Japanese Cafe Janken

Booked for 10 people earlier in October for a birthday dinner. Excellent vegan options meant that everyone, including myself could be catered for. Staff were very friendly. Myself and my partner ordered the eggplant steam buns as a starter which were divine and then I ordered the vegan hotpot for a main. Apart from burning myself once it was a delicious meal with a mild broth and delicious vegetables and tofu and I think some kind of dumpling. Only possible gripe I can think of is we had to sit at two tables (6&4) which were positioned slightly apart

We shared a selection of vegetarian small dishes between two of us. The cold starter of shitake and eggplant was beautiful, the savoury kumara mochi was a delightful surprise, and the vegetable dish simple and very good. The small buns filled with eggplant were really tasty, the tofu ones also good. We loved the gentle ambience here. The service was very friendly and attentive yet understated, a nice combination. We had a lovely time and look forward to coming back soon.

My favourite thing about the restaurant is the friendly staff they refill your water jug as soon as it's empty and they bring out 3 spoons along with a scoop of ice cream for us to share it is the little touches that make all the difference. They are also smiling all the time. The only complaint I would have is that they only have 3 mains to choose from (besides its vegan and salad choices) and one of them was unavailable so I had to choose from hotpot and fish of the day (which was sashimi) of which I wasn't keen on either and for once in my life ordered a salad due to the lack for choices. However the food itself was of high quality and quite frankly, quite delicious but would've loved it more of I got to choose a dish I wanted.

Amazing vegan options!! I would 100% recommend the eggplant bao buns to anyone visiting they are delicious! edamame beans and the vegan tonkatsu ramen were also very good. 10/10 service, such nice waitresses that were very accommodating and helpful!

What a lovely little gem. We made a booking last minute and got a table on a Friday night. For entrees, we had steamed buns with eggplant and beef tataki. Then we ordered the kimono bowl and lamb steak for dinner. Delicious. Every single bite. We even ventured out to try their sugar free lemon cake for dessert. Overall, the food is fresh and yummy. And the staff were friendly and attentive. Will be coming back again.