Yuzen

Great place. Delicious Japanese classics as well as interesting specials. Very high quality produce are handled perfectly, allowing them to shine. Brilliant sushi as well. Very authentic feel makes it seem like you’ve been whisked off to Japan for the evening. Highly recommended.

Great food, extensive menu, lovely atmosphere & cheerful staff who clearly take pride in this little gem of a place.Thoroughly enjoyed share plates for a birthday dinner & they happily answered all our questions about the food and assisted in avoiding allergies (quite a job with our group)Will be back!

A very authentic Japanese restaurant, excellent food, fresh and delicious. Most importantly, their chef and waitresses are friendly and helpful. As someone who used to work in Japan and tried lots of Japanese cuisine, I highly recommend Yuzen.

Little Japanese restaurant with a great variety of food. Grilled squid is the best. Sushi is also of high standard.

Best Japanese restaurant so far in Melbourne. Was recommended by my colleague who is Japanese. Decent food and great service. Their sushi and sashimi is unbeatable!

Found this restaurant accidentally and so glad I did!Food was excellent especially sushi and sashimi, super fresh. Friendly attentive service and cosy atmosphere.Will be back for sure!

TOP SHELF Japanese dining experience hosted by one of Melbourne's top chefs... pretty stunning Sashimi and Sushi platter, unique Dumplings, generous Prawn Tempura stacks, egg plant and more.Very pricey but top quality and excellent personalised service. A great advantage is the savings from BYO drink option. Ideal place for that special Japanese treat night.

Food is all done really well. Price is a bit on the higher end. I was excited to try the premium sushi platter and was disappointed. I wasn’t expecting so many repeats and I know it’s all seasonal but I think there could’ve been more variety with the nigiris.

A small traditional Japanese restaurant with an extensive menu. Seeing they have a sushi bar, decided to order the deluxe sushi platter which included some premium seafood such as the fatty tuna and the salmon roe, as well as the less common garfield and flounder fin fish. Sushi pieces were quite big, and the seafood was very fresh and tasty. Also had the unagi don, nicely grilled and flavourful with some sansho Japanese pepper which paired well with the sweet unagi sauce. Only minus was the small portion of unagi relative to the amount of rice. Overall very fresh and delicious, service was good. Would recommend at least getting some sushi/sashimi.

This lovely and cozy restaurant seats about 25 people with small tables and has an extensive menu including weekly specials.This is also the perfect location for a first date.I know their Instagram images do not reveal so much about their atmosphere, but it feels much better in real life.Even though the restaurant is small, I guess it has a really good air circulation system so after finishing dinner and walking out, the kitchen smell didn't linger on my clothes, making me feel like I was a giant “walking sushi”. :)) Been there, done that!The service is good and friendly. They have an open sushi bar where you can see the chef prepping sushi and sashimi.We went here for a dinner and were impressed with the service and high-quality food in here.I highly recommend trying the fish cheeks (different types of fish are available). The gyoza is also my favourite as it comes with an appropriate amount of sauce making it not too plain and still has a crisp base. Maguro sushi is also great - it doesn’t taste like rubber in some places.If you want to explore many little things, I recommend ordering the chef’s selection board or the SET MENU.On top of that, there is also a good selection of sake, or you can never go wrong Choya Umeshu wine - served in a wine glass with ice.For dessert, the matcha ice cream surely beats the black sesame or if you don’t want to adventure, go vanilla.The prices are a bit more expensive compared to other places but it’s acceptable for a Japanese restaurant like this within the area.1% surcharge applies for paying by card. Split bills allowed. Parking on the street.