Went in for dinner at 7pm, their sign said they close at 8pm. After waiting ages to be served, we're told we couldn't have a dine-in dinner but they could do takeaways. Why bother having closing times if your going to close whenever you want.

My colleague and I were looking for a place to have tea and finally selected Bonsai after searching around some other possible choices of different cuisines in the area. At first I didn't recognize the place but after a while it dawned on me that some 30 to 40 years ago when I lived in Southland the premises had been one of our favourite coffee bars for lunch when in Invercargi...

日本料理店。中午的lunch box是个不错的选择， 有饭，寿司，沙拉，肉，天妇罗，还有汤。价格也实惠。

My partner and I went for lunch recently at this restaurant in Invercargill. Started off badly with the person taking my order at the counter trying to overcharge me. Then when our lunch arrived the food was greasy and lukewarm, the rice was cold and sticky, they forgot our Miso soup until we reminded them. Maybe it was the normal chefs day off as others seem to recommend this ...

Try the chicken with mayo, you'll think it's a weird combo but actually it taste really good.

Buy the tonkatsu bento. Oiishidesune! ^ ^