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Jizo Japanese Cafe and Bar

56 Princes Street, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
03 4792692
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Ranked #37 of 148 restaurants in Dunedin
Cuisines: Sushi, Japanese
Most recent review
- 26 Apr 2013
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3 restaurant reviews
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 April 2013 via mobile

Tasty food but service is terrible. We dined with a group tonight, they we very slow to take our order and clear plates. They have a bizzare system where if you bring your own wine, you have to walk up to the cashier, then prepay your corkage, then carry your own wine glass to your table. I have never seen... More

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Auckland Region, New Zealand
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 April 2013

Atmosphere was great. Quite noisy, lots of students. Food was delivered promptly and was quite good. Table of 10 uni girls beside us were asked to quieten down (although I didn't find it a problem - they were just having fun) Mains were brought out to us before we finished our entree. But good value for money.

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arrowtown
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 April 2013

Having visited Fukuoka, Japan and familiar with Japanese foor including horse meat that has been reared for human consumption, Jizo in Princes St is sooo good, everytime we have visited Dn we make a point of getting to this restaurant, vast selection of types of meats, definitely recommend, no reservations!!!!

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Otago Peninsula, NZ
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 March 2013

I love dining here as their food is always fresh and delicious. My favourite is their shrimp & seaweed salad. Their premises are not very big, so it does get very crowded on a busy night. The staff are hard-working & polite, and the range of Japanese food is great

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dunedin
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 March 2013

Love their teriyaki chicken sushi which comes out with a piece of rice, avo mayo mix and warm teriyaki chicken, tofu or salmon, really yummy. I also love their chicken Katsu curry and their teriyaki salmon is great as they use fillet pieces instead of steaks so nice and moist. Their udon soups are also tasty. Same price for lunch... More

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Melbourne, Australia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 March 2013

Had a great meal here. Had sushimi and wine at a reasonable price. Enjoyed it so much had to have seconds of sushi. My fellow diners aren't really into Japanese but really enjoyed their non-sushi/shashimi choices.

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Singapore, Singapore
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6 restaurant reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 February 2013

we went here on a whim as we were hungry and it was raining, weve had japanese food before but this was really really nice, the place had a few customers and we asked to move upstairs and they said that was fine, it was a cute place, nicely decorated and felt very japanese. the waitresses were very nice and... More

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Dunedin, New Zealand
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 January 2013

This is my favourite Japanese restaurant in Dunedin! It's always busy because it's soooo good! My recommendation: Teriyaki salmon sushi.

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NewZealand
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 October 2012

great Japanese food - student style cheap and cheerful. Goyza are superb. Happy staff, Order at the counter seems very popular with locals

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Dunedin, New Zealand
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 September 2012

We have now been here twice, its normally packed but the 2 times we have managed to sqeeze in the food has been excellent.

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