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Kyo-Ya Japanese Restaurant

Restaurant Japanese authentic restaurant

👍👍 Authentic Japanese taste and plates are beautifully presented. Love their open kitchen design where you will be able to view how your food is prepared and even interact with the chefs. Highly recommend their dinner sets. We ordered 4 different dinner sets and all of them are beyond my expectations.... People often mention Japanese, great, dinner, good, staff,


Address

426 Lake Road, Takapuna, Auckland 0622, New Zealand

Website

www.kyoya.co.nz

Contact

+64 9 489 2312

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (250 reviews)

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Frequently mentioned in reviews: Japanese (12) great (8) dinner (7) good (7) staff (7)
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  • 5/5 H R. 2 years ago on Google
    Authentic Japanese taste and plates are beautifully presented. Love their open kitchen design where you will be able to view how your food is prepared and even interact with the chefs. Highly recommend their dinner sets. We ordered 4 different dinner sets and all of them are beyond my expectations. Asian Taste dinner set came with sashimi , tempura set, teriyaki chicken and had both rice and udon in smaller portions, it brought us variety of flavors and is definitely worth the value. Kiwi dinner set and the Dinner box were both wonderfully prepared with lots of different flavors. We didn’t know which one to start with. All of them are really delicious. We were also surprised to get two mains in our Teriyaki Dinner set. Both the chicken and fish were freshly cooked and very tasty. I couldn’t recommend this place more. Just wish that we could have the same kind of restaurant in central Auckland as well.
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Olga D. 5 years ago on Google
    Beautifully presented, very tasty Japanese food. We had Dinner box and Kyo-ya delight - both great, plenty of food too.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Graeme W. 1 year ago on Google
    This Takapuna Japanese restaurant is very good 👍 The food selection is wide and caters for most taste buds. Prices and middle of the road not cheap and not to expensive 🙃. The tempura prawn Cutlets were excellent as was the friendly service
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Kiki Q. 1 year ago on Google
    It‘s very terrible experience. We waited a solid 45mins for our first dish to come. The rest took god knows how long too. The manager showed no apologize whatsoever!Never gonna come back again!!!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Brett R. 6 months ago on Google
    Its quite hard for me to give this only a 3 star review, as the staff were lovely and the atmosphere is so great. Ive recently spent a month over in Japan and quite often visit japanese restaurants as its my favourite cuisine. This place excels at sushi that is quite good, it uses more common fish to NZ, i think seeing mackerel or swordfish would be a great addition. the menu also lacks variety of japanese diner foods, so you will find a katsu, and rice, however if you’re looking for a katsu curry, gyudon, katsudon, ramen, omurice or any other basic heart warming japanese dish you may find in Japan this isn’t the place. Its more of a sushi restaurant with a few extra. We ordered 2 katsu, rice and salads and a sushi platter. One of the katsu was never added to the order sooo me and my partner had to eat separately in-front of each other, which was a bit awkward. Also the pork was really thin and tough on the katsu, from having it in japan where it’s thick but melts in your mouth it was disappointing, not bad, just not like what you find in japan. Apart from that. The meso soup was one of the bests I’ve had from a Japanese restaurant.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Logan R. 1 year ago on Google
    The real deal when it comes to Japanese food in NZ. Thank goodness for some of their menu offerings that are not often found in New Zealand. And the care they put into the meals and the very good customer service are much-appreciated. Gochisosamadeshita.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Aiman H. 6 months ago on Google
    The vibe of the restaurant has a perfect balance for dinner and socialising. Food is great, fresh sashimi. I can still taste the fat of the salmon in my mouth. A lil bit pricey, but nothing unusual nowadays. Prepare to spend $50 per person for a scrumptious meal.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Sime Z. 1 year ago on Google
    After read a good review on social media, we went to there to try it out. It turned out to be a big disappointment. The portion of the main is quite small. The fish smells very fishy so it was very unpleasant to eat! I'm not sure if it's because the outer scales of the fish hasn't been fully removed? We won't go back again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mansour G. 3 months ago on Google New
    The food is really delicious. Service is reasonably quick. and staff are friendly and helpful. The portions could be a big larger though.

  • 1/5 Mia 5 months ago on Google
    Absolutely disgusting. Reserve a table and once we got ther the place stick of urine. Asked for a different table closer to front door, the place was empty but the waitress daid everything is fully booked. Why couldn't you move other "people" to the urine smell place, or is it thst the whole place needs some serious cleaning? Disgusting!!

  • 5/5 Elica M. 7 months ago on Google
    The best Japanese food we had in Auckland. The portions were generous with great presentation. The staff are very nice too.

  • 5/5 Soheil B. 7 months ago on Google
    The place is nice with very welcoming and organised staff. The wait time, however, was a bit long. Not the staff don’t tell you, but still… The food… It was amazingly delicious. Everyone enjoyed their dishes.👌🏽 I will definitely go back there in the future 👍🏼.

  • 5/5 Paul T. 9 months ago on Google
    Kyo-ya in Takapuna has long been a favourite of ours .We recently enjoyed a lunch with friends and, as always, the food was delicious. Our waitperson Hanna was friendly, helpful and delightful to deal with. Highly recommended.

  • 4/5 Julie C. 10 months ago on Google
    Food is yummy but potion is good for small appetite 🤣

  • 5/5 CF S. 11 months ago on Google
    I ordered Lunch Special of two choices. Teriyaki Beef and Karaage Chicken. Heavenly taste.

  • 5/5 Jason D. 1 year ago on Google
    We had a lovely dinner here. All the food was very tasty and even though they were understaffed the service was good. Highly recommended

  • 4/5 MARK M. 1 year ago on Google
    we ate lunch there today. Great food presentation very fresh sashimi. But the service need to keep it up .

  • 5/5 Angelica J. 4 years ago on Google
    Authentic Japanese food with reasonable prices and great dinner sets which offer little bits of different things. The fish is fresh as can be, the tuna tataki is mouth watering and so delicate. The fresh salmon spring rolls are so delicious and light. I recommend the kyoya delight, you get a bit of everything for a great price and will leave you feeling satisfied!! The staff are super friendly and I have to rate it as one if the best Japanese restaurants in Auckland, with decent prices for good quality Japanese food!

  • 3/5 IS L. 4 years ago on Google
    Very prettily presented dishes, a lot of attention to details into lunch special. Portion size is smallish. Traditional flavours, no surprises. The decor is a bit dated. Attentive staff and services as you’d expect from Japanese eatery.

  • 5/5 June C. 2 years ago on Google
    Such an amazing experience here. Everything was tasty and well presented. Staff were attentive and friendly. Just consider booking a table as it can get quite busy, and there can be a bit of a wait, but well worth it.

  • 5/5 John L. 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely fantastic Japanese food! Fresh crispy just mouth watering goodness! Will definitely be back, great Japanese hospitality!


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Small plates
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway

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