Katsura Japanese Cuisine

This restaurant is quite hidden from the public as it was located inside the Rendezvous Hotel, even inside the hotel its quite placed in an odd location on a corner where few people pass by its good in a way because it’s not too crowded when you want to have a nice and quiet lunch which I did a couple of weeks ago.

Went to Katsura without reservation and found ourselves in a very elegant Japanese restaurant. The atmosphere is very pleasant with teppanyaki on the side, a bar and seating down the back. <br/ <br/ Our waitress was very friendly and attentive, constantly filling out water. <br/ <br/ We ordered the beef tataki, lobster salad, medium sashimi, pork ramen and salmon deep fried philadelphia roll. It was perfect for two and came to $103. <br/ <br/ The food came out really fast and altogether, with the seafood being very fresh! You can taste the quality.

Only love their Thursday buffet. It's almost like a seafood buffet. All the foods are fresh. both quality and quantity are good. Service of jap restaurant always the best.

Celebrated our anniversary dinner here and took the 7 course meal.<br/ <br/ I'm not really sure why comments say that the sashimi is stale, our one's were served fresh and it tasted fresh too, all else are okay and we enjoyed the combination of our meal where the sorbet has arrived on a perfect timing neutralizing our taste buds before we arrive to our main meal. Only reason why i'm giving it a 4 is that my wife had the wakanui grass fed which was served well done while she requested for medium well. On the other hand we were served a perfectly cooked wagyu beef!<br/ <br/ Presentation: 4/5<br/ Taste: 4/5<br/ Ambiance: 5/5<br/ Service: 5/5<br/ Value for money: 4/5

Fine Japanese food in central Auckland is not hard to find. Thanks to Katsura. It has a delectably wide menu that covers the length and breadth of the Japanese cuisine. <br/ <br/ However, i’m giving them 4 stars because I found the Sashimi a little stale. The miso soup and chicken yakitori were delicious.<br/ <br/ Way to go Katsura!