Tokyo Bay Japanese

About Tokyo Bay Japanese

Located right on the waterfront at Takapuna Beach, Tokyo Bay delivers a modern Japanese dining experience overlooking the Waitemata Harbour. Operated by an experienced hospitality team, the restaurant focuses on authentic Japanese cuisine crafted without unnecessary fusion gimmicks, keeping flavors classic, fresh, and vibrant.

Guests can enjoy an extensive menu spanning fresh sashimi, hand-rolled sushi, teppanyaki grills, tempura, and hearty lunch donburi bowls. With comfortable indoor seating featuring creative aquatic decor as well as sunlit outdoor decks ideal for catching sea breezes and watching boats, Tokyo Bay offers a welcoming seaside setting for casual lunches, relaxed group dinners, and special occasions.

Tokyo Bay Japanese Restaurant: Waterfront Dining at Takapuna Beach

Located right on The Strand along Takapuna Beach on Auckland's North Shore, Tokyo Bay Japanese Restaurant delivers modern Japanese dining with sweeping views across the Waitemata Harbour. Operated by an experienced hospitality team with an established track record for successful Japanese eateries, the venue sets out a clear culinary standard: authentic Japanese cuisine made without fusion gimmicks, keeping flavors focused, fresh, and real. Recognized with accolades including Tripadvisor's 'Best of the Best' for four consecutive years, Tokyo Bay has become a premier coastal dining destination on the North Shore.

The restaurant environment blends seaside relaxation with striking, atmospheric design. Diners entering the space will notice distinctive decorative touches, including a sculpted shoal of silver fish swirling overhead that evokes an underwater setting right by the water. Outside decks provide an alfresco view where visitors can eat while watching boats drift across the harbour. Indoors, high-end touches—down to state-of-the-art Dyson fittings in the amenities—reflect modern attention to detail.

Authentic Seafood, Sushi, and Teppan-Yaki

The kitchen's expansive lunch and dinner menus highlight premium seafood and traditional Japanese preparation methods. Line-caught, iki-jime fish features prominently across the sashimi and main dishes. Guests looking for raw preparations can choose curated sashimi starters or larger sharing platters featuring yellowfin tuna, Akaroa salmon, hamachi kingfish, line-caught snapper, scallops, and sashimi-grade prawns. For nigiri lovers, hand-formed selections and per-piece options—ranging from marinated tuna zuke to sweet ebi prawns and hotate scallops—are cut to order.

Beyond raw delicacies, Tokyo Bay uses a handmade grill top for its teppan-yaki offerings. Guests can order dishes such as the seared seafood trio, grass-fed Angus scotch fillet, or the Tokyo mixed grill, all served alongside seasonal vegetables and signature dipping sauces like sesame shio koji, Tokyo Bay special BBQ sauce, and sudachi ponzu. For the ultimate Japanese beef experience, the dinner menu presents 100% Japanese premium graded A4 black wagyu sirloin sourced directly from Furano, Hokkaido.

Sharing Plates, Bento Selections, and Kids Dining

Tokyo Bay is well suited for group gatherings and shared dining. The starter list is filled with popular Japanese comfort dishes, from chargrilled shichimi 7-pepper squid, flame-grilled eggplant miso-yaki, and agedashi tofu to bite-sized karaage fried chicken, duck syumai, and house-made pork or 3-mushroom gyoza dumplings. For lunch, guests often gravitate toward donburi rice bowls—such as wild Akaroa grilled salmon, unadon grilled eel, or teriyaki beef—or comprehensive bento box combinations like The Grill, Blue Water, and the multi-dish Tapas Box.

Families dining together can rely on a dedicated kids' menu offering approachable choices like teriyaki chicken and rice, sushi rolls, teriyaki beef, or tempura fish fingers, with each meal finished with a scoop of ice cream. Complementing the meal is an extensive beverage selection comprising Japanese Ramune marble soda lemonade, Sencha green tea, Genmaicha roasted rice tea, fine wines, and classic sake bombs.

