Review Japanese Kitchen Wa - Whanganui

Friendly service. We got there early and were serviced quickly. Food was good. Nothing was not good, but nothing was outstanding. Will be back for sure. Keen to try a few other things to see if there is a gem of a dish. Quite fussy when it comes to food.

Great place, food and experience. Highly recommend!

Delicious food, nice little spot and child friendly. We have been here on a couple of our visits from Aus and always love the food. The food always tastes as you would expect, which makes the experience more enjoyable.

Just absolutely gorgeous and amazing. The restaurant situated down a small shop alley is quite a little wholesome experience. The building is not super fancy but the food for sure makes up, Japanese authentic food melts in your mouth. Price wise for the food is averagely expensive, but for Japanese food, Is normal. The staff where so friendly and inviting and I couldn't have asked for better service. Would highly recommend this as it's a great exclusive unknown little restaurant that needs to be known.

We come here weekly and the food is always superb! Friendly staff that always welcome you warmly. Great food selection, our favourite is the prawn twisters, ebi furai and the dons! Best Japanese in town! 5/5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This our most visited Japanese Restaurant since we moved down here to Whanganui in 2015. It's always the best place to go in town when we want to treat ourselves or to celebrate for an special occasion xoxo 💋 best service here, very polite staffs and warm welcoming from thr owner. Highly recommended 💯 they have the widest range of food varieties from their Menu too. My favourite is their Beef Tataki 🥩♥️ lovely atmosphere dining outside 💖

We were traveling through and spotted this place while walking through town and came back dinner. It's obviously a favorite with locals, they were greeted with gusto as they came in. Good food and plenty of it.

Excellent quality of food, lovely spot altogether.

Amazing atmosphere. Super friendly staff. Very good quality food. Recommend: Teriyaki chicken, Seaweed salad, dinner set.

Epic food, and great service.

A beautiful meal. A little cold in the restaurant But the food was amazing

Great food and service so many nice things to try

Our party of five found the food to be delicious. However, the staff had no knowledge of their wines. The wine list was scant and we enjoyed neither the Pinot Gris (one choice only) nor the Chardonnay (one choice only). I suggest that Japanese Kitchen adopt a BYO option for guests and, if concerned about losing money with this option, charge a higher corkage.

Always a great meal here. Lovely location and goid service. Food is yummy.

Great choice and variety of Japanese dishes. Ideal finishing choice of Matcha Ive Cream also. Excellent service and very friendly.

Superb food and service highly recommend

Food and service is always amazing. My favourite place to go in Whanganui.

Nice place, great food, great service/staff. Pity the sushi was sort of worse than from NewWorld so would not recommend that for sure. Yet all other food we had ( dinner set) was great so we enjoyed the dinner time over there, got wined and dined fine.

Amazing food served by amazing staff. Always feel appreciated and our custom valued.

Just had a wonderful meal for our daughters 11th birthday, the service was brilliant, the food was delicious and they treated us and our daughters so well. It was the awesome touch of putting a lit candle in some ice cream for a birthday treat, and then gave the girls a lollipop each. Top night, I would thoroughly recommend this restaurant to anyone who loves Japanese food in Wanganui. Thanks guys for making our little girls birthday special. �

Fantastic, attentive service on entering premises. Fast, fresh, efficient food prep and to top it off the food was deliciously fresh and satisfying. Will definitely go back

Love ur sushi definitely the best sushi place in town if not new Zealand :-)

Lovely, fresh, tasty food- not heavy at all but filling all the same. Would definitely recommend.

Japanese Kitchen WA is our go-to restaurant in Whanganui. The food is always fresh and tasty, the prices are reasonable, and the service from Grace, Heetaek and their team is always top notch. If you haven't yet tried the WA, do it when they reopen in the New Year. You won't be disappointed.

Not only is the food is amazing, the service is out standing. The owners and staff are always warm and welcoming and nothing is a problem. This is my favorite restaurant Wanganui :)

Favourite Japanese restaurant in the country, food is so good and filling, but not overly filling. Staff is very friendly, the atmosphere is gorgeous (wish they'd play authentic Oriental music though). Nevertheless, one of my favourites ever~ �

Very attentive good service! Food is fresh and well presented. Enjoyed our dinner!

A must dining experience ���� Thank you

Loved it .. fab food , first time going there and will deffs go back , and will be recommending it to friends and family

Our favourite restaurant in Whanganui. .. food & service are fantastic!

Friendly staff, food was beautiful. Took me back to my trip to Japan. Highly recommended

the food is so good !!!! i recomend to anyone who want to taste a good japanese meal

You have to support this Japanese Kitchen. The food is amazing...the staff are all friendly....the cafe is spotlessly clean and it's just great food.