Bishamon Japanese Restaurant

All you can eat sukiyaki, who could argue with that?! Came here with a large group of 15 hungry crossfitters and wasn’t disappointed. The wagyu beef was so tender. This was the first time I’ve tried sukiyaki and it won’t be the last. $ 35 a head may seem expensive but you can definitely get good value if you eat alot lol.

We’ve been here twice and each time has been a great experience. My husband spent a year in Japan as a student so he’s all about the authenticity and this place has it in spades. Service is great and the food tastes fantastic. We shared an entrée and had a main each for $ 60 total.
I was happy with that :)

My 7 yr old Lucy is an internationally renowned sushi expert. She says and I quote «that it is the best sushi ever»
Daddy says the gypsy was also good but the chicken teriyaki was only average.
Price is good. 4 of us feel stuffed for only $ 70.

I hosted a dinner here for a group of 20+ people and we had a fantastic time. We came on a Saturday evening and they placed us in the farther room against the wall. It made a lot of sense so that we had a section to ourselves but once you’re seated, don’t plan on getting up for awhile!
We had the hot pot special that allows you all-​you-​can-​eat sukiyaki or shabu shabu for $ 34.50. I think the prices have slowly increased over the years but that’s understandable. They brought out about 6 pots for us to share among everyone. While most of us had sukiyaki, one group had shabu shabu and huddled down at one end of the table together.
You will receive a platter of meat, platter of vegetables (cabbage, mushrooms, tofu, spring onion, bean sprouts, and clear noodles), and bowl of rice. Depending if you had shabu shabu or sukiyaki, sukiyaki comes with a raw egg where you dip the contents from the hot into before consuming it or an array of dips such as sesame seed or ponzu for shabu shabu. You cook the meal together and enjoy conversation with your neighbors. The waiters would keep bringing out plates of meat, vegetables, or rice when you requested it. People stuffed themselves silly. I will have you know that I was hara hachi bunme which is a Japanese saying that means that I was only 80% full. I was missing a few items such as enoki that is traditionally served with my sukiyaki instead of bean sprouts but I am not sure if that is more of a cost saving tactic. We usually add udon as well towards the end of the meal as a filler. I personally like it during but can go either way. I’m not sure if you can order that extra but will inquire next time.
You can BYO wine only ($ 2.70 corkage fee per person) but you can also purchase beer there as well. I made my reservation in advance and was very glad that I did because the place was packed on a Saturday night. It was my first time to the restaurant and I wouldn’t mind going back soon (especially when the temperature cools down a bit more).

If you want something a little cheaper than your Sono’s and Sake’s than I always look no further than Bishamon, a little known Japanese restaurant in Spring Hill that we’ve been going to for years.
Its always full of Japanese people, which I take as a good sign. The restaurant is tiny, taking up two small rooms, but still managing to squeeze in a small teppanyaki bar, at which a Japanese chef works with an incredibly tall hat, and from where immense garlicky odours eminate throughout the restaurant.
There are usual suspects on the menu, sushi and sashimi, with fried dishes like gyoza and more substantial plates as well.
We always partake in the all you can eat hot pots — you can order either shabu-​shabu or sukiyaki for a set price per person. You recieve a plate of vegetables/​noodles/​tofu and endless plates of thinly sliced wagyu and away you go.
Shabu-​shabu has a very subtle broth and comes with two dipping sauces — sesame and lemon soy, and sukiyaki has a more flavoursome broth but comes with a raw egg to whisk and dip into. Its always fun to swish around the meat until its cooked (and race your eating partner/​s to the end of the plate).
Everyone here is always extremely polite, food comes out quickly and we have never had any complaints.

