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Curtis C.
13th March 2012 2 star 

Went in here today for lunch, I expected great things from the look of the place, but after the edamame it went downhill. The dish I ordered was so distasteful I didn’t end up finishing it, and the bathrooms are awkwardly located. especially the mens.

I’m not sure whether it was genuinely authentic, but it’s no-where near the best japanese I’ve tried in wellington, and not even close to what I expected. Very disappointing.

Only nicely done aspect was the Edamame. At least it was done the way I like it, HOT and SALTY.

delicious, although not sure if the beans were the best quality edamame I’ve tried, but prep and presentation of edamame was on the money.

worth an initial chance, but not much more than that in my opinion.

Allan
30th September 2011 5 star 

Recently had dinner here and was very pleased with the way things went. They managed to squeeze us in even though it was on a busy night (before the Rugby match). The service we received were excellent as they kept coming back to check on us. It was also a pleasant surprise to be able to speak to an authentic japanese waitress.

For my entree i’d ordered the Arashi roll and the Katsu Set which surprised me with it’s mouth drooling flavours.
I recommend to try these. Love it!

Overall, the service and atmosphere were superb and was impressed by their knowledge in the rugby world cup (supporting All Blacks and Japan). Food were just amazing. Definitely coming back.
Highly recommended!

Nat A.
7th August 2011 1 star 

Booked a table in advance for 7.30, because me and my partner plus a friend and his partner were dining out together on valentines evening. When we arrived we still had to wait to be seated. Once seated we had to wave down a waiter just to get drinks and then it was almost another hour before we were asked what mains we would like. We were given a pot of green tea which tasted disgusting and burnt. Undrinkable. I understand it was busy that night but this service was just terrible. The waitress actually came and asked us to move tables because the table we were sitting at was needed for another group of people. So we moved to a smaller table, which was uncomfortable and crowded for 4 people, and after asking several times were our meals were all we got was “sorry it’s very busy tonight”. We weren’t offered any reimbursement or entrées while we waited. Our mains arrived almost at 10pm by which time we were starving. One of the members in our group ordered the seafood noodle soup. It arrived with COLD seafood in it, but with a warm broth, he managed to eat 2 bites before running to the bathroom feeling very ill. The other meals were fine except for the huge wait we had. I complained to the staff and we got his meal for free although we had to leave before finishing because he became so sick.
This was a very sad experience because we had always rated this restaurant highly and now we don’t want to eat there again.

Foodie
4th August 2011 2 star 

Was recently at Arashi for a Group Dinner. For some reason we were seated on a very long table to fit up to 25 people but due to people showing up out of the blue it was a very tight seating arrangement. And also very hard to get out of the seat to get to the bathroom, people had to go under the table just to get out because of the tight seating arrangement. Food was average, service was good. Not sure why but they only have one toilet for females. It was a waiting game in the bathroom. People kept trying to crowd in the bathroom maybe they should invest in buiding a new bathroom or something. Overall two stars!

Helen G.
30th June 2011 5 star 

A great Japanese restaurant with an extensive and delicious menu. My partner and I dined at Arashi on a quiet Monday evening. We ordered 3 appetizers to share, 2 mains and 3 beers and it was a reasonable bill of $75.

We had karaage chicken, octopus balls and prawns wrapped in bacon to start off. All absolutely yummy, especially the prawns! Although we were expecting 2 skewers, but got 3 prawns on one skewer (perhaps we didn’t read the menu correctly). Definitely want to try making these at home.

My partner had a seafood noodle soup dish for his main (sorry can’t remember the exact names) and he really enjoyed it. The broth of the soup was really good, it tasted similar to miso soup but way better! I had the teriyaki salmon on rice. This was also delicious but perhaps had a bit to much rice.

The service was prompt and efficient. They gave us plenty of time to order and the food came out quickly. I will definitely recommend this Japanese restaurant to friends and will be back in the near future!

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