Okami Japanese Restaurant 487 Keilor Road, Niddrie, Victoria 3042

"We had a great experience at the Niddrie Okami branch. The food was coming fast. The sushi was fresh and the beef carpaccio was on next level. The staff was friendly and attentive. I have seen this service is lacking in most other Okami restaurants where the service is slow and have to wait and call someone to come to your table to order. We had a good time here enjoying the food."

"Service was friendly and our food came out quickly. Love the food."

"We always go to all the Okami restaurants. We visited this Okami Niddrie. All you can eat Japanese is one of our family favourites. We love Japanese food and we always leave happy and satisfied. They have a set buffet menu, with cold sushi platters, and a simple hot food. My kids always order seaweed salad, sushi platters, chicken skewers, and fried chicken. Service was friendly and food was served really quickly. Restaurant was busy and bustling and the atmosphere was great. Our favourite is the sushi/sashimi platter. It’s always fresh and tasty. The salmon is absolutely delicious.y favourite is the seaweed salad and mushroom salad. My kids love the tasty crispy chicken and my husband loves the beef Stirfry with fried rice. It’s a great family restaurant and good value for money. They have convenient locations all throughout Melbourne. We love it"

"So this was an interesting experience. We were seated and given menus and ordered what we wanted off the menu, not realising it was a buffet. After looking at the menu I see that was described in the illustration, but we didn’t look at the illustration because we thought it was just to decorate the menu. We ordered thinking it was a la carte. We couldn’t eat all our meal so we asked to take away what we didn’t eat. They said no that we couldn’t take away buffet food. We were confused because we thought we were ordering a la carte. We weren’t walking up to a serving area and picking items out of a buffet. So anyway we said ok well then it will have to be thrown out then. We were then told there was a surcharge for wastage. She showed us where it said that in the menu. What it said was “extra charges may occur if waste is over 200g”. What is the charge you ask? $10 per person. For us that was $40. My mind is officially blown, but not in a good way. Plus side is food was quick coming out. Was it great food? It was ok, the sushimi at the Sushi Bar takeout shop in Uni Hill is fresher. First and last visit to this restaurant. If I could offer some advice, maybe explain how it all works to your customers before they order. In my mind if you get given a menu and it’s not set menu then its a la carte. A simple “have you been here before?” would be a good start and for people that hadn’t been before then I would suggest an explanation of how it all works."

"We’ve been here a few times and it never disappoints - authentic Japanese food done well. Beautiful decor, attentive staff and fantastic food. We ordered a range of dishes and they arrived quickly and were delicious"