nw88

6.5 Recommended

Food  7      Ambience  5      Service  7      Value  7     

Ordered Moroccan Lamb and a Philly Steak pizzas. Quality was pretty good, received decent amount of topping and service was very good over the phone and in handling our take away order when we arrived to pick it up. They are much better in terms of quality and quantity of topping for the price compared to GPK in the Piazza across the road from it.

Dec 08, 2010

4.3 Below Average

Food  4      Ambience  5      Service  4      Value  4     

Ordered a Thai Beef salad & a Fruity frappe. The drink was fine,however the Thai Beef salad was very sour & watery. Service was okay, and the ambience just looked like any other coffee club.

Dec 08, 2010

6.3 Average

Food  6      Ambience  8      Service  6      Value  5     

As a replica of Wagaya, Mizuya had touch screen service rather than having to go through waiters and waitresses whom probably aren't as trained that well, the decor is dimly lit and there are barriers which allows a sense of privacy between the tables.

Ordered duck salad which also had some "1 century egg" pieces in it. A strange salad it might sound, it was pretty good to me as I am from a Chinese background.
Ordered a wagyu beef main, it came and was disappointing, not only presentation was just 2 pieces of meat on a hot plate with oil drenched vegetables but of the portion of meat that came it, they were the size of beef patties. Ordered a seafood hot pot, got a decent amount of seafood, however, was still a small portion for the hefty price.

My favourite would've been the Green Tea soft serve for $1 (there is an offer of it being $0.50 if you have it take away in a cone. It was good for its size and delicious. I was unsure of a dessert on the menu because there was no picture on the screen and the name did not tell me what it was at all, asked a staff and he wasn't sure and had to go ask his supervisor what it was in Cantonese, then the supervisor having to come up to tell me whats in it.

Overall, food was pretty okay, however, the size and presentation did not measure up to the standard of what was paid for the food we had. The lunchboxes here seem to have much better value than eating here for dinner.

Mar 01, 2010

5.8 Average

Food  4      Ambience  7      Service  6      Value  6     

My partner and I decided to try this restaurant as we felt like having something different. Ordered a 50/50 (Chicken fillet with Mango sauce, Chicken fillet with BBQ sauce + mexican rice) and a El Burro (Beef burrito, taquito bites and buffalo wings topped with special BBQ sauce + mexican rice).

50/50 was disappointing, mango sauce didn't taste like mango, bbq sauce was decent, chicken was cooked pretty well. My rice was not hot, I think they put the rice on the plate first and then started to cook the chicken because the El Burro dish was hot and the food seemed much warmer than 50/50.

El Burro was better than 50/50, taquito bites looked like mini crunchy sausage rolls. Mexican rice was much more pleasant to eat when its warmer. Didn't finish the 50/50, only left the rice and a lot of sauce from the chicken.

Overall the portions were quite generous, should have ordered the Nachoes instead of the 50/50. The flavours of the food were either bland or else excessive or else it just the flavour wasn't good (like the mango sauce for the chicken). Won't be coming back for a while.

Feb 09, 2010

5.8 Average

Food  6      Ambience  6      Service  5      Value  6     

Decor of the place is plain but is better in appearance compared to most Vietnamese restaurants I have been to, probably because they kept the previous restaurant's look. I remember it used to be chinese restaurant that I went to quite often at the start till it went downhill.

Had beef noodle soup, vermicelli with grilled pork, sugar cane prawn and spring roll, fresh spring rolls with grilled pork and peanut sauce. Food was okay in terms of taste, however, there was way more noodle than ingredient toppings for the noodle soup and especially vermicelli dish. We shared our meals, finished it and weren't full so ordered the fresh spring rolls. The "peanut sauce" turned out to just be Hoi Sin sauce with peanut crumbs in it. Spring rolls were very good, it wasn't too soggy or dry since it was just made.

Overall, it was okay as they don't have much of competition around the area. However, it won't be a regular dining area for me.

