Komuni Cafe

It's a cozy little Japanese fusion cafe/restaurant. The food is pretty average except for the eggplant. I don't know what they put in the sauce but holy moly it tastes good. I would recommend stay away from the steak, it's not really the place to order steak. The soft shell crab is good with a nice flavour. The rice is soft and fluffy and it goes well with the eggplant and the sauce. Basically just order the eggplant.

Disappointing. We started with soft shell crab, seemingly a crab severed in half. Waaay too much salt to taste anything else. Salt, with a hint of crab. Moved on the the "Ikakari" squid. The sauce made them taste like they were rolled in sugar and salt before being drenched in oil. Squid chunks remarkably similar to frozen product from Aldi. No delicate squid flavour at all, just the overpowering sauce. How bad? My companion called "done" with just 1/3 eaten. We tried to wring the oil out of what remained. I managed to wring and down the rest. But very disappointing. After this, we requested clean bowls so the oil slick and remnant crab brain-juice wouldn't interfere with the promising next course. This request was obliged most diligently and expediently by the friendly wait staff. Finally, the sashimi dom. Utterly delicious. A mix of tuna and salmon, piled onto a mound of rice with a sensible level of sauce, garnished with shredded nori. Wasn't expecting presentation of a "heap" when ordering sashimi. But it was certainly tasty and the salt was well backed off. I thought your wine markup was too high. Stay under 3x retail. $12 / glass for a bottle I had bought for $15 is unreasonable. So damn much salt. And oil. Blerggh. Will I return? No.

This is an extraordinary japanese restaurant, you feels like walking into a cafe but in fact a Japanese restaurant. Modern and nicely decorated. Great to know there is a great japanese restaurant around the area. Food especially their sashimi were very fresh. Service was very prompt and super friendly. My must try list - Extreme Edamame, Sweet potato gyoza, Corn Ball and eye fillet steak. Sure will be back for more.