Hosokawa Japanese Restaurant

japanese food lovers!! have you tried @hosokawabne ?!🥰what a great little find in Hamilton!🥳we had a huuugeee feast here the other night!! we ordered: ✨sashimi platter for 2 ($30) ✨seared scallops ($19) ✨agedashi tofu ($15) ✨slow cooked pork belly ($15) ✨nasu dengaku- eggplant ($15) ✨grilled kingfish ($21.9) ✨chicken karaage with udon ($24) ✨whiting panko ($10) ✨wakame salad ($12.5) 🥂umeshu sour ($12- the small glass) 🥂puru momo sparking peach jelly ($10) overall, a pretty nice experience!~ top highlights were, - agedashi tofu: so so delicious we ended up ordering two! unlike other places the tofu is somewhat crispy and not soggy~ i like the difference🥰 -slow cooked pork belly: so tender and incredible broth!!! so so flavourful🤩🤤 -puru momo: oh my goodness what a beautiful drink!! 🤍✨there’s jelly inside and it is so refreshing and delicious!! i would say some dishes such as the grilled kingfish, wakame salad and eggplant were a little underwhelming there were only two small pieces of the kingfish and for such a high price i wouldn’t get it again~ wakame salad, we thought there was so dressing at all, but turns out it’s at the bottom for some reason, with such a small bowl, tossing it was a mess🥲eggplant used to be different when we came a while back, seems that they have changed it and it doesn’t taste as good as before🥺sashimi was alright~ not the freshest but still nice~

Omg! I don’t even want to give one star, it should be no star. Yes, it is really that bad. What happened to the restaurant. Appears they have changed hands again! The standard has dropped 100-fold. It is the most horrible dining experience ever. The sashimi did not even come after 45 mins and we have to cancel the order. No one bothered to come and update us. We have to ask about 4 times and still no food came! The restaurant was not even packed with people. All the waitresses were hovering around the back instead of serving food, topping drinks etc. The sushi was so badly done that it is a complete disgrace to the Japanese cuisine. See the photo for proof. Obviously, they did not have the correct chef. We are still trying to recover from this aweful experience. One thing for sure, they have just lost a long term customer!!!!

Sushi wasn’t at the standard you’d expect from a restaurant. It was below any sushi takeaway shop (taste and presentation wise) which was quite disappointing. Most of the sashimi was fresh except the tuna, Eggplant dish was delicious, and chicken Katsu curry was underwhelming - sweet and the curry tasted diluted.

Not sure why we haven't tried Hosokawa before. This is our new favourite Japanese restaurant for date night. We had the shared Sashime platter for two, the fried tentacles, Kingfish Saikyo marinated in Miso, Hamachi Karaage and for desserts the Sakura mochi and the chocolate brownie both with vanilla ice cream. I had a glass of Pinot and my partner had a Kirin and the bill came to just over $110. Very well price and walked out of there full! The The staff were very friendly as well. Can't wait to come back and try more.

Great venue for authentic Japanese run by Japanese owner. There were multiple Japanese groups dining alongside us last night. Enough said? Still... I really enjoyed our order of grilled eggplant, eel, sashimi plate to share and some hot sake. It was a great meal and not that overpriced contemporary fusion you're getting from other Japanese places in albeit a trendier setting.