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Azabu is great. Love their refined Japanese food here - in particular the seafood. Ordered the Volcano roll, rainbow roll, tuna tostada, lamb cutlets …
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Wow!!!!!!Had dinner here for my birthday Service was 10/10Food 10/10Our waiter was awesome!!!What a great experience Love everything about this place …
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Impressively delicious food. Every single dish brought a different excitement to our palates, exciting ambience and the service was top notch.I look f…
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10 Reviews on “Azabu”
Whenever Ive been to a Japanese-Peruvian restaurant Ive never left disappointed, and Azabu is no exception. This fascinating fusion seems to offer such inventive and flavoursome dishes and I cant get enough. Its not easy to find, but once you walk through the doors of Azabu you can tell that its a dining experience unlike anything else in Auckland. On the menu at are a range of plates that are made to be shared, including dumplings, tostadas, salads, tempura and sushi, all inspired by Japanese & Peruvian ingredients and flavours. For vegetarians, the options aren’t super extensive, but there are certainly enough to satisfy. The two stand out dishes were the heirloom tomato tostada, which was an explosion of lemon, mayo, jalapeo, mint, basil, almond & coriander in every bite, and the eggplant bao, which consisted of a soft, melt-in-the-mouth steamed bun complimenting the crispness of the eggplant filling. Quinoa salad, artichoke dumplings and eggplant tempura are among the other notable vege options.Just be aware- portion sizes tend to be on the smaller size, so you will probably end up ordering (and consequently spending) more than you might anticipate. Overall, Id give it an 8/10- all the flavor combinations were amazing, but a few more vege options wouldnt go amiss.
Very busy fine dining Japanese restaurant in Ponsonby. Staff are very friendly and welcoming. Service is really quick even at peak hours. Food is just awesome. Don’t hesitate to try their raw fish menu as you will never regret it. Drinks are also nice. Only thing is I don’t recommend this restaurant for a quiet dinner date as you will just find it a bit uncomfortable with noise & lots of people around :). Will come back definitely
Azabu is such an amazing restaraunt. It is quite dark inside and lightly lit which isn’t everyones thing but I really like it. The service is so lovely and the workers always help you out with ordering and tell you whats good. I’ve been here a couple times and leave so full and satisfied. The first time I came here for dinner with the fam & we got all the popular stuff like the rainbow roll which is super gram worthy, the volcano roll which is so cool because they blowtorch it in front of you. We also love the chicken karaage here. Then we recently came here for lunch and weren’t as impressed as we were the first time but we were still satisfied. I got the rozu chan mocktail and I really liked it as it had lychee in it and tasted so refreshing. I also got the heirloom tomato tostada which is really fresh and the avocado roll was nice and ripe. The only thing was we ordered chicken karaage which came out so much later than everything so we had to get it takeaway as we didn’t want it anymore. Definielty recommend if you are in Ponsonby though 🙂
I went here with a friend on a Thursday evening. Nice decor, quite large inside. We didn’t book, so got stuck on a little corner table with sofa instead of chairs (pre book is my advice). They had a few veggie options, which sounded nice, however I worried the portions would be small, so ordered 3 dishes for myself. I got the artichoke dumplings, veggie bao and tempura eggplant. The eggpant was amazing, good sized portion and delicious. The bao was yum, however a little on the smaller side. The dumplings were TINY. 4 weeny little thin dumplings with very little filling. I wouldn’t get them again as they are nearly pointless ( my friend’s pork dumplings were normal dumpling size and she had 6, so no idea why the veggie ones were so small). Pricing was ok, however a little on the higher side (it’s Ponsonby). Drinks were nice. It would be awesome if they could have bigger portions and more vegetarian/vegan options.
Not a common place for your budget but would be top option if you need somewhere to date or celebrate things. I took my husband here for his birthday and as a sashimi fan he totally loved it. Very creative combination and decoration. Every dish is just so photogenic and even though it may not be everyone cup of tea but be honest, you can’t resist trying. Recommend Grilled Octopus and Kingfish Ceviche.
Everything is just sooooooo tasty and they put so much effort into presentation!!! One of our favourite places to eat and its always amazing!
Blink and youll miss the place. I Got lucky with the last remaining seat! Ended up sitting the bar which is fantastic as you get too see many types of dishes prepared and sent out. Venue is nice particularly liked the wooden framework for the plates behind the bar. Karaage chicken was top notch but is best shared. Spicy pork gyoza very good too but lacking any spice may have been the soy but i did try without. Finally the Nikkei steak. Hands down the tastiest steak combination i have ever had. 100% recommended.