Cho Cho San

A really great place. A truly gem in Sydney. Every dish was amazing… also the drinks were very good. Recommended 100%… Delicious Japanese food, not a sushi place at all.

Special occasion. First time visit. Awesome experience. We totally enjoyed the lunch izakawa set banquet - highlights for us were definitely the kingfish, eggplant miso, and polishing it all off with the black sesame mochi. Friendly, attentive service from all staff.

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been to Cho Cho San, and the food never disappoints! The trout, in particular, is the highlight and a big reason I keep coming back. I’ve introduced so many friends and family to this place, and it continues to be a favorite. However, while the food is exceptional, the atmosphere can feel a bit rushed. It’s not the kind of restaurant where you can relax and savor the experience. Each time, there’s a push to order, eat quickly, and leave so they can accommodate the next reservation. I understand the need for turnover, but if you’re looking for a leisurely meal, this might not be the place. Be prepared to eat and then head somewhere else to unwind and properly digest your food.

Excellent ambience. From the moment we walked in, service was great. Loved the Miso Old Fashioned. Food was beyond tasty, hats off to the chef. Will be back! I suggest making a booking.

Loved it! The setting of the restaurant has such a nice feel and it was buzzing with people. Came as a small group and ordered the izakaya set. The food was delicious. I really liked the eggplant miso and the tonkatsu, and the black sesame mochi was a lovely way to finish the meal. The cocktails are worth trying. The banana miso old fashioned may not be for everyone but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The service was attentive, warm and welcoming. Worth visiting (again)!

The miso eggplant skewer is the best! We loved it so much that we ordered it twice. Everything was delicious, though a bit pricey, and the restaurant was quite loud. Despite that, I still want to visit again.

Recently dined at this restaurant, and we were thoroughly impressed. The staff was incredibly welcoming and friendly, making us feel right at home. The service was top-notch, and the food selection was excellent. Speaking of the food, it was absolutely delicious! I highly recommend this place for anyone looking for a good dining experience.

Fantastic space and food. Cho Cho San is a vibe, the joint is lively and loud and just oozes fun times and laughs. The servers are a hoot, so fun and super professional. And the food, bloody outstanding. Every dish was a winner. The king crab omelette was crispy perfection, the katsu pork bun was mouth watering good and the kingfish sesame was light with a spicy tang. Highly recommend the cabbage salad as the rice vinegar cleanses and refreshes the palate. Great alcoholic and non alcoholic cocktails, the yuzu margarita was outstanding and the ginger with watermelon soda was a very solid non alcoholic beverage. All round really fun place to dine, great for groups and catch ups with friends 🍣

A really great place. A truly gem in Sydney. Every dish was amazing… also the drinks were very good. Recommended 100%… Delicious Japanese food, not a sushi place at all.

Special occasion. First time visit. Awesome experience. We totally enjoyed the lunch izakawa set banquet - highlights for us were definitely the kingfish, eggplant miso, and polishing it all off with the black sesame mochi. Friendly, attentive service from all staff.

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been to Cho Cho San, and the food never disappoints! The trout, in particular, is the highlight and a big reason I keep coming back. I’ve introduced so many friends and family to this place, and it continues to be a favorite. However, while the food is exceptional, the atmosphere can feel a bit rushed. It’s not the kind of restaurant where you can relax and savor the experience. Each time, there’s a push to order, eat quickly, and leave so they can accommodate the next reservation. I understand the need for turnover, but if you’re looking for a leisurely meal, this might not be the place. Be prepared to eat and then head somewhere else to unwind and properly digest your food.

Excellent ambience. From the moment we walked in, service was great. Loved the Miso Old Fashioned. Food was beyond tasty, hats off to the chef. Will be back! I suggest making a booking.

Loved it! The setting of the restaurant has such a nice feel and it was buzzing with people. Came as a small group and ordered the izakaya set. The food was delicious. I really liked the eggplant miso and the tonkatsu, and the black sesame mochi was a lovely way to finish the meal. The cocktails are worth trying. The banana miso old fashioned may not be for everyone but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The service was attentive, warm and welcoming. Worth visiting (again)!

