Nara Japanese Seafood Restaurant

Reviews

• Em S.

  star star star star_border star_border 16 October 2026

  We've seen this place here and walk past it often and thought tonight was a good night to try it.
  We usually head to Eastwood for our Japanese and our favourite local ones are there. Not likely to change that.
  Customer service was friendly enough. Nice to use proper chopsticks rather than wooden ones but the food just wasn't to our liking. Ordered sushi sashimi platter, rainbow roll, kaki fry (fried oyster), karage (fried chicken) and a plain udon. The platter looked good but wasabi lacked punch. Karage flavours wasn't what I was used to, but gingery for me but hubby enjoyed it. Didn't mind the kaki fry and udon was nice.

• Steve L.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 16 October 2026

  This place is not great for budget customers.  The restaurant looked good when I walked in. The restaurant is spacious with private rooms!  good impression!  However, I came here at 6:10pm and placed order for food at 6:15pm. It is passing hour mark now at 7:15pm and no food to be found on my table. What is going on here?  I have seen servers kept bribing food to the rooms. Not to the tables.  20 minutes later, they gave us a little salad dish and expecting us to wait longer for the dishes we have ordered.  We kept asking when the foods are coming, and one of the waitresses replied that it's coming very shortly....  I expressed concerns to the waitress and she explained that their first service  priority is to serve the room customers and table customers the second since they make more money from the room customers than customers from the tables. What a nonsense!!! I will never come to this place where the owner discriminates customers based on how much money spent!!! This is really ridiculous!! It is never heard of!  The owner is too greedy and there is no consideration whatsoever for poor customers.  The our food comes one at a time about 20 minute interval....

• Celestia X.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 11 October 2026

  Honestly, its not a great place to eat especially if youre young or not Korean.
  I've been here on several occasions, both where I called to make the reservation (not Korean) and when a friend of mine (Korean) made the reservation.
  
  When I made the reservation:
  - Told there is a minimum of $35 per person for private room bookings
  - Oysters in the set menu were FRIED (probably not even delivered on that day)
  - Grilled fish was grilled to the point where it was inedible
  
  When friend made the reservation:
  - No minimum per person cost
  - Oysters in set menu were FRESH
  - Fish was grilled alright.
  
  Overall my experience here wasn't great.
  I wouldn't suggest this place to anyone, especially if they are not Korean speakers, as there seems to be some discrimination going on.

• Angela Y.

  star star star star_border star_border 1 October 2026

  Dinner at yet another Japanese restaurant run by Koreans in the Eastwood/Epping area.
  
  FOOD
  My tummy had split feeling about the food here.
  
  - The Scallop Aburi sushi ($12.50) was perfectly blow torched which left the centre soft enough to melt in your mouth.  The mustard sauce was the perfect sauce accompaniment to the scallops as well.  
  
  - The broth in the Spicy Miso Ramen ($13.80) was awesomely spicy and left me wanting to keep drinking the soup.  The roasted pork with the ramen was a bit tough though which was disappointing.  
  
  - We ordered a half California Roll for $5 as a special with the ramen but now I wished I hadn't done this.  The proportion of rice compared to filling just wasn't right.  Too much rice means not enough taste.  
  
  - Sashimi was ordinary.  I'm not sure if it just wasn't as fresh or wasn't cut as well as other places but I've definitely had better.
  
  SERVICE
  Farily busy for a Sunday night.  3 waiters/waitresses running around was clearly not enough that they were rushing and stressing and making silly little mistakes. I'm forgiving though.
  
  OVERALL
  Not bad Japanese food.  Behind the bamboo sliding doors are private rooms so it would be a good place for a birthday or larger gathering to eat, drink and be rowdy in true Japanese drinking style!