Wasavie

Ph: 9380 8838; 8 Heeley St, PADDINGTON 2021 www.wasavie.com.au

Japanese, $
Open Dinner Mon-Sat 6-10pm Sun 6-9pm; Licensed, BYO , Corkage $3 person; AE MC V EFT
Chef Matsumoto Satoru (29-11-08) Owner Saqura Investment & Consulting Pty Ltd (29-11-08)

Mietta's Review
This 'moden Japanese' restaurant probably isn't for the purist however, it suits it trendy Five Ways position perfectly. It's a small smart room with a long communal table and a little sushi counter. There's a very buzzy feeling and the food is a creative look at the classics. Service is friendly and prices low.

Other published opinions

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2009 Score: 13.5/20 "Creative specials and well-executed classics ensure that diners are willing to wait for a spot in this converted terrace. And queue they do"

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 14/20 "Words can't quite capture the cult-like status that draws devotees to Wasavie's single, communal table and simple minimal room"

Sydney Eats 2008 "Just off Five Ways, Wasavie is too popular to slip straight into if you turn up at prime time especially since there's room for a mere 24 diners"

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2007 Score: 14/20 "It's fresh, generous, tasty, friendly, quick and inexpensive. What's not to like at this narrow diner near bustling Five Ways? Inside is all dark wood with a wide communal table and chunky cube stools; outside you get a table to yourself but have to suffer the hungry stares of those who arrive too late (alas no bookings)."

SBS Eating Guide to Sydney 2005 "Well, it's no secret any longer; Wasavie is an absolutely terrific find. It's partly the stylish decor and the beautiful communal tables. It's partly the very reasonable prices and, of course, the deliciously simple but creative Japanese food."

SMH Good Food Guide 2005 Score 14/20 "Wasavie is French for wasabi, the pungent Japanese green herb that sushi and sashimi count, along with soy, as their best mate. Here, it also means an innovative and modern Japanese restaurant. At a long, wide communal table, you'll find yourself chatting with the adjacent diners over favourites such as an excellent gyu-tataki"

Gourmet Traveller Australian Restaurant Guide 2005 Good Vegetarian Options "Wasavie brought a breath of fresh air to the neighbourhood when it opened in 2003. A small, smartly appointed room dominated by a vast single communal table fronting onto a small sushi counter, it has a dynamic that is buzzy, sometimes bordering on boisterous"

Sydney Eats 2005 "From the comfort of a long, dark, wooden communal table you can watch your sushi being prepared at this small, highly regarded Japanese restaurant."

SMH,good living, 27/4/04,Keith Austin,'This is a place that not only serves some of the most perfect food in town but you can also afford to eat it.'

SMH GFG 2004,Score 14/20,Consistently very good,'Take one room,fill it with a large polished communal table inset with drink-cooler bins and surround the table with wooden seating cubes.Add friendly service,one inventive imaginative chef and stir.What you get is a great addition to Sydney's Japanese restaurant scene.'

Details updated Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide Australia 2004, Good vegetarian options,'friendly, swift service, a menu that is at once authentic, affordable and irrestible'

SMH, good living, 9/9/03, Matthew Evans, score 14/20,'Barely bigger than a bento box, Wasavie serves deftly prepared Japanese food with the occasional and notable foreign accent.'