North Island
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Facilities/Features:
- Private Dining Room
- Private Functions
- Payment Types: EFTPOS, Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Diners
- Price Range: Moderate, $15 - $25
- Alcohol: Beer, Wine
- BYO/Corkage: No BYO
- Good For Groups: Yes
- Takes Reservations: Yes
- Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Tanuki is a great place to enjoy a huge range of sake & traditional Japanese cuisine. Tanuki Japanese Sake Bar
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9 Reviews for Tanuki Sushi & Sake Bar
12
10th August 2011
We ate here a couple of Saturdays ago for a friends birthday. The atmosphere was great and the food was good, but the portions were soooo small. My main was like an entre.
1
20th January 2011
food is great! but make sure you book a reservation ahead of time, they treat a new walk-in customer very unfriendly and unappreciative.
10
14th August 2010
My favourite Japanese place. Try the broccoli and the karaage chicken. YUMMMM. 10/10 love this place. The service can be a little poor but it is totally worth it for the amazing food.
36
7th May 2010
The place was packed on a Wednesday night but we managed to get a table for two without booking when we arrived Tanuki at 6:00pm, provided that we finish by 7:30pm.
The entire place is heavily decorated to give an old Japanese restaurant kind of feel. The special that I ordered was really great value. For $15 I had a delicious dinner set including grilled fish (sanma?), beef tataki, edamame, pickles, rice and miso. The beef tataki was perfectly prepared with special dressing and the portion of the edamame side was very generous.
Some items on the menu are expensive compared to other Japanese restaurants. You just need to be careful with what you pick.
The entire place is heavily decorated to give an old Japanese restaurant kind of feel. The special that I ordered was really great value. For $15 I had a delicious dinner set including grilled fish (sanma?), beef tataki, edamame, pickles, rice and miso. The beef tataki was perfectly prepared with special dressing and the portion of the edamame side was very generous.
Some items on the menu are expensive compared to other Japanese restaurants. You just need to be careful with what you pick.
1
9th May 2008
Went there the other night and loved it!!
The prices are average, but the venue is outstanding making this a very cheap awesome Japanese restaurant.
The staff were all friendly and the place had an awesome atmosphere. Will go back again soon for sure!!
The prices are average, but the venue is outstanding making this a very cheap awesome Japanese restaurant.
The staff were all friendly and the place had an awesome atmosphere. Will go back again soon for sure!!
66
12th August 2007
Loved the food, and the atmosphere.
Very Japanese decor. Warm.
The meals are high quality & very flavoursome (I had the Salmon, done in a beautiful sauce) . . . and they might not be quite fulling enough for a very hungry person, but it was good enough for me – I loved it!
Don’t be fooled by the sliding entrance door – if you stand there trying to work out where the door is . . . you’ll not be the first. (H-hmm).
It was odd that there were no Japanese people dining-in while we were there (the place was packed full of Europeans though) . . . when I ducked downstairs to Tanuki Cave for a quick look – all the Japanese people were eating down there!
That’s supposed to be some kind of sign . . . but I think maybe it’s that ‘upstairs’ is designed to please the Kiwi-born diner . . . and that it did!
Very Japanese decor. Warm.
The meals are high quality & very flavoursome (I had the Salmon, done in a beautiful sauce) . . . and they might not be quite fulling enough for a very hungry person, but it was good enough for me – I loved it!
Don’t be fooled by the sliding entrance door – if you stand there trying to work out where the door is . . . you’ll not be the first. (H-hmm).
It was odd that there were no Japanese people dining-in while we were there (the place was packed full of Europeans though) . . . when I ducked downstairs to Tanuki Cave for a quick look – all the Japanese people were eating down there!
That’s supposed to be some kind of sign . . . but I think maybe it’s that ‘upstairs’ is designed to please the Kiwi-born diner . . . and that it did!
15
8th August 2007
real nice food.
sumo wrestling on tv!
service a bit lacklustre though – not as ambient or authentic as the cave downstairs.
sumo wrestling on tv!
service a bit lacklustre though – not as ambient or authentic as the cave downstairs.
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What surprised me was the Kiwi waitress, who was obviously new, lobbing the coaster for my beer from across the counter… It wasn’t as if she was joking either.
I couldn’t quite believe what had happened. Sorry if this seems picky, but even if it’s your first day you don’t throw coasters at the customers. It’s not that far to walk around from behind the bar. Didn’t say anything as obviously she was new.
I agree with the review below that mentioned staff not being so keen on customers without a reservation, as our lack of booking seemed to trouble the staff.