The miso eggplant skewer is the best! We loved it so much that we ordered it twice. Everything was delicious, though a bit pricey, and the restaurant was quite loud. Despite that, I still want to visit again.

Recently dined at this restaurant, and we were thoroughly impressed. The staff was incredibly welcoming and friendly, making us feel right at home. The service was top-notch, and the food selection was excellent. Speaking of the food, it was absolutely delicious! I highly recommend this place for anyone looking for a good dining experience.

Fantastic space and food. Cho Cho San is a vibe, the joint is lively and loud and just oozes fun times and laughs. The servers are a hoot, so fun and super professional. And the food, bloody outstanding. Every dish was a winner. The king crab omelette was crispy perfection, the katsu pork bun was mouth watering good and the kingfish sesame was light with a spicy tang. Highly recommend the cabbage salad as the rice vinegar cleanses and refreshes the palate. Great alcoholic and non alcoholic cocktails, the yuzu margarita was outstanding and the ginger with watermelon soda was a very solid non alcoholic beverage. All round really fun place to dine, great for groups and catch ups with friends 🍣

One of the best meals I've had Great place to stop during my travel abroad to Australia

Saturday Brunch: Buns && Unlimited Bubbles Food was amazing, all of it! Every single thing on the set menu! I sat at the communal table as a solo traveler and had an amazing time meeting others. Great vibe ! The waiters were refilling the bottomless Prosecco in a blink of an eye! Add to your favorites!

As good as promised. Very creative dishes that were delicious. We got the 8 course pairing for around 80 Australian. That's about $54 USD. We got reservations a few weeks in advance. The place was pretty packed on a Tuesday night around 6 pm. Highlights: Fried rice was perfect. Didn't know you could make rice to such a delightful texture. Salmon sashimi was like butter. yummm Chicken was so tender. Melt in your mouth. Black sesame ice cream mochi - good heavens. This is brilliant. Delicious. So so good. Other perks were there great service and clever cocktails. It's a nice walk also to this part of town. Very charming residential area!

Absolutely loved our meal here. The ambiance was nice and cool, with dim lights, a modern look. We got seats at the bar, which you share with multiple groups. PRO TIP: When making reservations, place a request for table seating if you prefer to have your own space. Otherwise, no request means you're OK with, and likely going to be seated at, the bar. We started with the katsu buns. The katsu was prepared with shredded meat, so very tender with a nice crisp exterior. Really enjoyed this in comparison to traditional katsu in buns that I've had at other places. The tempura okra is exactly how you'd imagine. With a delicate tempura shell and well-prepared okra in the center. Very delicious! We probably enjoyed the onokonomiyaki the least as the seasoning seemed to overtake the dish. Really didn't get to enjoy the pumpkin in it as much. Finally ended with tonkatsu with curry. Really love how everything they fry here comes out nice and light, without being excessively grease-forward. Curry sauce and sliced cabbage come on side. Would recommend throwing in a bowl of rice.

I am not a good critic, but must say throughly loved our family dinner at this very cool Potts Point restaurant. It may look cool, but the staff are so down to earth...it's a great fusion of Japanese and Western tastes. Delicious food, great service. Thanks guys!

4.5 stars. This is a beautiful venue for "semi-modern" Japanese cuisine. Mostly modern takes but lots of items which are still traditional like tempura and fried rice. I really liked the vibe and the food was generally excellent. I tried several things in the menu and found their take to be good. Things that were good: eggplant on a stick with miso (can keep on eating these things), pork on a bun (liked the momofuku one in nyc slightly better but still good. the tangy sauce is their take on this), mushroom in broth (one of the main veggie course), butter bourbon (cocktail was really good) Things that I didn't like as much: artichoke tempura (batter was a bit too thick and fried a bit too much that you can most taste oil), shrimp in butter (i'm mixed about this - like the idea about serving the head and you can eat the "fat" underneath but the butter was just too much after eating all three pieces maybe if you shared this and ate rice with it, it won't be too much butter left in your palate)

Five visits since my last review I can say with certainty this restaurant is world class. It is serving excellent food, indeed outstanding dishes. There are many that are great and here are some of my favourites..... - Porksteam bun...a signature... - Japanese bolognese - Crab omelette.....my favourite, stunning - Tempura bug....a special of recent times and many more.... A really professional restaurant at the front of delivering true excellence. A true recommendation.........

