Mizuya Japanese Restaurant And Karaoke

4.0
based on 42 reviews

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42 reviews about Mizuya Japanese Restaurant And Karaoke

verified email - 07 Oct 2018

If you're looking for pretty decent and well priced food followed by too many drinks and karoake, you definitely have to check this place out. The food isn't too heavy either, so conducive to a long night of singing :-P

verified email - 18 Jul 2018

The karaoke here is probably one of the best I've ever been to. The food is absolutely delicious and I love the variety of desserts that are made available. Convenient location too!

verified email - 23 Nov 2017

Has it all for a good night out with food and entertainment. Such a great concept and was a tonne of fun too. Food is good.

anniec925 18 Jul 2018

Agree!

verified email - 19 May 2017

Despite the supposed "automation" of service, the actual tech stuff it is equipped with is one of the most pitiful and dilapidated pieces of trash you may find around.

Attempts to navigate the menus will freeze you out for half minute in response to any press of the button and quite often you simply wont be able to order what you want because you can see it but cant choose it, as those pieces of junk they call touch screens are simply completely depreciated over years (if not decades) of use and are on the brink of failure.

A request to change the table resulted in response that "all our screens are like that!", so no swap over was granted. Minuscule portions for overblown prices? Ok, fine, even though the place itself, all qualities combined, isn't in the upmarket or even mid-market weight category, let this one go.

Not being able to choose what we wanted, simply ordered some tea and something small we were able to press, with a plan to leave for some place where we actually can choose what we would like and not what the crazed computer permits.

Now wait a minute, that was below $20, so no card payment for you you cashless junk! Only CASH! Suggestion to simply through a buck or two on top of the bill to cover whatever their expense and get it over with with an Amex or a Visa was met with a blank stare and a quick grab of one of our IDs so we wouldn't escape while they send us on an errand to grab and deliver what they want for THEM [redacted]

verified email - 01 May 2016

The place is great in terms of karaoke and quality of food. Sushi and most of the items on the menu are quite over-priced, relative to other Japanese restaurants nearby. this isn't a great place if you want to eat only.
This place is joined together by Karaoke bar on one side and restaurant on the other side. Karaoke bar is great as songs are kept up-to-dated, together with the touch screen to order any additional food, it provides a casual relax place for parties or friends gatherings.

Approximate cost: $20

verified email - 25 Sep 2015

Comfy seating, love the whole karaoke bar thing, very entertaining, food menu is extensive and the sushi was fresh - i had the assorted sushi tray which was about $20.

verified email - 15 Jun 2015

I'm a regular. Their lunch deals for $12 a set is amazing and fills you up. Their dinner options aren't as cheap but still great. I only go with 1-3 other people so the touch screen isn't an issue of contention for me. I like the freedom to order whenever and browse without the pressure to order immediately.
The booths are fun, gives you privacy, but can be bad for bony butts. You can't hear the bad singing from the karaoke rooms which is great because other places have the restaurant and karaoke rooms too close together / not insulated enough.
Great variety of drinks and dessert. I love the green tea ice cream aNd the green tea cheese cake.

verified email - 31 Dec 2014

I've never been karaoke-ing before, but this was a most excellent 1st time experience! the staff were all friendly & helpful.
Apparently you need at least 6 to book a room. I couldn't get over their incredible deal - $12 for Japanese lunch + 1 hour karaoke with their large library of old + new songs in English + i think I saw Chinese + Japanese language searches also. we stayed on for another hour which only cost $5 extra per head .. my other friends who've tried other karaoke places said Mizuya had a better song selection.. so if I ever hear of any friends waning to go Karaoke, I'll definitely recommend MKizuya! I ordered the melty beef wit sashimi [which wasn't really "melty" at all] ... but all was really nice. could definitely have done with a more generous serving of veges though

Approximate cost: $12

verified email - 29 Dec 2013

Mizuya has its perks: a clean, different and futuristic feel aesthetically; friendly staff with frequent assistance; the genius of putting cocktails, karaoke and Japanese food in the same enterprise. But a number of things kept it from reaching its expected potential. We didn't end up staying for karaoke, so this is just a review of our dining experience.

