A small izakaya off the Currumbin Creek road. Binchōtan grill, a sake list that changes with what we can get, and a kitchen you can watch from your stool.

The counter is the best seat in the room and the hardest to get. Book it two weeks out for a Friday, or take a Tuesday and have the chef to yourself.
Fourteen stools facing the binchōtan grill. Order as you go, ask what's good, watch it cooked. Two hours.
Five tables of two to four in the back room. Quieter, better for a conversation, same menu.
Eight courses, chef's choice, six seats only. Sake pairing an extra $65. Booked out about three weeks ahead.
By the glass, the carafe or the bottle. If you tell us what you're eating and what you usually drink, we'll get it right. Three to start with:
Green apple and pear, light body, very easy. The one we pour when somebody says they don't like sake.
Made the old slow way. Earthy, savoury, a bit of mushroom. Warm it and drink it with the grilled mackerel.
Cloudy, unfiltered, faintly sweet. Cuts through the karaage better than beer does.
Also: four Japanese whiskies, highballs made properly, local Currumbin beer on tap, and a short list of Australian riesling and chardonnay that works with this food.
We hold four counter stools each night for walk-ins, first in. Everything else is booked, and Friday and Saturday go about two weeks ahead.
Reservations are taken over the phone. It's a nineteen-seat room and the chef wants to know who's coming, what you can't eat and whether you want the counter or the back room — that's a two-minute conversation, not a form.
"Sat at the counter on a Tuesday and basically had a two-hour conversation with the chef about charcoal. The wagyu skewer alone is worth the drive from Brisbane."
Michelle T.| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 5:30 – 10:00pm |
| Wednesday | 5:30 – 10:00pm |
| Thursday | 5:30 – 10:00pm · omakase |
| Friday | 5:00 – 11:00pm |
| Saturday | 5:00 – 11:00pm |
| Sunday | 5:00 – 9:30pm |
Last kitchen order thirty minutes before close. Four counter stools are held for walk-ins each night, first in, and booked tables are held fifteen minutes past the booking time. Closed the first week of February.
7/1140 Currumbin Creek Road
Currumbin Waters QLD 4223
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Look for the dark shopfront and the noren — there's no big sign. Parking in the lot behind, entry from the service road.
"Booked the omakase for our anniversary. Eight courses, no misses, and they'd noted the shellfish allergy without us having to remind them on the night."
Greg & Anna"The sake list is the real thing and the staff actually know it. Asked for something to go with the mackerel and got a warm kimoto I'd never have picked."
Hana S."Hard to get in, small, and not cheap — all true. Also the best Japanese food south of Brisbane. Book two weeks out and stop complaining."
Rob F.