This restaurant provides an unusual combination of New Zealand and Japanese cuisine. The food was healthy and the quality stood out from the rest during our trip. The restaurant is set apart from adjoining development by a garden and there is plenty of on-site car parking. You can eat outside on a deck but we judged it to be too cold so we settled for an indoor table by a window.

My wife had Curry and Rice – Japanese version, which turned out to be a delicious beef and vegetable curry served with rice (NZ$15). She rated it highly. I had a Fried Chicken Salad (NZ$20) which was marinated fried chicken and fresh vegetables in a Japanese dressing. For lunch it was excellent.

There were several other choices but we thought many were more suited to dinner. Chicken teriyaki (NZ$20) sounded nice, as did the rack of lamb (NZ$23.50). For non-meat eaters the vegetarian tempura Udon noodles should suffice. It didn’t seem appropriate for lunch but the restaurant is fully licensed and you can take your own wine (BYO wine).