SUMIMASEN - Food (NSW)

5 /5 Jarrai Turay: Ordered a veggie Bento Box with Miso soup, everything was a 10/10 and extremely fresh. As soon as I walked in, I was greeted with a smile and the service was exceptional. I can’t wait to bring my family back!

5 /5 Howard Fan: Great Japanese restaurant. We were passing through and walked past just before their opening time. They were very accommodating in letting us come in a bit early. The ambience was very nice, and they had an interesting wall of cats. We had the curry and the bento box which were both delicious.

5 /5 Nicole Gots: A lot of thought and care has been put into the atmosphere and menu/ingredient design. It’s one of those places you go to once and then can’t help but continue thinking about for the next week. I love their handmade approach and that they don’t follow what almost every other Japanese restaurant is doing these days. They have heart, and you can tell by the attitude of the employees that they are looked after and happy to be there. It’s a warm place that doesn’t get enough attention and appreciation. I am so lucky to have it near where I live, I was almost giving up on finding food I enjoy around here

3 /5 Rigby Wong: 1st time here. Like their sense of humour…Sumimasen in Japanese means “I am sorry “. Food is the most expensive Japanese I had in the suburbs around Sydney by comparing taste, portions and overall quality. I’m sure there could be Japanese even more expensive closer to CBD & whether they’re value for money is yet to be find out. Taste here is average. Portion here is small. I’ve even told them the dish I fancy is Chanko Nabe (sumo wrestler hotpot) so usually Japanese lunch could only half fill my appetite, kinda expected. But when my boss who usually satisfies, complained about the portions, that’s a 1st. They closed at 2:30 pm & happy to see us when we walked in at 1:30 pm, that’s good. However, while they’re sure there will be surcharge for using card payment, but they don’t know the percentage, which is weird. Further, they can’t printout a receipt & I have to take a screenshot of the display of the cash register using my phone, which is weird. So, as we all can see on the photo receipt, $10 for 4 pcs of deep fried pork Gyoza, $9.5 for 3 pcs of Agedashi Tofu, $22 curry rice + $3.5 extra rice (both my boss & I don’t feel anything extra), & lastly $21 yakisoba = total $66, half filling portions, average (at the best) taste. Don’t think we will be back within foreseeable future as we both could come up with several Japanese places we’ve been to off our head, which’s cheaper, &/or tastier, &/or with bigger portions. All of these places, even in worst case scenario, are at least as equal to Sumimasen, if not above. Well as I said up front, they’ve already said “I’m sorry” so expectations should be “amended” accordingly.

5 /5 Rob Ryan: A great new restaurant in the St Georges area. I read the whinging reviews, particularly the 1 star one - and that’s all they are / whingers - seriously complaining about a restaurant on their opening night! This is a great restaurant and very reminiscent of izakayas in Japan. Food is terrific, staff were great and it’s very well priced. One review suggested it’s expensive - not sure where those people have been eating tot honk that - maybe Bunnings bbq. We had two beers three entrees and two mains - $95 - and that was a lot of food, more than we would normally order but wanted to try a range of dishes. Eggplant tempura was a stand out as was the Japanese pancake and the assorted sushi/sashimi and - okay you get the drift. Hoping it keeps the standard and quality going. We will be back and soon Thanks Sumi!