Walked past this restaurant one day and thought the cute minimalistic stone themed decor looked extremely cute so I made a note to myself that I had to try it out (had never heard of Cho Cho San before I went but now noticed it's in all the food guides and my friends had known about it for a while!) The inside of the restaurant featured a long communal table and bar seats around the side of the restaurant. Sat on the bar seat facing the front floor to ceiling pane and did a lot of people watching. Food was amazing! Having never heard of the restaurant before I had no expectations. Food is tapas style so maybe order 3 dishes per person. Loved the wasabi peas.

Finally ventured out to try this place. It's a modern Japanese joint that doesn't do anything extremely innovating, so if you've been to one before then the menu won't be anything too special, but they do old faithfuls really well. Service was great, they're really helpful and knowledgeable here and can give recommendations if asked. My one gripe is their booking system...I booked for a Monday at 6:30pm and they emailed back saying they might be able to do 6:15 but will confirm the day of. The day of I get a text saying we're booked for 5:30pm and to verify...uhh WTF? Who eats at 5:30pm, especially when we asked for 6:30pm? We got it sorted without issue, but it was just strange...especially since when we arrived at 6:30pm it wasn't packed at all, but maybe that was due to the weather. We started with a pork katsu bun, then onto Chicken Karaage, then moved onto the XO Noodles, and finished with the Teriyaki Beef Short Rib. The pork bun was pretty good, albeit expensive at $8. The Chicken Karaage was alright at $15, I've had better at cheaper places but it was a light and fluffy batter. The XO Noodles ($17) were on point, albeit portions on the small side...but the fried noodles were really chewy and tender. The Teriyaki Beef Short Rib ($42) was the star of the show, absolutely delicious. I would come back just for this...tender, juicy, and umami party up in your mouth. We ended with their dessert special, mochi black sesame ice cream which was really good. Total without drinks was under $100 so really affordable, if you have a big appetite I'd probably order 1 more dish. All in all a good experience.

Finally got to try out this place!!! I didn't expect the space to be so small but regardless, the food was amazing. The ocean trout and pork loin were definitely highlights for me, not to mention the black sesame mochi that everyone raves about!

Love this place. I think the food just keeps on getting better. We all went last night and had the most delicious new dishes. I'm not the biggest fan of aubergine, but served as a fritter was delicious; a thinly sliced steak served with the most amazing sauce, blew us all away. We mixed it up with some old classics like the Ocean Trout and Kingfish. Great, fun night with seriously good food.

This place was super yummy.I had the prawns (these were a must try), the miso eggplant (super good but maybe a little too much miso), port buns (yummmm), the crab fried rice (on the spicer side and maybe a little too much salt but still super yummy), and the Mochi ice cream (really yummy and perfect if you want a small, refreshing dessert). I had the Yuzu sprintz... perfectly made-- not too sweet and refreshing. I would definitely come back.

Love this place. The food is outstanding and we have a lot of Japanese food. Got the roll your own sushi plate which was amazing and would have been enough for 3 of us. Eggplant is lovely. Didn't love the udon, it was a bit heavy. Beautiful space, great staff, nice cocktails and amazing food. Parking not the easiest, but it's worth it!

We arrived about 9pm on a Friday night and sat at a long centre table. We had no booking as such but they accommodated our party of 7 even though the place was pretty full. The decor is rather industrial in a good way and the vibe was buzzy. We ordered many dishes - all to share. Pork Katsu buns were delish along with many orders of the dumplings. Chicken karaage, sashimi, agedashi and more. All beautiful and fresh. The ladies ordered many types of wine and cocktails off the menu while I settled for Japanese beer. The cocktails looked impressive but the gals thought they were on the sour side. Overall, a delightful night out with good fast service from attentive staff.

