Sawa Darlinghurst

Had a great dining experience with a group of 5. We enjoyed mixed dishes of hot and cold food. The salads were really fresh and crunchy! I particularly loved the breaded oysters, kobachi, Sawa karaage, eggplant and the super delicious unagi with rice; the glaze was just perfection!! Do yourself a favour and get the Yuzu Sakè. Service was great and food was prompt.

Newly renovated restaurant. Much smaller condensed menu compared to the previous Samurai Restaurant here. The standout dish was the Fried chicken. Not so good - the Chicken yakitori - soggy with sauce and no charcoal grill flavour at all. Sushi platter was pretty average. The Squid legs tempura was tasty but rubbery. The chicken udon noodles was also good but nothing special. Staff were very friendly food service with a smile. Just order the fried Chicken and some sake.

What an amazing experience! There are a few restaurants in Sydney that really top this place, in terms of great service that is also very friendly, and makes me want to come back again and again. I highly recommend trying the Sashimi platter that has a great mixture of all different kinds of fish and seafood in general. I also it’s BYO, which is just fantastic. Will be back many times I’m sure, thank you very much! Arigato 😊

Unfortunately it just wasn’t their night. They were sold out of eel, didn’t have Diet Coke and they got a few of the orders wrong. Meals came out at different times and if was quite expensive for the quality. I think they were lacking in kitchen staff. The lovely waitress tried hard but let down by her kitchen.

Really enjoyed this place recently with a friend! We got a few items each - salad, miso soup, and another entree or roll. The food was delicious, but not very filling. Friendly staff that let us open the doors to get some fresh air while we ate. It’s also BYO which is nice! I’ll be back, but I won’t plan on getting a filling meal here.

Something is seriously wrong (recently) with this place - probably the worst service I've ever had in Sydney, and rather average food. Went there on not-at-all busy Thursday night, no more than 4-5 occupied tables. Waitress forgot first about our starter order (confirmed 10 mins later not available), then approached our table twice with the wrong food, never delivering the right main for me. Finally after one hour, I've simply left this place, fed up waiting, having miso soup only and trying a bit my partner's food. FTW, seriously?... If you look for good sushi in the area, Sushi on Stanley opposite side has always been my favourite, and beats this place in all aspects.