Tounoya - Eastwood

We should have known better when we saw the word karaoke in this restaurant. Don't get me wrong, I've nothing against it. In fact I love them. But let's face it, food isn't usually great at a karaoke joint. But our beloved Japanese joint, Zenya was closed for renovations so we thought we'd try this place. Expensive mistake! Greeted by a woman (possibly the owner or manager) who was busy on her phone rudely ushered as along with one of the staff to a table. Orders are done via a touchscreen tablet, which was fine and our orders came out surprisingly quick. We ordered oysters, lotus root chips, mixed tempura, crispy chicken skin (signature dish), sashimi, pork belly don (rice), cold soba and soy bean drink. Lotus Root Chips - although crispy, it was greasy and doused with a teriyaki like sauce. It's like the oil wasn't hot enough when it was fried so it soaked up all the oil. Mixed Tempura - 2x prawns, 1 each red & green capsicum, 1x carrot, 1x zucchini, 1x sweet potato. Nothing special at all. Crispy Chicken Skin - supposed their signature dish. It looked leathery and tasted worst. Sashimi - 3x salmon, 2x tuna, 2x thin slices octopus, 1x scallop cut in halves. Fresh. Pork Belly Don - firstly awful presentation. The rice was splattered into the bowl, few pieces of poorly cooked pork belly with no flavoured or colour thrown on one side and salad leaves on the other to fill the gap. Cold Soba Noodles - probably the only decent dish. Not much to fault on. To sum up, foodcourt quality food at restaurant price. If that doesn't put you off this place, while we were eating the same woman that seated us walked past loudly asking a staff if they were doing a poo in Cantonese. Regardless it be another language, it's not something that should be converse in any restaurant.

Pass by this restaurant a few times when we visited Eastwood Peking Seafood Restaurant. My family and I thought we give it a try but it was disappointing. Staff were not friendly and my order never came.Even after telling the waitress and showing her our receipt, she got it wrong by bringing us something else. Had to cancel my order as my family had already finished their food and mine was still not served. Had to leave the restaurant hungry that night and settled for instant noodles at home. Food was nothing to shout about. You get better food elsewhere with the price you have to pay.Our first visit and surely it's also the last.

Honestly, this restaurant is just plain awful. The food is pricy for what it's worth. Only the salad was ok, and even it was too salty. All the food tasted quite salty. Perhaps their karaoke is better (never tried) and you get to at least experience a modern ordering system with iPads. The interior is also quite nice.

The food were nice, good facilities including the touch screen for ordering food and drinks, stuff were very nice and friendly too. We had a great time there. Highly recommend for families and friends catch up.

Fun little restaurant with iPad menu from which children enjoyed ordering. Was good for a quick and simple lunch. Booths are good for small families or couples and some tables have a good view of the karaoke screen. Not much singing goes on at lunchtime though!