Signature items

• Eggplant Miso-Yaki
• Japanese 7 Pepper Squid
• Chicken Karaage
• Diamond Dinner Box
• Tuna Tataki
• Salmon & Bok Choy Moromiso

Menu

Donburi

• Teriyaki Chicken Donburi — Served with dressed mixed greens, steamed rice, and miso soup
• Karaage Fried Chicken Donburi — Crispy fried chicken dressed with delicate BBQ dressing over rice
• Asian Vegetables Greens & Tofu Donburi — Fresh Asian greens and tofu over rice with miso soup
• Grilled Salmon Wild Akaroa Donburi — Grilled salmon served over steamed rice with greens and miso soup
• Teriyaki Beef Donburi — Premium aged Angus scotch fillet with teriyaki sauce over rice
• Wagyu Scotch Fillet Donburi — NZ-raised wagyu beef scotch fillet over steamed rice with salad and miso

Tempura

• Hand Made Fries — Fries served with mayo trio: miso, garlic, and wasabi
• Tempura Vegetable Selection — Assorted Asian vegetables fried in light tempura batter
• Tiger Prawns Tempura — Lightly battered tiger prawns served with tempura dipping sauce

Beverages

• Ramune Japanese Soda — Marble-sealed Japanese lemonade soda pop from Kobe
• Sencha Green Tea Pot — Hot brewed Japanese green tea
• Genmaicha Green Tea Pot — Roasted rice green tea served in a pot
• Organics & Sparkling Juices — Choice of sparkling apple, orange mango, or apple & feijoa
• Fruit Juices — Choice of red grapefruit, cranberry, or guava juice
• Otakiri Reserve Sparkling Water — Bottled sparkling spring water
• Japanese Kilimanjaro Filter Coffee — Freshly brewed cup of Japanese filter coffee

Kids Menu

• Kids Teriyaki Chicken & Rice — Served with choice of ice cream
• Kids Sushi Chicken & Avocado Roll — Served with choice of ice cream
• Kids Teriyaki Beef & Rice — Served with choice of ice cream
• Kids Tempura Fish Fingers and Chips — Served with choice of ice cream

Sushi & Sashimi

• Sashimi Starter — Your choice of sashimi salmon, fresh tuna, market fish or line-caught snapper
• Sashimi Large – 2 People — Yellowfin tuna, salmon, line-caught iki-jime fish, hamachi kingfish, scallop and prawns
• Sushi, Sashimi & Nigiri Starter Platters – 2 People — Sushi, sashimi of salmon and tuna, and nigiri combos with white fish, prawns, and scallops
• Sushi, Sashimi & Nigiri Starter Platters – 4 People — Sashimi of salmon and tuna, plus nigiri rice combinations of market fish, hamachi, prawns, and scallops
• Nigiri Sushi Plate — Chef’s selection of hand-formed nigiri and small mixed rolls
• Tuna Tataki — Lightly seared fresh sliced Pacific tuna served with zingy ponzu citrus dressing
• Kingfish Salad ‘Ponzu’ Hiramasa — Finely sliced kingfish fillets with ponzu citrus dressing
• Salmon (Shake) Per Piece Plate — Available as nigiri sushi or sashimi
• Tuna (Maguro) Per Piece Plate — Available as nigiri sushi or sashimi
• Squid (Ika) Per Piece Plate — Available as nigiri sushi or sashimi
• Tuna (Marinated-Zuke) Per Piece Plate — Available as nigiri sushi or sashimi
• Snapper (Madai) Per Piece Plate — Available as nigiri sushi or sashimi
• Kingfish (Hiramasa) Per Piece Plate — Available as nigiri sushi or sashimi
• Cooked Prawn (Ebi) Per Piece Plate — Nigiri sushi serving
• Raw Prawn (Ebi) Per Piece Plate — Fresh raw prawn sashimi
• Scallop (Hotate) Per Piece Plate — Available as nigiri sushi or sashimi

Sides & Desserts

• Steamed Rice — Steamed premium white rice
• Miso Soup — Traditional soup with tofu, spring onions, and wakame
• Seaweed Salad — Mix of marinated crunchy seaweeds
• Tokyo Garden Salad — Mixed greens, avocado, and lotus crisps with choice of dressing
• Ice Cream — Scoop of chocolate, green tea, vanilla, or salted caramel ice cream
• Crème Caramel — Smooth baked caramel custard dessert
• Mochi Ice Cream — Served with yuzu jelly, green tea jelly, fruit, and caramel sauce

