8 Japanese Restaurants in Melbourne CBD, Melbourne

Teppanyaki (the Japanese art of grilling food on a hot iron plate) is popular in Australia, and for good reason. If you like your Japanese food cooked straight from the grill, then the Japanese restaurants in Melbourne's CBD are perfect for you. Ginza Teppanyaki, located near other top Japanese restaurants in Melbourne's CBD's on Little Bourke Street, serves a variety of set menus which allow you to sample the best of this unusual but tasty style of cooking, with delicacies on offer including seafood like lobster and scallop as well as sirloin beef, lamb cutlets and mixed vegetables. Perfect for those who struggle to make up their minds, this gem among Japanese restaurants in Melbourne's CBD is not to be missed.

Those who don't eat meat or want to try something different to what they normally have are certainly catered for at Japanese restaurants in Melbourne's CBD. Head down to Izakaya Hachibeh on Bourke Street just a short walk from central sights like Flinders Street for a range of Japan's best vegetarian dishes. Tuck into the nasudengaku (deep fried eggplant with a miso topping), the vegetable yakisoba (egg noodles fried with vegetables) or, for a real comfort food treat, the vegetables in Tempura batter.