Jan 17, 2010

6.5 Recommended

Food  7      Ambience  5      Service  7      Value  7     

Ordered Moroccan Lamb and a Philly Steak pizzas. Quality was pretty good, received decent amount of topping and service was very good over the phone and in handling our take away order when we arrived to pick it up. They are much better in terms of quality and quantity of topping for the price compared to GPK in the Piazza across the road from it.

Dec 08, 2010

4.3 Below Average

Food  4      Ambience  5      Service  4      Value  4     

Ordered a Thai Beef salad & a Fruity frappe. The drink was fine,however the Thai Beef salad was very sour & watery. Service was okay, and the ambience just looked like any other coffee club.

Dec 08, 2010

6.3 Average

Food  6      Ambience  8      Service  6      Value  5     

As a replica of Wagaya, Mizuya had touch screen service rather than having to go through waiters and waitresses whom probably aren't as trained that well, the decor is dimly lit and there are barriers which allows a sense of privacy between the tables.

Ordered duck salad which also had some "1 century egg" pieces in it. A strange salad it might sound, it was pretty good to me as I am from a Chinese background.
Ordered a wagyu beef main, it came and was disappointing, not only presentation was just 2 pieces of meat on a hot plate with oil drenched vegetables but of the portion of meat that came it, they were the size of beef patties. Ordered a seafood hot pot, got a decent amount of seafood, however, was still a small portion for the hefty price.

My favourite would've been the Green Tea soft serve for $1 (there is an offer of it being $0.50 if you have it take away in a cone. It was good for its size and delicious. I was unsure of a dessert on the menu because there was no picture on the screen and the name did not tell me what it was at all, asked a staff and he wasn't sure and had to go ask his supervisor what it was in Cantonese, then the supervisor having to come up to tell me whats in it.

Overall, food was pretty okay, however, the size and presentation did not measure up to the standard of what was paid for the food we had. The lunchboxes here seem to have much better value than eating here for dinner.

Mar 01, 2010

5.8 Average

Food  4      Ambience  7      Service  6      Value  6     

My partner and I decided to try this restaurant as we felt like having something different. Ordered a 50/50 (Chicken fillet with Mango sauce, Chicken fillet with BBQ sauce + mexican rice) and a El Burro (Beef burrito, taquito bites and buffalo wings topped with special BBQ sauce + mexican rice).

50/50 was disappointing, mango sauce didn't taste like mango, bbq sauce was decent, chicken was cooked pretty well. My rice was not hot, I think they put the rice on the plate first and then started to cook the chicken because the El Burro dish was hot and the food seemed much warmer than 50/50.

El Burro was better than 50/50, taquito bites looked like mini crunchy sausage rolls. Mexican rice was much more pleasant to eat when its warmer. Didn't finish the 50/50, only left the rice and a lot of sauce from the chicken.

Overall the portions were quite generous, should have ordered the Nachoes instead of the 50/50. The flavours of the food were either bland or else excessive or else it just the flavour wasn't good (like the mango sauce for the chicken). Won't be coming back for a while.

Feb 09, 2010

5.8 Average

Food  6      Ambience  6      Service  5      Value  6     

Decor of the place is plain but is better in appearance compared to most Vietnamese restaurants I have been to, probably because they kept the previous restaurant's look. I remember it used to be chinese restaurant that I went to quite often at the start till it went downhill.

Had beef noodle soup, vermicelli with grilled pork, sugar cane prawn and spring roll, fresh spring rolls with grilled pork and peanut sauce. Food was okay in terms of taste, however, there was way more noodle than ingredient toppings for the noodle soup and especially vermicelli dish. We shared our meals, finished it and weren't full so ordered the fresh spring rolls. The "peanut sauce" turned out to just be Hoi Sin sauce with peanut crumbs in it. Spring rolls were very good, it wasn't too soggy or dry since it was just made.

Overall, it was okay as they don't have much of competition around the area. However, it won't be a regular dining area for me.

Jan 17, 2010

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.8 Average

Food  6      Ambience  4      Service  6      Value  7     

Went there for the first time to try it out for a change from Torin & Jonga BBQ. Went inside to find the space very small and saw no waitresses or waiters, my partner and I sat down at a 2 seater table we chose, later being asked to move which we thought was strange, only to find out later why when the ceiling suddenly started to leak water.

