nom

tucked away in a small corner in darlinghurst,nomis a small bar/restaurant offering an assortment of small bites and sakes. we ordered the wagyu asparagus, dried squid, gyoza, agedashi tofu and chicken soft bone. each dish lovingly made but more izakaya style portions so you’ll need to order more if you’d like to get full. we didn’t order the sake this time but the selection on offer seemed very impressive!

always a very special experience with incredible home style japanese food cooked and served with care. nice and intimate with few tables and pleasant jazz playing. some of the warmest service i’ve experienced. have brought guests visiting from japan who have loved the food and experience.

everything on the menu is great but the vinegared mackerel, minced tuna sashimi (actually all the sashimi), tempura okura, grilled mackerel and tarako are always on my order. the conger eel is exceptional but currently missing from the menu. you can’t go wrong with anything on offer atnom- especially if you’ve got time to enjoy a slow relaxed meal with an incredible selection of sake.

wonderful tasty home style food, friendly customer service with a welcoming attitude every time. my go-to place when i feel like a warm sake and delicious japanese tapas. i always get the gyoza, rice balls, sashimi combo,nomsalad, egg roll.

all i've order did not disappoint me!! • deep fried oyster • grilled fish • japanese omelet • ox tongue •nomsalad • yakisoba • everything is nice!

though we didn't order sake, the atmosphere in the store and the friendly mama make us relax and joyful.

i've had some great experiences atnombut the last time i went was a bit of a letdown. the main issue was over-seasoning of the food, either with too much salt or too much white pepper. the karaage was almost inedible because of how salty it was and there wasn't any mayo or sauce to balance it out.

some of the food also took a very long time to be served. we understand it's a small kitchen with only 3 staff but some very simple dishes (like mashed avocado with pickles) took over half an hour to arrive.

really hope it was just an off night and that it'll be awesome again next time!

an intimate, casual sake restaurant that transports you to the land of temples and tanukis! i almost don't want to say too many good things aboutnombecause as it is i can never just walk in, it's so small yet popular. but it's worth the advanced planning! this is a very traditional restaurant owned by a little old japanese lady who along with her team of two makes all the dishes even the desserts which sit in glass cases next to big sake bottles. the menu is authentic and traditional. japanese sydney folks have said to me it's got the best mentaiko potato salad in this city! i recommend the karaage, house salad, mixed sashimi and the potato salad. all delicious! we spent $25pp for dinner including green tea.

i used to live nearby this restaurant and was a regular customer. i went in today for the first time in 2 years and i was greeted by friendly lady owner and she remembered me :-) we ordered whole bunch of food including a few glass of sake. the word 'nom' in japanese means 'to drink' and as the name suggest this place is drink and eat kind of restaurant. the most of their food is designed to go well with sake. they are in general quite salty as you know salty flavor goes well with alcoholic drinks. their sake selection is great; they have a nice flavor and really good quality sake. first we ordered potato salad which is one of dish they have recommended and one of the most popular dishes of the restaurant. and this is very nice. it has nice seasoning which has slightly chili flavor and of course goes beautifully with sake. next wasnomsalad - rather simple salad made with cabbage and few other vegetables, simple but very refreshing salad. pickle ginger and white bait is small side dish and it's salty and tasty.
i remember this place always had fresh sashimi and i also remember they never served sashimi with ginger pickles.  the reason being is they said ginger pickle is for sushi but not for sashimi. but i really love my sashimi with ginger. so you won't get your pickled ginger if you order sashimi platter here. so byog. .. if you love your sashimi with that extra crunchy texture and vinegary flavor of ginger.
karage chicken is fried very beautifully with authentic japanese seasoning and you won't get side sauce or mayo because you are not supposed to eat with it. (response i got when i requested the sauce..) yes they are beautiful and tasty but i do think it might be good idea if they are little more flexible with customer's request. okura tempura is definitely one of those dishes that are acquired taste. i used to hate this but now i don't mind... and i ordered it and it was okay.
bbq squid was great dish; it went really well with sake. perfect companion to sake if anything. our last dish was yaki soba. it was tasty, salty and good tasting noodle with chicken. all in all great place to have sake and food and be merry. i wouldn't say this is the best japanese restaurant but it's a great place to have drinking dinner where you can have quality sake and some flavorsome japanese food.

"you can eat the food by itself but it is more delicious with sake." our japanese waitress bobs her head as she says the word "more". it's hard not to be won over. it's the clincher in a charm assault that starts before you've even stepped foot inside nom.

i want to like nom, i really do.. on its face,nomis a small, hole in the wall restaurant with a very homely, family-run feel to it. the staff work very hard and i want them to be successful, however i do not see myself coming back.

i last went tonomon a tuesday night. the restaurant was full with roughly 20 or so people. there was only one person in the kitchen and one multi-tasking waitress (i was told that there are usually two in the kitchen). as a result, service was incredibly slow despite the food on the menu being fairly straightforward. we had to wait half an hour to receive our first dish (assorted sashimi) and an hour for our final dish to arrive. the wait in between being served was made even worse due to the rowdy hipsters cramped in beside and behind us, tipsy on sake, shouting over each other, and trying to speak japanese to the waitress. when the food did come, it was tasty however some of the meat was undercooked. (i'm sure if i asked the waitress to send it back there would have been no problem but i did not want to put any more pressure on her when she was juggling the orders of 5 tables at once).

all of these issues arise from the lack of staff.nomis a victim of their own success and it’s sad that they cannot keep up with their popularity because their staff work incredibly hard and the food is decent.

nom is not boastful, it is not loud and it is not flashy; it is modest, and it is humble. and it is a great deal more than what i was expecting. the restaurant is situated on a small street behind oxford street, dark, except for the bright red lights of nom. the tiny shop barely sits 20, but the tables are well spaced and you never feel overcrowded. chef kimiko has previously worked at toriciya but openednomaround 9 months ago. the atmospheres of the two restaurants are quite different, where toriciya gives off the vibe of a traditional japanese restaurant;nomis more homely and quaint.  this difference also correlates in the style of their food.nomserves up dishes that taste of a japanese home and as my friend put it, the food is filled with kimochi – feeling. the standard of food is by no means any less than that of a traditional japanese restaurant, the style is simply different.   a standard salad of shaved cabbages, tomatoes, cucumbers, topped with dried seasoned baby sardine

we don't know much about what constitutes authentic japanese home-style cooking but we love the food at nom. it is delicious and cheap while the staff are warm and friendly. the atmosphere is relaxed and qelcoming with jazz playing quietly in the background. we have just eaten here 2 nights in a row andnomwill be our new regular place. a lovely place.

nomnomnom!!. great little spot. only about five tables and a lady in the kitchen named silky who whips up the most yummiest and most authentic japanese food i've had outside japan. one of my absolute favourites.

blink and you'd miss it... this hole in the wall is next door to supply store & the former monster children gallery.nomis the closest thing to homestyle japanese cooking that i've had since living in tokyo and being the only ones dining, we were waited on hand & foot. there's nothing complicated about the flavours and the menu is crammed onto a chalk board along with a selection of sake and sochu just like it'd be in a lil' izakaya in wakabayashi. favourites amongst the dozen dishes we sampled were the "tamako" rolled omelet and asparagus wrapped in pork. nothing was over $10 and everything was sufficient to share so we tasted half the menu and washed it all down with a cloudy sake for only $15. an accidental find was the first of what will be many more visits and reason too for my first review on urbanspoon : )