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Samurai

Address 804 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn VIC, Australia
Phone +61 3 9819 4858
Hours
Monday11:30-14:30, 17:30-21:00
Tuesday11:30-14:30, 17:30-21:00
Wednesday17:30-21:00
Thursday11:30-14:30, 17:30-21:00
Friday11:30-14:30, 17:30-21:00
Saturday17:30-21:00
Website samurai.juisyfood.com
Categories Japanese Restaurant
Rating 4.4 72 reviews
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Samurai reviews

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Mikey
27 June 2023 21:47

This is some of the fastest and most reasonably priced Japanese around. Fantastic for a quick dinner date. Highly recommend the katsu curry.

Madeleine
12 June 2023 6:34

I love this place. High quality, unpretentious Japanese food for a great price. The owners are committed to serving delicious food and are flexible about dietary requirements. When I was pregnant they were accommodating and even suggested dishes that would be appropriate.

Phoebe
31 May 2023 21:40

Amazing food, service and experience! I couldn’t believe how good the curry udon and Agedashi Tofu were. Will definitely be back!

Maggie
05 May 2023 11:47

Extremely rude service by lady at the counter. A little bit of kindness and patience will go a long way.

Dante
23 February 2023 13:45

It’s not as authentic as it used to be, I ordered an unagi bento & all the deep fried are frozen goods, takoyaki, ebi-fry and unagi. For the price you are paying, it’s not possible to get freshly made unagi but this one was of terrible quality, the unagi was so mushy, almost powdery……. At least have freshly made tako or ebi-fry.
Salmon sashimi was good, good thickness & fresh. My friend was having the curry katsu & was very disappointed too.

Also the tables, utensils, the ordering tablets could do with a clean more often. It’s oily prints everywhere…

Ashton
17 January 2023 0:12

So tasty, more food than I was expecting, and so affordable for the quality. I got the matcha thickshake, crumbed fried chicken bento box, and miso soup, and I loved it all, I couldn't recommend it more.

Chee
05 January 2023 0:53

Great little find and now a favourite spot for quick Friday lunch. Bento box and chicken katsu curry are great.

Gabriel
30 December 2022 12:06

Best service I've had in a long time, the chicken teriyaki bento tastes amazing and has a little bit of everything all of very high quality and a very traditional presentation, the prawn katsudon I ordered for takeout didn't have a very good presentation (which could easily be fixed with some white sesame on top) but the taste was very good and I would recommend it for seafood lovers.

Because the dining in areas is quite small it is better to come with some anticipation before the venue runs out of seats.

Deepika
21 December 2022 23:50

Food is ok, price is also less, but space is narrow
Otherwise good experience with vegeterian katsu curry,
I never eaten Japanese food before but it's good

Chris
13 December 2022 15:06

This place is quick and has great food at a reasonable price.
I eat here almost every week and highly recommend

Chester
30 October 2022 20:54

Good quality and value, great place for quick meal without trading off quality. Just no reservation option and big groups may have to split into multiple tables. Stairs a bit narrow and steep

E K
25 October 2022 9:45

Great value of money.
Delicious, good portion of food!
Home style Japanese curry chicken katsu and the udon noodles soup, impressive.
5 stars for the udon soup:)

Attentive and friendly staff. Highly recommended:)

Christopher
20 September 2022 3:02

Delicious food and great value! You get so many pieces of chicken katsu when you get that with the curry.

Josh
19 September 2022 5:12

Our local go to sushi restaurant! Best prices and best fresh sushi! Very fast service. We wished they were open everyday:)

Aiji
15 September 2022 13:37

One of the oldies ob the street, definitely a good one to go for and usually will have a queue during peak time. Thumbs up for the price staying relatively low and good quality of food stays! Always ordered the same thing that's prawn katsudon:) Complementary tea makes up for the disappointment for being asked to pay the bill and leave after finishing our meal.

tiffii
29 August 2022 15:40

Our classic favourite since high school. Budget friendly yet delicious japanese curry dishes and matcha thick shakes! Its so great to finally revisit this place - coming back to a newly renovated, modern and revitalised shop. I had to get their matcha thick shake which was an all time favourite. They now offer bento boxes which is jam packed generously with a huge variety of side dishes.

We had the unagi bento box which comes with crumbed prawn, gyoza, takoyaki, tofu teriyaki, seaweed salad, edamame, rice, salmon sashimi and fruit!

Definitely coming back!

Akash
17 August 2022 8:30

This restaurant is excellent. Taste genuine Japanese, and cramped space gives you a feel of Tokyo as well. Highly recommended.

John
09 August 2022 10:29

Matcha milk shake
- very nice
- 9 out of 10

option to upgrade to brown rice
- fabulous for keep it people
- 10 out of 10

curry
- okay
- 8 out of 10

eggplant
- nice
- 8 out of 10

chicken don
- quite good
- 8 out of 10

food size
- reasonable for the price
- 8 out of 10

price
- very reasonable
- 10 out of 10

location:
- convenient
- 10 oit of 10

parking
- a bit hard
- 5 out of 10

seating
- a bit full on a friday night
- 6 out of 10
- mainly for takeaway on friday night

Amelia
05 August 2022 22:33

It’s ok… just don’t get the oyakodon because it was swimming in the ‘sauce’ and 40% water… other than that the sushi was good

Lily
08 July 2022 0:31

The best and cheapest Japanese food going around. I have never once left feeling anything but satisfied with the service, food and overall experience.

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