Namoo Izakaya

If you’re looking for an affordable and high quality Japanese food in the city, I would say - look no further! I’ve been here a few times and their food quality has always been very consistent. Their grilled mackerel was my favourite (hands down the best in Melbourne! 🙌) and don’t think you were could find any seafood tempura with great selection of seafood and taste as good as theirs! 😍

The shellfish soup was so goooooood 🍲 we ordered some udon to pair it with!! I highly recommend their pork belly, shrimp and cheese rice stick skewers 🍢 we got a large sashimi platter for 2 and it was too much maybe we should've gone for medium instead but tastes great 😍 HONOURABLE MENTION: bingsu!!! it's a one stop shop for mains + cocktails + desserts 🍨 the black sesame bingsu was fantastic 🤘🏻🤘🏻would definitely come back

Now these guys had some beautiful premium quality sashimi 💖 so fresh and delicate and very tender! A great selection of fresh fish. We had the medium sashimi dish and it was enough for 2 people. The boneless fried chicken... let's talk!!!! Wow! So friggin yum so succulent and delicious! Not oily at all and super tender and juicy. We had the original flavour and sweet chilli.. omg have the sweet chilli amazing sauce and only a light kick but so moorish! The edamame was unique and slightly smoked in flavour, I think it may have been grilled or seared lightly, still very nice and different. Service was lovely and the waiter was very helpful. The atmosphere is clean and very chill, a very nice casual Japanese experience. If you have to use the bathroom they will supply you with a key 🔑 Overall a great experience, I will definitely be back to try some of the hotpot dishes too!

On 28 June we went to Namoo for our date night and we got: 🐙 Takoyaki 🐟 Sashimi 🍣 Lava Roll 🍢 Yakitori (Mixed Skewers) The place had cute decor, there were plenty of seatings but wasn’t crowded when we came in. The staff was nice, but did get our order wrong - however they made it up to us and that was appreciated :) The food was tasty but slightly average, although the portions were good for the price. If you’re looking for a casual lunch/dinner, it’s a pretty good spot to visit.

A Japanese restaurant with mix of Korean dishes. Everything was good but the highlights were the Yakitori platter, Whitefish sashimi platter and Creamy garlic and onion fried chicken. The Yakitori is grilled with full of flavour, smokiness and juicy! Whitefish is so fresh, makesure you wrap them in the leaves, garlic chilli and dipped in the orangey sauce!

Everything was lovely! Must try the platter of mixed yakitori skewers which is a selection of 8 tasty glazed pieces of various charred meat, seafood and offal - fave were the chicken spring onion, prawn and intestines 🔥 The nabe came with a mountain of wagyu rolls and lots of veges. The nabe pot could be deeper as it was hard not to bubble over the edge but the mushroom broth was light and perfect with the fatty wagyu - must add udon to soak it all up. We went for some entrees too and they were very fresh! Large sashimi had 30+ salmon, snapper, tako with wasabi stem✨, tuna, kingfish, caviar pieces and tartare was done in a Korean style with raw egg, garlic sauce, icy pear, and cheese slices. Can't forget dessert! Black sesame was stronger than matcha and loved the nice touch of adzuki and crunchy topping on both which elevated the experience than just a plain scoop. 📸 Ordered: 🍲 Wagyu nabe $39 + udon noodle $4 🍢 Yakitori mixed skewers $49 🍣 Sashimi Large assorted $79 🥩 Beef tartare 35 🍺 Ginger highball $15 🍶 Yuzu sake $12 🥤 Honey yuzu ade $9 🍦 Matcha ice cream $8 🍦 Black sesame ice cream $8 Friendly and quick service even on a busy Tuesday night and great vibes with Kpop bgm.