Always an enjoyable lunch and the food is yummy. Service is great

I really enjoyed my experience at Wagamama, came here with a friend after a visit to our Gym down the road, service was friendly and prompt we ordered a beef dish and a chicken dish and they were both delicious, full of fresh veges and a yummy sauce. I was very satisfied and will definently be back to try out some more of there wonderful dishes.

Four stars for the delicious flavours in my dish, Yasai don buri (I think). The vegetables were fresh and perfectly prepared. They had a lovely kind of chargrilled flavour to them, and I enjoyed the sesame seeds and the very more-ish sauce that accompanied the dish.
That said, I had to knock a star for the fact that I really did want a larger quantity of veges for the $12.50 price. Loads of rice though, so I didn’t go hungry. Also, the free green tea seemed to have an extremely bitter bite at the back of the palate (the waitress listened, but seemed unconvinced she needed to take any action on my comments which I expressed when she asked how my meal was. She smiled and nodded sweetly.)
Only other complaint would be sticky sticky tables!
Apart from that, I think it’s great to have a super healthy, fast, convenient hot lunch option like this in Newmarket. Nice one Wagamama!
PS: I also liked the puzzle-sheets they have for kids; and I thought the long bench-table layout was very sociable and funky.

I have just this minute, came back from here and I have to say that this is probably one of the worst, if not THE worst dining experience I have ever encountered. Wagamama’s food is not unlike their décor – bland and boring.

Service was quick and efficient, but generally pretty unfriendly and the waitress kept on checking on us begrudgingly. We were told that the food was not going to come at the same time as if it was a marketing point. My partner ordered the Chili Ramen and I ordered the Teriyaki Salmon. The ramen was okay but you could hardly call it a ramen dish as it was mostly sprouts. The soup was watery and bland… a bit like salt in hot water.

The teriyaki salmon eventually arrived and it was half inch thin piece of 100gm boiled salmon on a cup of rice with limp, oversteamed bokchoy, a bit of soy sauce. $23 for that? It was almost tasteless.

We decided to stay for dessert. We ordered the Banana Katsu. For $12 we expected something really nice… What was served was 2 small and sad fried bananas and a conservative scoop of icecream with a mint leaf. Also, incredibly bland.

All in all, I spent $73 (no alcohol) and walked away feeling intensely ripped off. For quarter the price, we could’ve gone to Banzai or Katsubi which is much friendlier, the food is heaps better and just as healthy.

I will not be returning. If you haven’t been, don’t go. Maybe try Tasca a few steps down.

Food ok, but well overpriced, was recommended by a friend to try it out, but sadly disappointed. Wont be back.

nice food, but VERY expensive compared to the 1000 other japanese resturants in auckland.

One of those places you want to bolt for the door about 2 minutes after you’ve ordered the food. If I want to sit on a bench and have my lunch I’ll go to the park thanks. Food is a mix of everything – quite literally. Too many ingredients on each plate. Menu overly fussy and confusing. Unless you really want to melt your brain and possibly your stomach go elsewhere.