Mizuya Japanese restaurant and karaoke
I’m a sucker for all things Japanese. Especially what Sydney has to offer in terms of Japanese food.
After an afternoon of belting out some tunes with the karaoke crew, me and J head to Mizuya Japanese restaurant and karaoke (basement, 614 George Street Sydney). We’ve walked past this place a few times while it was being built, so now we finally had the chance to see what it was like. As the name suggests, Mizuya has an adjacent karaoke lounge, and offers dining and karaoke packages from $198.
Unfortunately I only had my phone with me, so the pictures aren’t good. But the food was :)
I’m sure by now you’ve heard about Wagaya. Mizuya is similar to Wagaya in terms of floor layout, ambience, its menu and the touch screen ordering system. However, we found the ordering screen less responsive to Wagaya’s and needed to press the icons a few times for it to register.
First up we order ox tongue kushiyaki. This is usually a standard order whenever we go to Wagaya, and was on par in taste. Only negative was the small sized portion (2 sticks) at $5.80.
Next up was the assorted kushiage 5 piece set ($11.80), consisting of tomato, prawn, chicken, sausage and squid. Fried to perfection :)
Soft shell crab salad ($9.80). Lacked in dressing, so we needed to ask for more.
Sake steamed clam ($14.80) – my favourite for the night :)
Final dish for the night – dried flounder ($15.80).
Finished up at about 80% full, but overall I think its one of the places that I’ll return to in the near future. It’s a contender to the always busy Wagaya, so will be interesting to see if this place takes off.
