. The former motorbike shop – actually where I bought my first Suzuki GN250 – has been given a Melissa Collison make-over. While the concrete walls and floors remain, the utilitarian warehouse-style space has been brightened up with pink and purple neon. The end effect is quite similar to fellow Melbournian, Chin Chin, which you’ll find just a few doors up the road. The pink and purple colour scheme is continued into drippy watercolour art by Shannon Creese that frames portals into the kitchen. It continues down into the lower split-level of the 160-seater space, where you'll find comfy curved leather booths to kick back in and enjoy great tunes and cocktails. Continuing the Chin Chin connection, the cocktail list was designed by a former staffer - Head Mixologist, Kyle Rose. Yuzu Tears ($22) is a well-presented whisky cocktail that doesn’t let down those who like to taste the spirit in a blend of yuzu, agave and lemon juice. Topped with a fluffy egg-white floater, the Geisha Girl ($19) is a less boozy affair, combining cranberry juice, plum wine, yuzu, lemon and sake into a pretty drink that made my more sweetly-inclined gal pal happy. Besties, David Nelson and Kyle Stagoll, the guys behind Sash, were inspired by a New York restaurant in the meatpacking district called Catch, who fused Japanese-inspired flavours with popular American dishes. Their resulting restaurants are most famous for their sashimi pizzas. Smeared with sriracha, the Blue Cheese Sashimi Pizza's ($26) firm nine-inch base has a chaotic topping of seared tuna, salmon, blue cheese and cherry tomatoes. It’s lashed with wasabi mayo, dusted with mozzarella and topped with micro-herbs. It doesn't work as pizza or as sashimi, but as some sort of weird hybrid it eats okay. I’m more impressed by the Wagyu Truffle Tacos ($9/each) that take graded wagyu beef, lightly grill it then sit it inside the shell on sushi rice with truffle yakiniku, truffle aioli and a generous tomato and jalapeno salsa topper. It looks like it’s going to be a messy disaster, but the gyoza skin-shell tacos are surprisingly hardy, holding up well across a three-bite consumption. The petite Lobster Mac’n’Cheese Dog ($18) is everything I hoped it would be. Merging lobster tail with macaroni cheese, torched Parmesan and truffle oil into a super-soft brioche bun, it is the kind of late-night kitchen genius that's guaranteed to eat well as you work your way towards tomorrow’s hangover. Rooky mistake: only ordering one to share. From the raw bar, Kingfish Sashimi ($21), is served with a colourful and chaotic blend of Japanese and non-Japanese flavours. There’s pickled daikon radish, wakame seaweed salad, tobiko (flying fish roe), juicy orange segments, yuzu ponzu, fresh herbs and pale green dabs of wasabi crème. While you don’t get a lot of flavour from the kingfish against such a cacophony of flavours, it’s a fun dish to clink chopsticks over with a date. On the waiter’s recommendation, we filled out the corners with something fried (portions are on the small side). Slathered in spicy mayo, the Ebi Mayo Crispy Prawns ($18) were actually the tastiest thing we tried. The compelling row of fried tiger prawns encased in batter, alfalfa sprouts, genuinely spicy mayo. and slices of red chilli, enlivened our palates and saw us leave on high. Bookings at Sash will obviously be essential to snaffle a coveted booth seat, particularly on weekend nights.

Food was tasty especially the sushi and kingfish, but portions were small. Can get very similar trendy Japanese fusion food elsewhere in Sydney. Service was quite bad (primarily because of one server/ manager who was very rude and made a racist comment to my friend) Replying to the below Thanks for following up. The manager was dismissive and was quite patronising (one of the offhand comments was that our friend, who had a darker complexion, should order the charcoal drink because she's darker??? It was bizarre and was in bad taste if it was meant to be a joke) Our waiter Juan was great though and very enthusiastic !