Nishiki

Nishiki is like a traditional Japanese bar &restaurantIt that you could hang out with friends to have a special experience. It may not be a right place for family.

Nishiki will always have a special place in my heart as it was a 2^nd date 15yrs ago with my husband and we’ve been loving it here ever since.
It’s got bigger through the years and though the décor is rather basic your not gonna be dissatisfied by the authentic Japanese flavours.
Always busy I definitely recommend booking, you will often be asked at booking if you can vacate your table at a certain time as it gets crazy on the weekends.
Really well priced and the staff are so friendly. Our youngest (4) dropped her drink all over the floor. It was graciously cleaned away and then a replacement was delivered with a smile. Very Kind
I could eat here a few times a week and never get bored.
Recommended dishes — sukiyaki, all sushi and sashimi, chicken stuffed mushroom. Teriyaki beef skewers. Grilled tube fish cake with Mayo, Gyoza.
Enjoy!

Always busy nd always up to the mark for good value japanese in a fun venue. Worth a visit

WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE Japanese restaurant in New Zealand. If you want to experience incredibility rude service, go to these guys. The manager is so rude it’s a joke! This is the worst Japanese place in the entire New Zealand! Kitchen is a mess too! Have no faith in where they got the «a» from!

God that restaurant is good… First all people working there are Japanese so they know what they do, the food is hyper fresh and made on orders. And the service is also pretty efficient. Long menu. Sometimes it gets very busy and difficult to get a table. So don’t forget to book. My favorite Japanese by far, and very good price wise. Excellent for a before party

I really think that Nishiki is one of the best Japanese spots in Auckland.
It doesn’t have the best interior, so if your looking for quaint or cute then you’re best to go elsewhere.
It’s BYO and reasonably cheap but that doesn’t mean the food suffers.
Everything is really good quality and generously portioned. The menu is really extensive and wine list decent — they even serve my favorite sparkling sake (Takara –Mio). Amazing tataki, sushi and sashimi. Amazing Ka-​raage and amazing cheesy eggplant!
The service is great, food comes out quick and they are super casual if you want to get rowdy.

Excellent Japanese restaurant serving up fresh and tasty food. Usually very busy so bookings are advisable. The menu is extensive and food comes out quickly.

When we came in here it may have just been a Tuesday night but still it was busy. Seems like it may be best to book as we were asked if we had a booking, and who knows we could have been turned away. But no, there was a table for us. As I have found always with the Japanese restaurants, except one i have been to, there service is top notch from entering to leaving. You are greeted, attended to well and bid farewell at the end!!! The exact same applied to this restaurant. We did have a little difficulty choosing as we were tempted by a lot of menu, but alas there is only so much one can eat in one sitting. We eventually settled on the Chicken sauce katsu, Imo Mochi which is potatoe cake with sweet sauce and butter, Dragon roll or eel tempura roll, Kumara chips, and Sukiyaki Hot Pot. We did have a desert to finsh of Yuzu Misato.
The Chicken Sauce Katsu for me was not the best I have had, it could do with a bit of improvement. The Imo Mochi was perfect, as were the Kumara chips. The Dragon roll was very tasty, helped by the fact that I am a big fan of eel dishes anyway. The Sukiyaki Hotpot was average and nothing to rave about but tasty all the same. The Yuzu Misato we had to finish was delicious and will have to have again one day.
To sum it all up. The service as I stated before is as I have found in all Japanese restaurants bar one top notch. But I nearly forgot to mention that the waitress did bring us the wrong dish at first that was meant for another table. This was only there for a second and an apology was extended. Not a black mark for them because of that as they rectified it very quickly and apologised. The food was for the better part good and delicious and finally the bill did not break the bank hardly.
Well deserving of a return visit to try some other dishes.

Despite being our usual go-​to BYO spot, we decided to go with a group of us for a Sunday night catch up minus the wine. I usually associate BYOs with sub-​standard food however Nishiki is an exception.
I was surprised to see the place packed to the brim on a Sunday night — a testament to their popularity.
With an extremely large and colourful menu decisions are tricky here, but there is nearly every kind of small dish you could want and if your sharing between a few or a lot of you it works very well. My friend and I shared a few dishes — Beef Tataki, Kumara Chips, Stir-​Fried Vegetables, Yaki Soba, and Karaage Chicken — far too much food but having to pay only $ 25 at the end I was reminded how cheap this spot is! Everyone at the table enjoyed their food and I don’t think I heard a single complaint. The food does come out rather randomly (Kumara Chips at the end of the meal were not ideal) and getting your order across correctly is a little difficult with the language barrier — especially if you’re changing things around as we always seem to do.

