Ishiyama Campsie

Ishiyama has moved to a bigger premise across the road from Campsie train station. The new place is 3 times bigger than the last and the restaurant decor reminds me of being in Tokyo. The food are delicious and authentic at Ishiyama. We ordered assorted sashimi, pork katsu-don, chicken karaage and more. All dishes were nicely presented. No complaints about the food quality or portions. However their service is a let-down which results in a poor rating. Firstly, although I received my table reservation confirmation email, the reservation was not received by Ishiyama. We had to wait 20 min for a table. Secondly, the table service was poor. We ordered hot green tea during the food order but it took more than 10 min for it come. When the sashimi was served, the saucer for soy sauce were not served. We had to go to the counter to ask for it ourselves. Entrees and main were brought out at the same time while there is another 10-20 min wait for the other person's main. I am not suggesting the waitresses are standing around not doing anything. They were busy attending takeaway/UberEats/Menu Logs etc orders which brings me to the last point. I believe Ishiyama business model is flawed. They are too focus on takeaway services when they should first attend to in-store patrons as they are in the restaurant paying full price. I do understand food delivery services may govern a large portion of the restaurant income (especially located in the suburb). But it would be better for people sitting at home comfortably on the couch in their pajamas to wait than those patrons to wait for good food but receive poor services.

My go-to place for anything Japanese. This restaurant had wonderful staff that are very helpful. The store has tablets to take your order and plenty of seats to choose from. The good quality of the food is amazing and there is so much variety to choose from. You can get Ramen, Bento boxes, sashimi and sushi rolls. They also have dessert. I recommend trying out their daily specials which are worth trying and generally good value. I recommend trying namban Bento or namban don if you're after something Japanese and also slightly western. The store has plenty of parking around the back and it is very close to the station. This store really gives a homely feel to it and is very relaxing. Water is self serve and there are no toilets but I really enjoy this place.

The food was great the service wasn't the best as they were very busy and forgot one of our meals but overall we will go back.

We stumbled across this place while exploring and what a great find. Authentic Japanese food by a Japanese chef! This is now our favourite local Japanese without having to travel to the city. The restaurant itself is so cute, decked out in Japanese culture, very authentic looking. Regardless that the restaurant was small, it was still full that people had to wait for a table. The food was delicious and we definitely will be returning!

The chicken namban bento was very disappointing. Chicken katsu is super dry. The sauce is nothing close to being namban sauce. Found a piece if hard plastic in the food and the staff offered to replace it. However I won’t risk my teeth safety again going back to this place.

I’ve never seen sushi cut with such poor care. This slice of sushi is thinner than my thumb. Miso eggplant was so salty and sashimi in the bento box is about the size of my thumb, I used to come here all the time when they first opened next to Campsie station. Now the quality really has gone down hill, what a shame.

Sushi roll is really big, worth it with the price.With the selfservice order bcoz they have monotor n ipad.