Yokoso Izakaya - Melbourne

Food is outstanding, as is the service. <br/ <br/ Sure, I could tell you about how the Wagyu is actually Wagyu, or the fact that they have a Szechuan-inspired dish on the menu that pays tribute to the great Chen Kenichi’s dad, but sometimes...that is all. Can’t recommend this place more highly. If you’re done with pizza, burgers and goddam BBQ, get yourself into Yokoso Izakaya.

(Disclaimer: True rating is 4.5 however on Zomato this is closer to a 4). Personally, my favourite dish at Yokoso has to be their okonomiyaki. You may as well deliver a truck of this stuff to my house! It’s a savoury pan-fried pancake, which in this case, happens to be vegetarian. It is topped with fish bonito flakes, which flap (kinda creepily) in the wind. A kid on the table next to us got a little scared because he thought the food was living!But while it’s not living, the okonomiyaki is a beast of a dish. The crispiness of the batter makes it a delight to bite into, while the Japanese mayo and okonomiyaki sauce are just irresistible! The okonomiyaki at Yokoso is quite thick so we struggled a bit to eat it with chopsticks. But I happily pushed through the struggle. WHO KNEW VEGGIES COULD TASTE THIS GOOD?!?

Went for dinner with some friends and we were all impressed with the quality of the food and service. We will definitely be back again and would not hesitate to recommend.

This has to be my current Favourite Japanese place in Melbourne right now!. I’ve probably been four times in the last 6 months. I usually never order mains I like to order at least 6-7 of their smaller dishes and share them. The service is great and their food never disappoints. I honestly craveeee their beef tataki! It is a sensational mixture of the beef and pickled onions. YUM will always be back.

We liked it. It’s a 3.7. It’s seating in booths. The maximum numbers for a group here are six really. We had six and it was a bit squeezy. Eight would present major problems.<br/ <br/ That’s the seating sorted then. We all had the entree platter which included tempura prawn, a crispy Wagyu beef (their term), gyoza, an oyster, chicken in batter and a piece of sashimi. For main we all yakiyaki platter with yakitori beef, chicken, pork, vegetable and mushroom. The yakitori sauce was lovely and the whole thing worked well with the fluffy rice we ordered. We were advised that two serves of the food was enough for six but we thought it was a bit light on and that we needed another main. <br/ <br/ We were still hungry and had dessert. A yuzu panna cotta which was the highlight of the meal together with the crispy Wagyu. We also had a pancake which we thought was a bit doughy.<br/ <br/ Reasonable wine list here. We had a Dal Zotto rose which was a lovely accompaniment to the food<br/ <br/ We liked the food and the place. We’d happily return and try more of the dishes.