Izakaya Arigato

Went there for dinner with friends, with whom she sat at 7pm, and took up our beverage attempts, and when we ordered our meal, they told us that they did not have themselves from fish. Dodgy business and dishonest .............

Absolutely terrible experience I have ever had in my life with restaurant. Although the restaurant was not so busy ordered a small plate and a hot pot. Teppanyaki came 40 minutes later, but surprisingly we did not order what we ordered. I tried to tell you that it was not ordered, but you never have given us a single look. Hotpot came about 30 minutes after the Teppanyakki, but tasted disgusting AF. It was Suckerma as if she accidentally dropped the sugar bottle on the hot pot. We sent it back to the kitchen, as it was terribly unpleasant and had to wait 15 minutes to get our hotpot back. Absolutely terrible experience. Would never return to this restaurant.

There are many Japanese restaurants in Chatswood but many run by Korean owners and you know when they can't help themselves and sneak in a few Korean dishes onto their menu for safe measure. Izakaya Arigato has stood the test of time surviving a very inconsistent flow of customer at the beginning to offering great deals on Scoupon. I know because I use to work in the same building the restaurant is located and still work in the area. I have also visited Izakaya many times throughout the years. However, the restaurant has evolved over the years from a Japenese restaurant specialising in Korean BBQ to a Japenese restaurant specialising in Korean only dishes (for Korean reading diners). Upon arriving tonight, we received the menu that was a little worse for wear where many dishes had a line through it or prices covered with liquid paper and replaced by a price written in pen that didn't leave much to the imagination of what that meant. The last time I came to visit was with a Korean friend who told me they had a separate menu for Korean diners and contained many traditional dishes. Maybe, their key demographic now are local Korean people and it doesn't surprise as they do get many late night diners who are Korean. The upside is of course, the assurance that their Korean food is good. The "Japanese restaurant" experience was further less convincing when I was informed they didn't have any Salmon left for the Salmon Paradise sushi and we were the 2nd table of diners that evening! So we stayed safe ordered the Chicken Katsu ($13.90) - was as good as they always make it, crispy and meat juicy. The Spicy Seafood Hotpot ($26.00) - Considering how overpriced Korean dishes are normally, I didn't expect much from this as it was way underpriced for a seafood dish and that's exactly what I got. The soup was nice enough - rich with a the traditional red Korean chilli paste but beyond that it was nothing to write home about. Plenty of vegetables, some potato starch noodles, 2 prawns, calamari, octopus and some unopened green mussels.  I don't know what to make of Izakaya as there have been some good dishes in the past and the Korean Octopus Ceviche (Korean Only Menu) was pretty good. Maybe they should open up this menu for the rest of the public because they should realise diners are far more sophisticated now than they assume. Perhaps they would create a niche that they didn't realise could give them a competitive advantage in a suburb flooded with Korean restaurants. Oh, and change their name to a Korean restaurant!

There are many Japanese restaurants in Chatwood, but many run by Korean owners, and they know when they can not help themselves and do not sneak into a few Korean dishes on their safe measure. Izakaya Arigato stood the test of time to survive a very inconsistent customer flow, initially to offer large offers for Scoupon. I know because I work in the same building that the restaurant is located and still works in the area. I often visited Izakaya over the years. However, the restaurant has evolved over the years from a Japanese restaurant specializing in the Korean Grill in a Japanese restaurant specializing in Korean dishes, only dishes (for Korean reading dishes). Grief Upon arrival of tonight we received the menu that was slightly worse for wearing, where many dishes had a line, or the prices covered with liquid paper and replaced by a price written in the pen, not much to the imagination, What that meant what that meant. The last time I came to visit ... read more

The menu of this restaurant has changed. There is not a Japanese restaurant. There is korean restaurant. Korean BBQ is very good. yummy Korean food

Went there for dinner with friends they seated us at 7pm and took our drink orders and then when we went to order our meal they told us they had run out of fish. Dodgy business and dishonest.............

Absolutely horrible experience i've ever had in my life with restaurant. Although restaurant wasn't that busy with small amount of customers, waiter/waitress seemed to be not interested in giving a single look at their customer who's passionately holding his hands in the air and clicking on the bell to get some attention. Ordered one small dish and hot pot. Teppanyaki came 40 mins later but surprisingly it wasnt what we ordered. Tried to tell them it wasnt what we ordered but they never gave us a single look. Hotpot came approx 30 mins after the teppanyakki but tasted disgusting af. It was too sugary as if they accidentally dropped sugar bottle on the hot pot. We sent it back to the kitchen as it was awfully distasteful and had to wait 15 more minutes to get our hotpot back. Absolutely terrifying experience. Would never go back to this restaurant.