Hayami is a family-owned Japanese restaurant in the Nautilus Building on Tamariki Avenue, in Orewa's town centre. Diners rate it 4.6 from 199 Google reviews, praising the friendly welcome and quick, attentive service, with the salmon, bean sprout salad and barbecue beef earning particular mention. A good Japanese restaurant stands or falls on freshness, and nowhere is that clearer than the raw fish: sashimi should taste clean and cool, and sushi rice should be lightly seasoned, slightly warm and never clumpy. The quieter tests are a properly made miso soup and a tempura batter that stays crisp rather than greasy. Family-run Japanese kitchens often do their best work on weekday evenings, when the room is calm and the kitchen has breathing space; asking what came in fresh that day is a regular's habit worth borrowing. Set a short stroll from Orewa Beach, Hayami is a relaxed spot for a Japanese dinner on the Hibiscus Coast.