Kurt has been wanting to go here for years, and not sure why it’s taken so long. We were strolling through Surry Hills and spontaneously made a visit, as little Lennox led himself inside and asked for sushi. They were happy to accomodate with a prawn hand roll while we decided on our order. 

Izakaya Fujiyama is well designed and upon entry you can see it is definitely also a good drinking spot, the bar lines with sake containers and whisky bottles.

Makes sense, for in Japan, an izakaya is a pub-style bar. Think drinks matched with small plates of food. But here, those small plates are actually decent on size. We struggled to order, for everything sounded amazing. Trying to be healthy after a busy holiday period of eating, we opted for the Wagyu beef tataki, with namban onion, chilli, shio kombu ponzu paired well with another dish, the pickled cauliflower.

Both perfectly flavoured and a really good starter. After this, we had the Tsukune chicken skewers (essentially a teriyaki chicken mince ball) served with an organic 68℃ egg (2 skewers) and these are probably some of the best we’ve tried and we also got some steamed veg.

Honestly we were so full from this, but so much more was appealing!

Staff were absolutely delightful and made us feel welcome. The food also came out so fast and we love this! Makes for an easy dining experience. Thank you! We understand why they’ve attained hat status. 

Izakaya Fujiyama

Shop G09

38-52 Waterloo St

Surry Hills

NSW 2010