The only problem eating there that night were the numerous flies inside on the walls and flying around whilst we were eating, causing discomfort to try to avoid flies landing in our meals.

Ordered Bulgogi hot pot soup, Roe hot pot soup and Okonomiyaki. Food came out in a decent amount of time accompanied with side dishes. The food tasted pretty good and from looking at the menu, their dishes are a few dollars cheaper than places like Torin and Jonga.

However, the discomfort of flies and the plain boring decor does not encourage me to go back again.

Jan 11, 2010

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.3 Average

Food  4      Ambience  6      Service  6      Value  5     

Not regular customers. My partner and I both went for lunch once for laksa, nothing special, but I felt there wasn't enough coconut taste in it but only very oily, ordered satay beef with rice. Not that great, was too sweet and peanut-y, not that much of a satay, most likely will not be going back.

Jan 10, 2010

5.3 Average

Food  6      Ambience  4      Service  6      Value  5     

Not a regular customer. Been here around 2 times. Pizza is okay since there isn't much other variety around in the area unless you drive somewhere else. Decor is too plain and not that attractive but I guess they rely mostly on take away orders. Never ordered pasta or salads from there, only had pizzas. Not bad for the price, but considering I live closer to Castle Towers, I'd prefer to go to Castle Towers for better environment and dining areas.

Jan 10, 2010

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food  7      Ambience  10      Service  9      Value  7     

Service is very good. They come around and refill your water without you having to ask. Food is at a decent price cheaper than what you would expect from their decor. The decor is stylish and very sophisticated. We had visited this place numerous times.

Chicken satay skewers were very well done and the sauce is pretty good. Beef pad thai was not that great. Beef wasn't tender and soft enough, the duck pad thai was much better. The portions were quite decent and very much not what we expected which is a good thing. The chicken pad thai had decent pieces of chicken, however, the dish overall was a bit dry.

Duck salad was pretty tasty, it was a decent portion for a salad and was not the case of having too much salad and little of duck meat. Beef green curry tasted okay. The portion was much smaller than we had expected though compared to the sizing of other mains we have seen.

Banana Blossom was a strange dish, the King Prawns did live up to their name, however, the "banana blossom" salad part had too much chilli jam in it which overpowered the salad, the texture of it tasted very much like raddish. Soft Shell Crab main with chilli jam sauce is quite delicious, except having to ask them to tone down the chilli hotness level a bit after trying it for the first time and found it to be too spicy for my liking.


My partner and I have always dined in for dinner, decided to try out for lunch, apparently it was the same menu, except their "make your own lunch" were the same items on the dinner menu but curries were served with rice whereas dinner you'd have to pay for rice separately and that the lunch version is cheaper than the dinner version. Ordered Seafood pad thai and soft shell crab with papaya salad entree.

Seafood pad thai seemed a bit more watery compared to ones we've previously had, the portion served was basically the same as dinner yet it was cheaper. Soft shell crab with raw papaya salad was a disappointment. The papaya looked and tasted more like sliced radish instead.

Jan 10, 2010

6.8 Recommended

Food  7      Drinks  7      Ambience  9      Service  5      Value  6     

Been here twice only for parties, not a regular customer. Decor and atmosphere of the place itself and interior is stylish and pretty unique at night time with some water features. However, 1 of the girls at the bar seemed grumpy throughout the whole night I was there. Besides that, service from others was not impressive. The only good service offered was the time frame that the food was served to us, it didn't take long.

Us girls ordered was something along the lines of: Tiger Prawn Pasta tossed in tomato based sauce and herbs. Chicken parmigiana with fries and salad. Thai noodle salad (I think). Sticky date pudding served with butterscotch sauce.

The food seemed decent for the price. My pasta dish was bland and dry, I didn't end up finishing it. Chicken was delicious and the Thai salad was pretty good. The guard at the entrance was very polite to us when he asked if it was okay we could make some room so another table could be sat since there were spare seats. Even the service from the guard was better than those at the bar.

Jan 10, 2010