wagaya

wagaya is great! the order system is fun & great for people who don't know japanese food well as it has pictures! the food comes out quite quickly. worth it for the japanese dishes especially the curry hot pot and sukiyaki hot pot. but soft drink over priced, byo wine!

loved it and i dont eat japanese all that often. love the restaurant setup, food was delivered quick but delicious. staff were friendly. the ordering system was cool but i took one point off because once you order one item its sent to the kitchen straight away . would have preferred if you can add multiple items first and then submit your order as you may change your mind after ordering some things

it's in china st mall! not brunswick st.
the staff are professional and speedy. all good is ordered on a screen and fought by waiters. even drinks & water are ordered like this. caters to couples, small groups and large groups.

the food here is delicious - the meals came out quickly and the service was excellent. i also found the ordering system very efficient .. the items (food, drinks, dessert) and ordered on an ipad. every table has their own ipad so you don't have to wait for a waitress to come to your table, and you know the order will come out right. the drinks are also very good. the main reason i enjoy dining here is the atmosphere/environment. we usually get a booth and the seating area is very spacious, and they have pretty ornaments in the restaurant. i would definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a japanese meal.

i'm always a fan of sushi, and i've always been going to places like sushi train, sushi edo and oishii. however, i wanted to try something different this time, and i've heard great things about wagaya, so i decided to give it a crack. 

i made a reservation, and was quickly served. the actual restaurant is bigger than i expected and you get seated into a big booth, which is quite nice as your conversations aren't disturbed.

it's very similar to sushi edo in terms of it's ordering system, and the service is quite fast as well. i had a couple of dishes including the seared salmon dish, which i felt could have been seared a little longer as the underside was still a little raw. it is not the best sushi i've ever had, but the variety is there, and i'd be willing to return to try the crunch rolls, which i didn't have the opportunity to experience. 

the oysters are good but a little expensive and the takoyaki wasn't as crisp on the outside as i'd liked. there was excellent variety in dessert though - i enjoyed the ice cream and green tea cake.

the food is amazing every time i go there, i've been there a few times now and i've gone in a group and also just one on one and it's always good, the menu is always expanding so it never gets boring, the touch screen ordering menu is fun and different, having pictures and descriptions of each dish makes it easier to decide what you'd want to eat. only down side is that it may take up to a week to get a reservation but it's very easy to book in online.

pretty good japanese in the valley - reasonable prices, good selection, easy ordering system and fast service. it is really nice and cool too. will be back. for sure!

wagaya used to be one of our goto japanese restaurants, sadly this will be our last visit. we always came here for the decent food and value for money, sadly the menu seems to keep getting more and more westernised, and the prices definitely aren't what they used to be. we're sad to see it happen but, won't be returning for quite some time

just checked in with the girls for lunch. i'm having the chicken teriyaki lunch box, which comes with miso soup and other goodies. what an amazingly generous meal.

super fun restaurant with cool decor. you feel like you are in tokyo as you order from the touch screen menu. very busy on weekends so be sure to book. menu is very extensive and you can be pretty adventurous but most impotantly tastes a+

delicious japanese cuisine! i came here with a group of girlfriends for dinner thankfully we booked a table, the restaurant was packed! it was quite fun have to virtually flick through the menu on the tablets in the wall to order your food, but don't accidentally click something like i did and order it as there is no delete button. there was a great variety and choices of meals and cocktails. the staff where very accommodating but we prepared with cash because there are no split bills.

very average. agree with the previous two comments - atmosphere is good, quite close to a typical (albeit mass produced) izakaya theme. but the food was hit and miss. yakitori was good but scallop sashimi was an insult to my tastebuds... raw scallop, "miso" sauce and parmesan?!? (in the fine print which sadly i did not read). also they do not use short grain japanese rice in their rice servings - instead it was the dry long grain variety. proof they are imposters, not real japanese. go for the atmosphere, go somewhere else for the food...

modern japanese restaurant with an efficient electronic ordering system. the menu would leave you spoilt with choice, but with such an easy ordering system, you may end up with more food than you bargained for.

overall quality of the food was average, enjoyable, but not the best out there. favourite would actually be the iced green tea latte.

spent my birthday dinner in this place. food was great. customer service was fantastic. what amazed me and my friends is the touchscreen tv for ordering which is very convenient to do. spent 100+ for 4 person which is not too bad. would love to come back here on special occasion. oh it's not a recommended place if you're very hungry :p

inconsistency is key

i have been to wagaya three or four times now. like many other korean-run japanese restaurants, this one is not that much different to the others. i do like that they have created an atmosphere very much like the izakaya restaurants i have seen in japan but that is where my commendations cease.

in each of my visits here the quality of my meals has varied between dishes: some good, some very good and some poor. on my last visit the sashimi was a little old... 

verdict: you can't always tell if you will get good quality even if you order the same dishes. value for money is slightly below average. this is a good place to go if you are already drunk and not very hungry.