The restaurant's design is interesting and unlike most, split into scores and scores of wooden booths you navigate through like a maze. Our table number was in the 80s, so I assume there would be close to or over a hundred different booths in the maze altogether. However, no booth was directly aligned with another, meaning you'd still have your privacy despite being surrounded by people, which was nice.

One of Mizuya's major "selling points" is its touch screen ordering style. This may sound phenomenal and unbelievably exciting to some, although this feature is becoming increasingly common around Sydney. At the end of each booth is a fixed screen on which you order from a vast range of different Japanese food styles - sushi and sashimi, kushiyaki, rice and noodles - and of course drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) and dessert.

For a group of eight, this became tiresome really fast.

The two people sitting closest to the screen had to do all the ordering work for everyone else, as the screen was fixed in its place. We all ordered different things at different times and felt pressured to choose as soon as we could, not wanting our friends to have to keep scrolling. The device was quite glitchy as well - I've been to other touch-screen sushi restaurants which use iPads and are quick and easy to navigate, but this would simply not work. We would press the "Next" button or try to order something, and it would crash for a few seconds, then click five different things at once, and we'd have to cancel and start again.

Ordering our food was quite a tiresome affair. We soon gave up and asked the waitress for hard copy menus - she gave us one (between eight people!) which was a basic, text-only list version of what was on screen. By the time we'd finished ordering, the two seated on the inside fervently regretted their choice of seating.

Most of the food was good. As Japanese cuisine tends to go, the menu featured small, expensive portions, generally ranging from about $5 to $20 per course. This may not seem like much, but keep in mind you'd have to order at least two or three to really fill up.

I ordered sashimi ($9.80), marbled beef ($5.80) and salmon nigiri ($8.50).
The sashimi was some of the best I've had - very fresh and soft. At $1.40 per piece it was pricier than most Japanese restaurants I've been to, but this was to be expected as an upscale restaurant, rather than a sushi train.
The marbled beef was basically just meat skewers - they were cooked well, but still overpriced in my opinion.
At $1.70 per piece the salmon nigiri wasn't too bad - certainly cheaper than Sushi Bay, which was surprising. The quality wasn't the best however. The ends of every salmon piece were chewy and hard - to be expected from a lower-level sushi train, but not from a restaurant like this.

For dessert we ordered the vanilla ($3) and green tea ($3.50) soft serves, and I decided to try the "green tea creme brûlée" ($7.50), which I'd never had before. A couple of my friends had decent soft serves, but one or two were noticeably melting by the time they got to us, which was just not good enough. The creme brûlée was great though, and I say that as someone who isn't a big fan of green tea. It was bigger and better than I expected.

The waitstaff were commendable, immediately accommodating to requests like hard-copy menus, serviettes and a knife and fork for one of my friends. They were also frequently around to clear empty dishes and make sure things were going okay, which was great.

Overall - good assistance, mostly decent food, interesting style but terrible functionality for bigger groups. The whole notion of "dining and karaoke" immediately suggests this is a place you would come with a bigger group, rather than with just one other person, but the dining style struggles to accommodate bigger groups.

In other words, I'd only recommend this place to groups of two or three… meaning you'd have a whole booth to yourself, pay more than you would at a sushi train, and in a group that small probably wouldn't stick around for karaoke anyway.

Approximate cost: $5-$20

Velvethearts 29 Dec 2013

Thanks for the detailed review.

Velvethearts 29 Dec 2013

Thanks for the detailed review.

verified email - 19 Aug 2013

I like to sit in their main dining place. There's good privacy with the standing walls and a great place to go with a small group of people. the drinks selection are good and the place is really beautiful.
The food was generally good but the scallop main had a veloute that was far too salty to eat.
They were very friendly abd open to the feedback. So i would go back here again.

amyamy 20 Aug 2013

I like the food here as well!!

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