Dontack

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Overall Rating

7.1

Dontack Recommended based on its 34 reviews
Calculated using a Weighted average

Food
7.1
Ambience
6.6
Service
7
Value
7.8



Dontack Details



Dontack Address

Shop 39, 103 Willoughby Rd
Crows Nest NSW 2065
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Dontack Contact Info

(02) 9439 5041


Cuisines

Japanese


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    User Reviews of Dontack, Crows Nest

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    7.5 Recommended

    Food  9      Ambience  6      Service  7      Value  8     


    Awesome food at a reasonable price. Ambience isnt great but if your with a good group of people its awesome because its byo too!

    Dec 04, 2011 

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    8.3 Highly Recommended

    Food  8      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  9     


    I like this cosy family restaurant a lot. The food is always fresh. You feel like you are eating in one of those small suburban restaurants in Japan.

    Apr 01, 2011 

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    8.8 Highly Recommended

    Food  9      Ambience  7      Service  9      Value  10     


    Been there 5 times for lunch with various size groups, latest 15/11/10, it is so convenient, same level under cover parking (2 hours free), the service is very friendly and efficient, the food is really good and the value say $20pp for all you can eat plus BYO is fantastic. No plastic plates only some plastic bowls!

    Nov 16, 2010 

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    8 Recommended

    Food  8      Ambience  7      Service  8      Value  9     


    Really like Dontack. Small and intimate yes, good service always, we go at lunch. I have never come across a plastic plate and I go often. They will make specific dishes for you if not on the menu. Staff careful with allergies (which I have).
    Never had a bad meal in many visits (which will continue).

    Nov 08, 2010 

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    2 Not Recommended

    Food  2      Ambience  2      Service  2      Value  2     


    Their menu is bizzare and extremely small, don't exepct the usual selection of sashimi, sushi, or other dishes. Though if you like Teriyaki, Katsu, or Mix Tempura those are the only mains.

    We ordered 5 small dishes and the Mix tempura, Everything was served on plastic plates, we were seated outside on a busy street in a thoroughfare, and the service was appalling.

    After asking for a second can of drink the waitress left the first, we ended up stacking our empty plates because they were never removed, and there as a 40 minutes pause between the second dish, and when dish 3, 4, and 5 all came out together.

    The food was downright aweful, the Torikara tastes like chicken nuggets, the tempura was greasy, thick, and bland with 2 tiny prawns. The Tskune was grainy, spongey and also bland, and the Sashimi was poorly presented and they didn't even offer us Soy, I'd expect better service in a food hall.

    Oct 16, 2010 

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    8 Recommended

    Food  8      Ambience  7      Service  9      Value  8     


    The staff are very friendly. The food was delicious. Our family like to go there every weekend. And price is good too!

    Oct 10, 2010 

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    9 Highly Recommended

    Food  10      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  10     


    This has become one of my favourite restaurants in Sydney. My family and I have been dining here for a number of years and the food never falls short of being fresh, delicious and just truly scrumptious. After a recent trip to Japan this food really stacks up to the mother land delights.

    Aug 08, 2010 

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    6 Average

    Food  5      Ambience  6      Service  6      Value  7     


    Pouring down rain so needed a place with undercover parking so remembered that this little shopping plaza has a number of restaurants. There are a couple of Japanese here but we decided on Dontack as it looked a little nicer than the others. Mind you, its not super flash, with hard uncovered wooden tables and chairs but still had a pleasantly oriental feel about it.

    Started with an excellent entree of eggplant and chicken covered in tempura batter and served with a light dipping sauce. But then the mains let them down. My wife ordered a Pork Noodle dish. Most other noodle dishes were listed on the menu as a soup but as this one didn't mention soup she assumed it was noodles on a plate.

    Of course, it turned up as a soup which was not what she had wanted. Likewise, I ordered the Kimuchi (Japanese Kimchi) Hotpot, which was described as a hotpot of pork and kimchi. It did have those but it also arrived with two large mussels on the shell in it, which was entirely unexpected. Many would be delighted but I don't like mussels and despite taking them out they had given the stock a decidely seafoody taste which severely dented my enjoyment.

    I know its not always easy for small dining spots but I don't like places that, when asking for the bathroom, get given a key and lengthy directions e.g. down the corridor, across the carpark and at the far end, etc, etc. Amongst other things, its not always safe to expect a woman to walk through a dimly lit public carpark late at night in search of the plaza's communal loo.

    The parking is easy, it's BYO, the prices are very reasonable and the service is okay. The staff stumble with a few language difficulties and the menu needs to be much better at explaining what each dish is.

    Jul 22, 2010 

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    7.8 Recommended

    Food  7      Ambience  7      Service  9      Value  8     


    The chef (looks like owner) kindly welcome us, staff are very friendly. The food was delicious and good price. Our family decide to be a regular customer.

    May 05, 2010 

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    9 Highly Recommended

    Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  9      Value  10     


    The fact that I have eaten here almost weekly since I discovered this little gem five years ago speaks for itself!

    Apr 22, 2010 

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