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Yamato
Ph: (03) 9663 1706; 28 Corrs la, Melbourne 3000
japanese, $
Open Tue-fri noon-2.30pm Tue-sun 5.30-10.30pm, Closed Some; Licensed, BYO, Corkage $1.50 person; V
Mietta's Review
Melbourne's narrowest laneway takes you to Yamato from Lonsdale Street. If you prefer you can take a slightly less grotty path from Little Bourke Street to this unprepossessing little restaurant. There are a few tables right inside the street door and a "good back room with cushion style tables in this friendly family operation." The country style Japanese cooking and its tucked away position make Yamato popular with a young adult crowd. Less warmly spoken about by connoisseurs of Japanese food.
Other published opinions
The Age Cheap Eats 2008 "Down Corrs Lane a cartoon rabbit watches over the entrance of quaint Yamato. We'll call him Frank, for, on a wintry eve you'll think you've strayed into a Donnie Darko-esque dreamscape"
The Age Cheap Eats 2007 "Melburnians love a laneway, and dining at Yamato (secreted away down Corrs Lane) is no exception. True, its homely Japanese-style interior is feeling its age, but the food is consistently good value, the service speedy, and it's also a ripper pre-karaoke destination."
The Age Cheap Eats 2006
The Age, Epicure, 3/2/04, Matt Preston,'feels like something from another age...The food is simple, straightforward Japanese-almost country style' The Sunday Age, Sunday Life, 24/3/02. Eat Streets.Or perhaps ...
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