Sake Restaurant & Bar Brisbane

Couldn't fault it, service was great and food even better. Popcorn shrimp amazing. Great views and location. We got the set menu and it was reasonably priced. They are also kid friendly, unlike expensive, pretentious Japanese restaurant Wasabi (check out their restaurant policies!).Will be back during our travels!

The food here was excellent. We have been disappointed by the sushi in Australia on more than one occasion but enjoyed everything we tried at Sake (sushi sampler, wagyu tartare, octopus, and of course sake), except maybe the edamame. Tasted fine, but was so messy covered in nori powder, it got annoying to eat. Beautiful decor. Was quite busy for a Wednesday night. Upscale, but they did not bat an eye when we walked in our tourist attire with our (admittedly well behaved -- but they did not yet know that) 5 year old. The only slight negative was our waiter did not seem that well informed. We had questions about sushi on the sampler that she could not answer. When we tried to reorder some of the pieces, she brought us the wrong thing, then seemed to expect us to eat it. Slightly disappointing, but not significant enough to mar the excellent food and overall very good experience. Chocolate cake not to be missed.

This was my third visit to Saké in Brisbane. Something has changed, not for the better. The food is now more like what a western chef might make Japanese food. It lacked the delicacy and finesse that so impressed me on my first two visits (and that was so lacking in the Sydney restaurant of the same name). Things did not begin well with the edamame that I ordered while waiting for my dinner guest - for some reason it was covered in nori powder which made for messy fingers and did nothing for the edamame (see photo). Why complicate a good Japanese dish? Made worse by the hard piece of plastic I found among the edamame. The remaining dishes were good but did not lift. Poke on a nori crispbread is OK but not in the least Japanese. I am not compelled to return as before. Hiamasu kingfish with lime - excellent. Popcorn shrimp - bland, soggy. Toothfish with miso butter cooked in bamboo leaf - delightful flavour but more Hawaiian than Japanese. Something has changed.

Terrific food with attention to detail. Worth the money. The craft beers were especially nice (one sweet potato beer that was too drinkable). Excellent service, the staff knew their menus, dish presentation and flavour were also exceptional.

Having visited Sake in Melbourne recently it was appropriate to check out Sake in Brisbane since the involvemenyt of Neil Perry.Despite the same receipe the food was not as good both in apprearance or taste.Service was a little 'spotty' as well with the need to walk to three server;s chatting among themselves to get soy sauce, essential for one of the meals ordered. The place is dark and faily gloomy.Sadly it did not meet what we had expected although still a good restaurant.