Just OK. The night i went it was super busy and we didn’t book so maybe it was our fault. We ended up being seated outside which was fine, it was winter so they said they would put the heater on — but didnt. We kinda got forgotten about and another table was even seated next to us later and got heater switched on and drinks asked for and served before we even ordered our drinks!
The menu was good, very varied. all looking authentic.
Went for one of the hotpots. was good.
Only problem was this place was too busy for its own good! Even paying was an ordeal standing around in the middle of all the waiters and others trying to pay.

Perhaps just caught Nishiki on the wrong night, or perhaps my views in regard to what makes a place worth four or even five stars are different. But when I went to Nishiki, I really felt like it was okay but not the most amazing of all time. I will give total credit where credit’s due. The chippies with maple syrup were super super nice and weird also which was good. But overall I just wasn’t that pumped on the place. Maybe it was because of the riotous atmosphere. I guess that can be good at times, but when I went there I kind of felt like it was a little bit too much.

Nishiki is a super popular Japanese joint in Freeman’s Bay. It’s BYO, and it pays to book because that place gets super busy, especially on a Friday or Saturday night. Groups pack themselves in at the tables and get rowdy. They do dishes to share at Nishiki — agedashi tofu, sushi, sashimi, skewers, salads, tempura, specials, some kind of eggplant with miso and cheese that Maddy loves. The menu is pretty extensive.
It’s not my favourite in terms of the food, but it’s still a good time. The atmosphere is pretty good in there — kind of loud, if you like that, the décor could do with a bit of an update though.
Parking is generally pretty good. Prices are relatively inexpensive, although a lot of drinks and dishes in and it adds up.

An unglamorous spot a few minutes down from Ponsonby Road in Freemans Bay, Nishiki is all about cheap and cheerful Japanese food! It’s one of those places where I go with the same people everytime — it’s ‘our’ thing, and we invariably enjoy ourselves. We basically order every kind of meat on skewers they do, and it always comes out tasty as and in ridiculously massive numbers! Epic. BYO is a welcome bonus so as the other reviewers have said, it’s a logical starting point for a night out in Ponsonby.

My main problem with Nishiki is that everything on the extensive menu looks and sounds so good, and is so very cheap, that I order way more than I would at any other restaurant and then feel obliged to try and eat it all. Over-​eating aside, the food is delicious and cheap, the location is great, and while not the prettiest place in the world, the relaxed atmosphere makes you feel OK to rock in after the beach or a casual day out, without having to spruce yourself up first. BYO is definitely a bonus but the drinks menu is quite reasonable too if you only want to have one or two. I also like to sit at the bar by the kitchen and watch the magic happen.

I have a theory that no matter what, or how much you order at Nishiki the bill is magically always $ 30 per head. Nishiki is delicious. The menu is HUGE, loaded with small Japanese plates perfect for table sharing. The corn is good and the eggplant is amazing (although not a health choice). I would recommend anything on a skewer, or smeared with their delicious mayo. It’s a popular place for birthdays as they easily cater for large groups. There is no extra charge for bringing your own birthday cake and you can guarantee the whole restaurant joins in for ‘Happy Birthday’ = maximum embarrassment. BYOW means it can get a little rowdy, and there is a fun atmosphere on Friday and Saturday nights.

I’ve been coming to Nishiki for years now. It’s BYO so a great starting point for a Friday or Saturday night out, not to mention the food is actually pretty good. It can get pretty noisy and rowdy on the weekend so maybe not the best place for a romantic date, but it can be quieter during the week and I’ve often come in for a quick dinner for two, sitting at the bar in front of the kitchen — it’s quite fun watching them work.
The food selection is HUGE and great for ordering as a group as you can sample a whole range of things. Must-​try is the eggplant grilled with miso and cheese, soooo creamy and delicious.