Mains & Teppan-Yaki

• Teriyaki Tofu & Ginger — Lightly fried fresh tofu with sweet teriyaki sauce and Asian vegetables
• Grilled Eel Unadon — Soft grilled eel with sweet soy glaze over rice, served with salad and miso
• Teriyaki Chicken — Grilled chicken thighs with sweet sauce and furikake rice rolls
• Snapper Shioyaki — Grilled line-caught iki-jime snapper fillet with daikon oroshi
• Crispy Pork Belly — Crispy pork poached in soy and sake, served with crispy noodles
• Salmon & Bok Choy Moromiso — Flame-grilled Akaroa salmon basted in sweet nutty miso with greens
• Teriyaki Duck — Grilled sweet basted duck breast served with grilled Asian vegetables
• Wagyu Sirloin Yakiniku — Japanese premium graded A4 black wagyu from Furano, Hokkaido
• Seared Seafood Trio — Teppan-grilled scallops, line-caught market white fish, and prawns
• Grilled Beef Scotch Fillet — Prime Angus aged grass-fed beef scotch fillet
• Tokyo Mixed Grill — Grass-fed scotch beef fillet, grilled chicken thighs, and Canterbury lamb

Bento & Dinner Boxes

• The Grill Box — Teriyaki chicken, scotch beef, lamb, Akaroa salmon, edamame, salads, rice, and miso
• Blue Water Box — Tiger prawn, snapper, teriyaki scallop, sashimi, sushi, tempura mussel, salad, and rice
• Tokyo Bay Tempura Box — Tempura seafood and vegetables, sashimi, tofu seaweed salad, rice, and miso
• The Tapas Box Bento — Assortment of chicken, prawns, tataki, sushi, gyoza, octopus balls, salad, and miso
• Diamond Box — Teppan wagyu beef, tempura scallop, sashimi, sushi, moromiso prawns, salad, and rice

Starters & Share Plates

• Edamame — Light sea salted soy beans in the pod
• Eggplant Miso-Yaki — Eggplant flame grilled with a sweet miso sesame coating
• Agedashi Tofu — Lightly fried pressed tofu in soy broth with daikon and ginger
• Chicken Karaage — Bite-sized fried chicken thigh pieces served with Japanese mayonnaise
• Japanese 7 Pepper Squid — Chargrilled marinated shichimi pepper squid
• Teriyaki Lamb Ball Skewers — Sweet grilled new season lamb skewers
• Takoyaki Octopus Balls — Lightly fried battered balls stuffed with octopus
• Yam Wraps Isobeage — Fried yams wrapped in roasted nori seaweed
• Soft Shell Crab — Crispy dusted and fried Pacific crab with spicy mayo
• Beef Tataki — Seared scotch prime Angus beef with ginger, garlic, and tataki sauce
• Duck Syumai — Homemade minced duck meat dumplings with cabbage, chive, and ginger
• Pork Gyoza Dumplings — Homemade lightly fried free-farmed pork dumplings with chilli soy
• 3 Mushroom Gyoza Dumplings — Homemade lightly fried Japanese mushrooms and spinach dumplings
• Pork Gyoza & 3 Mushroom Dumpling Combo — Selection of pork and mushroom gyoza dumplings with chilli soy

Frequently asked questions

Where is Tokyo Bay Japanese Restaurant located?

Tokyo Bay is located at 20 The Strand, Takapuna Beach, North Shore, Auckland, overlooking the Waitemata Harbour.

Do I need to book in advance, or can walk-ins be accommodated?

Reservations can be made online, but walk-ins are welcomed on the outside decks where bookings are not taken.

Are there special booking rules for large groups?

Yes. Lunch bookings for groups over 12 and dinner bookings for 8 or more must contact the restaurant directly and select from their group set menus.

What style of Japanese food does Tokyo Bay serve?

Tokyo Bay serves modern, authentic Japanese cuisine with a strict no-fusion philosophy, emphasizing fresh local fish, sashimi, teppan-yaki, tempura, and bento.

Are there gluten-free and vegetarian meal options available?

Yes, the menu clearly marks dishes that are vegetarian (such as edamame, eggplant miso-yaki, mushroom gyoza, and vegetable tempura) or gluten-free/gluten-free adaptable.

Does the restaurant offer takeaway orders?

Takeaway is currently unavailable due to high restaurant volume.

Tips

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