KatesR

6.3 Average

Food  7      Ambience  6      Service  8      Value  4     

We have been waiting to try Jugemu for years and went last night and we were really disappointed after reading such great reviews. We have the large sashimi - some slices were good, others were very thin and uneven. The spider rolls were small which would have been fine but nothing special about them. Gyozas tasted nice but the wrapping was falling off them as you picked them up off the plate. We then had the special soba dish which was split in 2 which made for very easy sharing. Really fresh and lovely soba and very tasty broth - the only thing I would come back for would be the soba.

Service was lovely - one person told us they didn't have any of one type of the soba noodles but it turned up anyway which was a nice surprise. Including a glass of wine and a beer the dinner came to $105. Items were tasty but felt very overpriced when there are other great Japanese places in Neutral Bay with better food (except for soba) and better value. Oh and they don't accept AMEX as stated above.

Feb 05, 2012

6.3 Average

Food  7      Ambience  6      Service  8      Value  4     

We have been waiting to try Jugemu for years and went last night and we were really disappointed after reading such great reviews. We have the large sashimi - some slices were good, others were very thin and uneven. The spider rolls were small which would have been fine but nothing special about them. Gyozas tasted nice but the wrapping was falling off them as you picked them up off the plate. We then had the special soba dish which was split in 2 which made for very easy sharing. Really fresh and lovely soba and very tasty broth - the only thing I would come back for would be the soba.

Service was lovely - one person told us they didn't have any of one type of the soba noodles but it turned up anyway which was a nice surprise. Including a glass of wine and a beer the dinner came to $105. Items were tasty but felt very overpriced when there are other great Japanese places in Neutral Bay with better food (except for soba) and better value. Oh and they don't accept AMEX as stated above.

Feb 05, 2012