Alright this is the new spot in and around Sydney. But I was underwhelmed. Opening blues maybe? Time will tell. Mostly Japanese inspired menu with some amazing highlights including the corn fritters and tofu in the most amazing broth. My favourite was the omelette! Everything else dish wise I've seen before. One awesome thing about this place was everything ordered into the kitchen is top notch so even when the dish is lacking the main ingredient was sublime. Cho Cho need to sort out the kitchen timings. The restaurant was full which caused a bit of havoc. I don't mind waiting for my main and side but I definitely do not want my main and side dish 20 minutes apart. They were very forgiving after we complained twice and it was deducted from our bill. Overall go see it but I won't be rushing back like some of my other favorite spots in Potts Point.

Not blown away. . . . I love Japanese food and had to give Cho Cho San a try over Easter. Looking back at our experience there's not a great deal to fault. Luck was on our side as we scored seats immediately although the restaurant was full they're turnover is rather quick. First glance at the menu It felt a little on the lite side, not a huge selection of food. . . . On the other hand, the drinks menu is comprehensive including sake. Staff where friendly and got things moving quickly, yet didn't feel rushed. The let down here I feel is either the ordering system, wait staff or the kitchen, dare I say it. There was no order with our food coming out. First on the table was edamame and our salad, a side we expected out with our mains. Shortly followed was one of our mains and another entree then late to the table was another main. . . This should be an easy fix however I'm not the first to call this out. Food was good but not great. I say this as we felt the highlight of our meal was the wild rice with burnt butter and ginger sauce that comes with the beef tataki. I make this comment as I don't think it should outshine the hero on the plate, the beef! To sum it up we had a great night at cho cho and the food is good, just not blown away as you can tell from the above. Happy to recommend just can't see myself coming back.

Firstly I arrived at the restaurant, hyped up about the one hat rating, had a mellow atmosphere and then was let down. Don't get me wrong.. The food's fusion creativity I would give 5 stars and the menu changes so often which is good. The taste and flavour of some of the dishes need to be refined. It was either too sweet or a bit tasteless or too savoury. Most of the younger staff were friendly but the elder ones were rude. No apologies whatsoever. Normally I would tip the restaurant but I didn't.

There was nothing special about the food, the tables and chairs looked like something from the kids section at Ikea and the service was extremely disappointing. For a restaurant that featured on a top 10 good food guide list, my experience left much to be desired. The wait staff had zero etiquette - no 'excuse me's' when putting food on the table. They just shove their hands between your faces with no warning whatsoever. To be honest, they all gave off the impression that they were very unhappy to be working on a Saturday night. We got the $65 banquet menu but it was so not worth it. I think I would have got more value for money ordering a la carte. The edamame had way too much salt on, the miso and corn soup was pretty ordinary, the ocean trout was drowning in dressing and the Japanese bolognese was quite spicy but not very tasty. However, the beef short ribs were delicious. They were melt in your mouth, juicy and tender. The green tea ice cream was also quite good but could have been presented better. Considering the fact that I had to make a reservation more than a month in advance, I expected the food and the service to be better. Really, the service was shit. I don't think I'll be returning.

Overpriced but food, ambience and service is good. PS. Really annoying that one of the Caucasian waitresses keeps taking away our dishes prematurely when there is still food on it. The asian bloke gets it right, always asking before taking the dish away.

My personal winner. Food is amazing, great atmosphere / interior. Definitely will be back. Only downside of popularity is a long waiting time to get the table.

Creative Japanese inspired menu with very fresh ingredients and execution. The food took ages to arrive, but this is forgivable given it has recently opened and has to iron out their operational issues.

It was dimly lit and yet the food was inexplicably lit. An assault of flavours and in a mere 15 minutes within ordering. The beers were off tap. The service was on point (potts point). The candles were real. A solid 12/10.

My favourite Jap in Sydney! Service is fantastic, friendly and welcoming. Great atmosphere and food is phenomenal! I have been 3 times in 1 week. I would recommend to all that love Jap. !!!