Shoya Japanese Restaurant

I had a cebration with friends and ordered the Chef’s ‘New Age’ Omakase Course and it was nothing less but fantastic from each course being absolutely delicious, however my only gripe would be that the beef main could be better in terms of the tenderness but it was still great.

Great authentic Japanese restaurant. Very knowledgeable host in Sake and Japanese whisky. Food was delicious and flavoursome on the fine dining price range.

Just had Kaisen-don (rice with seafood in a bowl) lunch set this afternoon.
As always, it tasted great and the service was perfect; especially the waitress who looked after us was so attentive and nice (and professional, of course), which really made a difference - thanks guys!

Absolutely fabulous Japanese food, have ordered the eat home menu and was great value. The sushi and sashimi was fresh and well arranged. Also enjoyed dining in on the tatami floor setting before the business restrictions were imposed.

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I really can't think of any other resturants in Melbourne that can do better under $40. I got Matsu 9-course lunch set ($38) which was worth every penny. From Pickled Appetizer to Truffle sauce diced Wagyu beef steak, everything tasted amazing! Such a good balanced selection especially for a lunch set menu. Not to mention, I really enjoyed traditional Japanese interior which gave off this soothing and calming ambience.

My favourites were assorted sushi and truffle sauce wagyu beef. Unlike other Japanese resturants I've been to, I liked how rice wasn't firmly packed together - hence, rice dispersed freely in my mouth which was a pleasant surprise. And of course, fish tasted fresh and succulent.

Truffle sauce diced Wagyu beef steak was also incredibly delicious - went really well together with mixed stream rice. The sauce was addictingly savoury which was just perfect with wagyu beef. The sauce itself was so good that I wanted to lick the plate clean ahaha. Only minor downside was that mixed steam rice came out a bit too mushy. I think that's from extra moisture from the meat and vegetable cooked with the rice. Other than that, everything was just amazing!

Service was beyond excellent - waitresses were all attentive and accommodating throughout. I was also impressed how clean the washroom was and how they had these free hygiene supplies for customers to freely use such as Q-tips. I really appreciate their attention to details which shows how much this restaurant cares for their customers. Overall, I am thankful for getting a chance to enjoy such a quality selection and craftmanship put into creating these beautiful dishes. I really regret not visiting this venue sooner. I am definitely coming back for more!

Ordered an Omakase dinner box - very happy to have fresh sashimi and wagyu. It made a bday dinner very easy but still special.

Thanks so much to SHINJI, who delivered the meal and provided easy to follow instructions.

Hoping to dine in soon when lockdown is over!

Thank you Shoya for a very generous offer of free delivery at the weekend- food was superb as always, fresh and delicious selection, first restaurant meal in 4 months and felt like having a trip to Japan. Well done all!

Very beautiful atmosphere, accompanied by lovely & attentive staff! The food is superb, we ordered sashimi, sushi, grilled salmon and duck. Authentic cuisine but in a modern setting, a must try in Melbourne. Food worth it for the price!

Omakase by Chef Ken was amazing! Everything made by him introduced new combinations of flavour and texture!

My partner and I enjoy Japanese but Shoya made us look like rookies. We spent 30min reading the menu and ordered 5 dishes but really had no idea what it was we were going to receive. The food is fantastic, fresh, clean and super tasty. The service is great, really friendly and helpful and they were happy for us to take as long as we needed to decipher the menu which is very comprehensive. The experience is what I would consider traditional Japanese in a modern setting. It is excellent and I will be heading back when I am next in Melbourne.

The food was ok but a bit overpriced in dinner time. Service was good and friendly in general that we received from two young waitstaff, however another lady who took the order from us was a bit pushy and upset because we didn’t order the wagyu dish and sashimi platter which she repeatedly recommended. I might feel it in a wrong way but that was the attitude my friends and I received at the time.

We reserved lunch at this famous JPN restaurant and when we asked waitress can she help to microwave our baby food, she just looks us and said “wait”.

We are taking about baby food and our baby is crying, if you are super busy I can understand that but u don’t, we are obviously only group for lunch today, this waitress definitely has attitude issue.

She didn’t ask us if our food is finished or done then just wanna take it away until we told her we still need that.

100% NOT recommend to come here, unless that waitress changes her attitude and truly want to serve client.

We had the $120 classic Omakase set this time and it was ace! Great flavours, every dish was very well prepared and was absolutely delicious. Great value would highly recommend. Highlights were the Hokkaido tempura prawn, A5 wagyu ($25 upgrade), sashimi ice bowl and duck.

Food presentation is nice, flavour isn't amazing. Dinner plus a couple drinks can be quiet expensive for what is a similar experience to what you'd expect at a Korean bbq place. Personally I'd go Korean bbq for what would be half the price, same experience and food of the same if not better quality. Bottles of saki range from 200 up to 1500 a bottle with wines of similar prices. If your a tosser trying to show off, by all means entertain your clients or in laws here, otherwise go to any one of our Korean bbq places in the city for experience on par if not better.

Overall good food but a bit slow for the food, service is good, will come back again for the fantastic services and great food.

Very disappointed with the meal. Sashimi and wagyu are average, but the abalone steaks are hard to swallow. At a price like this, one would expect much better quality of food. Two stars for the nice waitress only.

Me and my mates had a 90 minute all you can eat session the other night.

Service from the female manager/supervisor was pretty bad. Her attitude was really bad and impatient.

Even though the service from team members were pretty ok, we were pretty unhappy throughout the 90 minute session. The meats were average even though they were wagyu and others hot/cooked foods on the all you can eat menu were pretty low end stuff. I won't be going back again.

The owner better restore its glory old day and uphold customer service or else it's going down real soon.

Best Japanese Resturant in the CBD of Melbourne. I’ve been visiting them for more than three times and I’ve never been disappointed by their food and service.

Highly recommend their Sashimi, sushi and soba noodle.

The fool here is really delicious.
I am so impressed that we could eat so tasty Japanese food in Melbourne.
You must try it if you come near here.

I would highly recommend the lunch specials.

The sashimi and cooked fish dishes are great.

Otherwise, for dinner, it is pricey for the small portions and for what you get.

You can pay more and get fancy dried ice flowing over your food during special events, which in my opinion, is just a gimmick to drain more money with zero value.