kadoya

best japanesecurryin brisbane!. can't get enough of thecurrydishes here, my favourite being the chicken katsu. the taste is very comforting and not spicy (unless you ask for it hotter), and perhaps a little different to 'real' japanesecurryjudging by how hard it has been for me to find this taste anywhere else, even while in japan! whatever their secret is, it seems to be working out for them, and for me every time i go there!

cheap uni student eats. inside elizabeth arcade hides many a eatery but this place is by far the best, unless you have sort of pathological addiction to korean.
the katsudon can be a bit overcooked at times though, so i'd recommend the karagedon instead. or the tempura set. noodles andcurryaren't bad either; although i'd give thecurryudon a miss, never tried it but those two are a couple that's never meant to be, imo.

looking around for a lunch time option in brisbane city?
this small yet amazing japanese restaurant serves some authentic japanese dishes in the heart of brisbane city. if you have been looking for a hotcurrylately, this is the place to go. their japanesecurryis not from acurryroux like other places. they prepare thecurryeveryday with authentic spices. to top it off, they give you option to select the spice level. comes with almost all sorts of protein options but i go with karaage chicken. who doesn’t like karrage?
go for the 1 million spice level and thank me later - it is served with chill paste on the side and is heavenly. made with chilli beans and thai red chilli peppers.
most of the dishes range between $10-12 and is a bang for the buck. you won’t be disappointed.
restaurant name: kadoya japanese
address: 73 mary st, brisbane city
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went to this lovely spot around lunch time on saturday. the interior is cozy and reminiscent of a typical lunch spot in japan. they have a small amount of staff as service seems slighty slow

ordered thecurrybowl, tonkostu hot ramen, gyoza and the unagi deluxe bento

curry = delicious. simple but extremely good flavouring. probably the favourite. 5/5

ramen = quite good with a good kick of spice. a kind of sweet sour take on ramen. 3.5/5

unagi db = it was quite evident the eel was old and kept frozen for a long time as it was tough, rubbery and generally not appealing at all. this got a hard pass. do not recommend ordering. i guess its expected of a fast easy type of food place. 1/5. however the side dishes that came with the bento were good.

overall i would definitely come back here for a quick and delicious meal.

after many years of dining here, i can safely say that the top quality of their dishes has not changed. i remember eating here religiously almost every lunch time and ordering their chicken katsucurrywhen the shop was located in elizabeth arcade. many years later, i found myself eating here again and thecurrytastes exactly how i remembered. good value and decent portions. must try!

staff: good, always nice and smile a lot
food: i only hadcurryrice with meat (fish, chicken, pork etc.) and so far pretty well. stable serving. 
might be busy during lunch time but free at dinner time.

i really love the service here, the ladies are always super nice taking my order !! always smiling, i always order the grilled chickencurryand they’ve never failed to disappoint me. my favouritecurryplace in brisbane 😍

came here because of the good review i read. ordered thecurrykatsu. to my disappointed thecurrywas not as flavour as i expected. very average. and to my surprice the spiciness was the chilli flakes. not like what i expected! place is small. very busy! but not the kind of japanesecurryim looking for. tried the takoyaki and croquette. they were not bad.

one of our absolute favourite places to go, unfortunately relocated a bit further out of the cbd but still close enough. i give it a high rating because it follows what's most important to me: you can crave it, they will always satisfy you (in flavour and quantity), and it never worries us whether we can afford having it.

kadoya's best feature is that it's always worth the money, you're never left dissatisfied neither with quantity or quality of food.

they have an assortment of popular japanese style dishes, but definitely their most important dishes are thecurrykatsu chicken and pork; theircurrysauce is always perfect and the customisable amount of heat is very helpful. your typical serving comes with plenty of rice, a small side of salad with vinagrette, some pickled ginger for the heat and a nice quality serving of crumbed chicken or pork. 

it's important to remember that with every full dish you can add a ramen or udon at a heavily discounted price, so you can transform your $11 chicken into a $16 ramen soup plus chickencurrytwo course meal.

i also am a big fan of their tempura because it's always perfectly crispy and the vegetables are very well cooked, the carrots end creamy and sweet and the prawns have this fabulous coating, they're also always fresh (no fishyness!). 

the ramen/udon aren't perfect, but they're a good price and a lot of people seem to be happy to go there for it as well. please be aware ramen is definitely popular, but quite a few arent as happy with the udon, so you may want to avoid it. 

this place is crazy popular with ubereats and deliveroo and with uni students because of their price to quality ratio. 

the locale itself is so-so, sadly it isn't the best decorated but instead more encouraging to have a quick meal and chat and leave; staff are always very, very polite though.

their chicken and pork dishes are their strength - particularly chicken katsucurryand chicken karaage. good cheap prices from a little hole in the wall in a convenient brisbane city location. food is hot and fresh and priced reasonably. not as keen on their unagi don and other dishes.

the food here was cheap, generous and delicious. we ordered the grilled chickencurryrice and the salad crispy chicken don. both were great.

affordable, fast, substantial portions and consistent quality. been here for the past two years or so and have always been satisfied. love the fish katsucurryrice with 1 million spiciness level, crab croquettes and kaki furai bento box! the stamp cards are a great incentive too!

this place sells cheap and nasty japanese food. i wonder if it's japanese owned as i can't possibly think a person of japanese heritage being proud enough to serve these meals but rather think they would be embarrassed. thecurryis bland and watery. had the katsu curry and the meat was stringy and tasteless. karaage was just salty. the décor looks cheap and the cutlery and plates are just embarrassing. it feels as though everything was put together last minute. i guess you get what you pay for. $25 can feed 2 people but it will be a disappointing meal.

this place is cheap and quick but the food could be a lot better. pork katsu had a nice fresh piece of pork, but thecurrysauce was incredibly runny and watery. the mini bento was fine, it had a nice agedashi in it, but the meat was bloody awful, just chewy gristly stuff. side of udon was gross, the broth was way too fishy and noodles were overdone.
i liked that they had a toilet in the restaurant.

i have always come here for their chicken karagecurryrice, but this time i really want to try the unagi don (eel with rice). there are not too many places got good unagi don in brisbane. this is actually not too bad to cure the craving.