Atami Japanese Restaurant 418 Bell Street, Pascoe Vale South, Victoria 3044

"Great food and service. We order food a la carte and we tried a few mains and entrees. We loved how flavourful everything was. The waitress made our experience pleasant."

"Popped into Atami Japanese for dinner to get my Japanese fix, my first time visit, and seems like a suburban spot for a casual quiet night out. Okonomiyaki - a personal favourite the version here is as a seafood pancake which is thin and served with BBQ sauce, kewpie mayo, and Benito flakes. Pretty tasty and a nice start to the meal. Kaiso Salad - I got this seaweed salad to provide some balance against the mains and it's a very simple but tasty dish. Refreshing, slightly chewy texture, sweet with the dressing and yet a bit acidic, this helps cut through the richness of the pancake and the buttery sauce in the seafood in the teppanyaki. Kaisen Teppanyaki - prawns, scallop, fish, squid cooked in lemon butter sauce served on a sizzling plate A lovely medally of well cooked seafood presented sizzling as per the menu description and served with veggies. The butter sauce is very subtle, the ingredients are cooked in it but there is very little of the sauce on the plate itself. Solid tasty meal, this was more than enough for me and had to pass on the dessert section I was eyeing! Visited on a few more occasions for takeaway, this time for the Atami Kaisen Bento A medally of seafood in a traditional bento - Sashimi: 3 tender slices of salmon enjoyed with soy sauce and wasabi - Deep fried oyster: so delicious, love the crunchy crumb and creamy oyster - Calamari Rings: a very blonde batter, needed more cooking to bring that deep golden brown colour, however, the squid is super tender and is enjoyable - Tempura prawn: deeper colour in the batter but needed a little more cooking. Nice crunch of the batter surrounding the tender delicious prawn - Takoyaki: I love this dish and surprised to see that in the bento box. Tender chunk of squid, creamy filling and a lovely golden brown exterior. Yummmm. - Teriyaki fish: tender fish with a lovely teriyaki glaze that is not too salty and has the just the right touch of sweetness Enjoyed with a tempura zucchini slice, salad and rice topped with black & white sesame seeds. Tasty meal, love the variety. #JapaneseFood #Asianfood #okonomiyaki #seafood #Teppanyaki #scallops #prawn #fish #calamari #salad #seaweedsalad #bento #foodie #melbournefood @zomatomelb"

"Food was quite average. But the service and the setting were really good. Wouldn't visit again though!"

"5 stars undoubtedly. I literally had a best meal in this year. Even better quality than Kisumé to have a meal. Had a Unadon(eel rice) and Nabeyaki udon(tempura prawn udon). It's just amazing that i could have this quality of Japanese food for this price. And the Sake was served hot as well. So happy that i'm living nearby here."

"We ordered wafu, garlic chicken, stir fry vegetables and chicken skewers - all of which was delicious and well-cooked. Food is good, honest and unpretentious. Unfortunately, there was a preponderance of bean shoots served with every meal - we've never seen so many outside of a green grocer. Service was prompt and friendly, however we weren't offered the menu to choose desert which we would've chosen if we'd be given the option - we were just provided the receipt. FYI - I'm rating this as a surburban, Japanese, family style restaurant, not as a fancy, high-end place because it doesn't pretend to be not should it be rated along those lines."