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One of the best authentic Japanese eatery in Welly. Haven't been to Kazu for a while but wow, love the freshness of the sashimi and we had over 10 in …
John Chin
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The staffs were very attentive and service was really quick. Loved all the food that we ordered. From the home made gyoza to the awesome ramen, everyt…
Aileen Macadat
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Went as part of a group of 12. The food was average and the customer service appalling. I complained about the service only for them to mock me. I've …
Polly Case
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9 Reviews on “Kazu”
Went as part of a group of 12. The food was average and the customer service appalling. I complained about the service only for them to mock me. I’ve never been treated so rudely by wait staff in my life. I will never be coming back to Kazu.
Friendly staff who were friendly and polite. We ordered a chashu tonkatsu ramen, a spicy tofu miso ramen, hot pot teriyaki chicken, pork gyoza with wasabi mayo and soicy pork gyoza. The food was flavourful and portion sizes were more than enough. The ramen portion seemed smaller than usual (for NZ), but it prevented wastage. The Ramen could have been hotter (temperature wise). The gyoza’s – I would go back again for this. Beautiful. Both varieties tasted different from each other. Clean and pleasant ambience, and quick service.
Visited here 2 weeks ago. We were seated immediately and didn’t have a booking. The place was packed – it’s quite tight for space. We ordered a wide range of food – all arrived promptly. It was good, not the best I’ve had but still good. Service was a touch confusing but overall I liked the evening we had.
Oh my goodness, where do I start? There’s so much I want to say about this place. To start with, I ate there with this girl and she’s a TOTAL babe. I go to pick her up, she comes to my car and she’s dressed AMAZINGLY. Ugh, this ridiculously babe’n green dress and the most fabulous fur coat you’ve ever seen oh man, I can’t even deal. Meanwhile I’m wearing black jeans and a ****ing band tee shirt. Dude it was a Kylesa tee shirt and their last two albums were totally not even good. At this point all I could do was internalise my blame of the situation on the band Kylesa and pray this absolute babe of a woman hasn’t heard the abomination that is their last album. Oh man, all day I’ve been thinking about how amazing she looked and how I had to write this review so that more people would take a punt on this place and stop wearing band tee shirts aye. Like, band tee shirts are played out man, just stop. Oi, as I’m writing this I can see the green dress hanging on a coat hanger in my peripheral vision and I’m so into it. What a dress. Needless to say, I’m gonna take her somewhere nice and dress up real good this time. Probably not to Kazu though aye, would they even take me seriously in a suit at Kazu?
Great friendly service. Nice crazy izakaya atmosphere. Most of what we ordered were good, but nothing to rave about. Beef yakiniku was a bit tough and the sauce was thin. Gyoza, ebi tempura, yum yum sushi were average. Spicy chicken karage and sashimi were nice.
We went to Kazu at 13 Tory St for lunch planning to order the recommended Tonkotsu Ramen Black. However we were told by the staff that this outlet doesn’t serve ramen during lunch but the other outlet at Te Aro does. She graciously offered to show us the way to the other outlet but as we were already seated and would not want to walk any further, we decided to stay and try what’s on their menu. All in all we were satisfied with the food. Even my youngest son who is a picky eater liked his Beef Combo. I ordered the Teriyaki Chicken and Sushi Combo. The chicken was flavorful and it was good value for money. Staff people are very friendly and although the food took around 15-20 minutes to come out, we were advised beforehand as to the waiting time.
Going to Kazu was a terrible experience. I ordered the teriyaki tofu, which did not have much of a description, but the waitress told me the tofu would be fried. After almost an hour of waiting, my meal arrived and it was certainly not worth the wait. I received four haphazardly sliced pieces of tofu (without any rice or veggies — a single floret of broccoli, uncooked entirely, was on my plate), which were not cooked at all and there was absolutely no flavour whatsoever, not even the slightest hint of teriyaki. The food was absolutely inedible, I felt sick after just one bite. The staff, who had previously been attentive, noticed that I was not eating my meal and for the next 45 minutes pointedly avoided my table despite the fact that I moved my plate off to the side. Eventually my friend (who’s meal was also terrible) and I got up to pay and the woman at the register was incredibly rude and did not even bother asking us how the meal was. You couldn’t pay me to go back.