sakana sushi bar

had a very pleasant evening there. sushi and other japanese dishes were extremely well prepared. the maitre d'(apparently son of the owner) was very chatty and friendly and helpful. they have agoodrange of sakes to accompany this food. very enjoyable evening. will return when we come back here for our next holiday.

a great little venue near the fish wharf we visited for lunch. friendly staff andgoodfood. we had the sashimi plate for $30 and the shared entree. beach across the road for a pre lunch dip.

rude staff, terrible service. my partner and i made a lunchtime reservation for sakana as we've been before and had agoodexperience previously. we arrived to find the restaurant half empty with plenty of tables. the table we were allocated was very noisy and hot (there's an outdoor dining area) we asked politely if we could move to another of the empty tables.
the waitress said she didn't know but would check with the manager. the manager arrived and very rudely told us we couldn't move, no explanation. during our visit the tables remained empty.
we ordered entrees and mains and one of the entrees arrived and not the other. we asked the waitress to check and the other entree arrived about 10 minutes after the first. the same thing happened for the main course, no apologies or explanation from the staff. all in all, a very unpleasant experience. the food was ok, nothing to rave about and would have been nice if we'd been able to eat our meals at the same time.

sakana sushi bar is part of fish on parkyn and seems to serve up quite authentic andgoodquality japanese food. we couldn't fault the flavours of the teriyaki fish or the sushi and the gyoza is the best i've had to date. the vegetable curry was a little uninspired and contained far too much potato for my liking. the miso soup and salad that accompanied out meals (and many of the other main meals) were excellent and made these mealsgoodvalue. our only complaint was that both main meals came out tepid and were sent back to the kitchen. they then came out warmer but not hot. the staff were very apologetic and took $10 off our bill which was a lovely gesture. however, it is a concern if a kitchen can't serve up a piping hot curry and fish dish. it was a hot but windy day and we were really blown around at the outdoor tables. we didn't realise that there was additional seating inside and had we known we would have moved. apart from that the service wasgoodand friendly.