Teppanyaki grilled in front of you, in Newmarket.
A small, family-run Japanese teppanyaki restaurant on Short Street. Prawns with yum yum sauce, salmon fillet and scotch fillet steak, cooked on the iron griddle an arm's length away and served with miso soup, salad, teppanyaki vegetables and rice.
The three dishes reviewers name most
These are not our picks. They are the topics Google's own review summary pulls out of all 472 reviews of this restaurant, with the number of reviews each one is mentioned in.
Prawn with Yum Yum Sauce
Eight prawns off the griddle under the house yum yum sauce. It is the thing people mention most, it arrives as the appetiser with every dinner set, and it is on the lunch menu at $22 and as a teppanyaki side at $10.
Salmon Fillet
Grilled on the teppan with lemon, butter and soy sauce. One reviewer describes skin left crisp and the inside still moist. $26 as a lunch set, $46 as a dinner set, $16 as a side.
Yum Yum Sauce
The sauce itself is mentioned often enough to be its own review topic. It comes on the prawns and, if you ask for it, on the fish fillet — the alternative there is lemon, butter and soy.
The counter, the griddle and the plates
Photographs taken inside the restaurant on Short Street. Tap any one of them to see it full size.
The menu, typed out and photographed
Transcribed from the restaurant's own printed menus so it is readable on a phone. The photographs are underneath each list — tap one to read the original and check us. Every teppanyaki set comes with miso soup, fresh green salad, teppanyaki vegetables and steamed rice.
Lunch — Teppanyaki Sets
Chicken thigh comes with teriyaki sauce or salt and pepper; fish fillet with yum yum sauce or lemon, butter and soy; hamburg steak with teriyaki or homemade ginger sauce.
Teppanyaki Sides
Teppan prawn is served with yum yum sauce. Mixed tempura is two pieces of prawn with vegetables.
Dinner — Teppanyaki Sets
Dinner sets start with the Yum Yum Prawn appetiser (4pcs).
Dinner — Teppanyaki Mains
Mains are served with teppanyaki vegetables and steamed rice.
A vegetarian menu and gluten free options are available. Prices are as displayed on the restaurant's printed menus — please treat the in-store menu as final.
A family-run counter, not a dinner show
HEIZO sits behind an illuminated black facade at 3d Short Street, a minute's walk off Broadway in Newmarket. Inside, a single long kauri counter runs the length of the iron griddle, so most seats face the cooking rather than a stage. Reviewers describe being able to talk to the chef when it is quiet.
Family operated
"Family operated" is one of the topics Google pulls out of the reviews, mentioned in 6 of them. One reviewer describes the chef working alongside his wife and daughter.
Grill seating at the teppan
Seats along the griddle are their own review topic. Ask for the chef's table when you book if you want to sit where the cooking happens.
Lunch sets from $19
Teppanyaki is usually an expensive night out. The lunch sets run $19 to $27 and still arrive with miso soup, salad, teppanyaki vegetables and rice.
Booking is worth it
The room is small and lunch fills up. Reviewers advise booking ahead for teppanyaki, and the restaurant takes reservations by phone.
4.8 stars from 472 Google reviews
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“Absolutely loved dining here. Don't forget to ask for the chef's table. The food was excellent (we went for the taste of all) Really loved the warm sake and eager to try the egg fried rice. Lovely staff, definitely coming back again for more Teppanyaki goodness.”
“I luckily found this family ran business by accident as I work in the area and was looking for lunch. Been back many times now and brought friends as well. … I have had the chicken, prawns and burger steak so far and loved them all! The staff are lovely and the master chef is the man!”
“Had the salmon steak with grilled prawns and miso soup. The salmon was nicely cooked with crispy skin and stayed moist inside, and the prawns were fresh and well grilled. Everything was served hot, which was a nice touch. The miso soup was light and balanced.”
Opening hours & location
3d Short Street, Newmarket — a minute off Broadway, behind the black facade with the lit cross panels. Lunch and dinner are separate sittings, and we are closed on Sunday and Monday.
Opening hours
Lunch runs 12:00 to 2:00 PM Tuesday to Friday. Dinner runs 6:00 to 9:30 PM Tuesday to Saturday. The room is small, so please call ahead if you want a seat at the griddle.
Find us & book
Dine-in & takeaway
$20–70 per person, reported by 106 diners on Google
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