I was recommended to go to Bishamon by a friend of mine who knows all about Japanese cuisine in Brisbane after I told him I was looking for a reasonably priced Japanese restaurant close to the city. He was right about the pricing — it is very reasonably priced but overall, I was not blown away by this place.
I came here for a dinner with my family on a week night. We were pretty hungry so we got straight into ordering entrees; a few serves of gyoza and some sashimi. The Sashimi was very fresh, and the gyoza were pretty tasty too so not complaints there. For mains, my sister and I decided to share a «Shabu Shabu» — this is the dish that did not impress me. «Shabu Shabu» is pretty much just meat and vegetables in broth and the fun aspect about it is that you do it yourself at the table. Maybe it was the one we ordered but the broth might as well have been boiling water because it really did not have much flavour to it. I managed to try a bit of the other dishes and I thought they were tasted good, but there was not flavour that really grabbed me and made me go «WOW!».
The service at this place was fine, they were fairly quick in bringing out our meals however they did initially forget our rice which was quickly resolved once we informed them.
My initial experience at Bishamon was good, but not amazing which is why I can not rate this place higher than a 3.

My dining companions thought the food at this Japanese restaurant was quite good, and I suspect theirs was. The reason I’m giving Bishamon two stars is that I ordered three vegetarian dishes (and clarified with the waiter that they were definitely vego) and every single one came out with some form of fish on it.
For an entrée I ordered the Hiyayakko (cold tofu with chopped shallots and ginger), and when it came out it was sprinkled with some fishy-​smelling flakes. When I enquired I was told that these were fish flakes. Strike One.
My main was the Soba Salad (cold buckwheat noodles with green leafy salad and dipping sauce). It looked promising until I tasted the sauce. Unmistakably fishy. Enquired again, and apparently the sauce was bonito broth. What’s bonito? Yeah, a fish. Strike Two,
While my companions munched away happily on their meals, I was left with nothing but a bowl of miso soup. Still, I love miso soup and have it often so figured that this would do me as a light dinner and I could go home and have something to fill me up later. One sip of the miso and I beckoned the waiter over yet again. ‘Has this got bonito in it too?’, I asked him. He nodded. Strike three.
My meat-​eating friends might be going back, but I certainly won’t.

Who’d have thought there was this little gem in the daggy suburb of Spring Hill. I was visiting a client for work and just so happened to walk down further and there it was. I sat myself down and ordered some Japanese food. The prices were really good, lunch and dinner meals from $ 10… can’t go past that.
I am a seasoned Agedashi Tofu eater and there is a difference people… a difference between crap they just threw some flour on this tofu and deep fried it to serve me, and the delicate melt in your mouth feeling you get from eating a certified authentic agedashi tofu. Bishamon make it authentic, the tofu melted in my mouth and I knew this restaurant meant serious business.
The Sukiyaki and Shabu Shabu was super cool! For $ 30, that’s a damn good price. For the quality my friends and I devoured down… all worth it. We were all satisfied and full. We went back a few more times after.
I love that the food comes out fast, I love that the food comes out clean and piping hot. I especially thought the food was very authentic… the type you would be served at an über expensive Japanese Restaurant. Don’t walk too fast or you’ll literally pass it. The signage won’t jump out at you, and make sure you’re looking left at the right time before you get to the hospital or you’ve gone too far. Try it out, it’s definetely one of those secret places you can go for awesome Japanese tucker.

Bisha-​YUM! This unassuming little restaurant tucked away in Spring Hill offers some seriously magical Japanese food to those in the know.
I first visited as part of a birthday celebration, and that leads me to my first tip. It’s a small restaurant people, if you’re going as a group be aware that contortionism may be required to get into your table.
Second tip — sashimi. To some people sashimi is cut up fish, but to others who obsess over it (like me) there’s a world of difference between good and bad sashimi. My mixed salmon and tuna sashimi comprised of premium belly cut meltingly thin, with a generous serve of salmon roe. It made me so, so happy and is now what I compare other sashimi to.
Third tip — Suki Yaki or Shabu Shabu all you can eat special is $ 32.50 and looks delicious. Unfortunately I can never go past the sashimi but it looks like heaps of fun!
EDIT: Writing this review made me so hungry, I had to go to Bishamon for dinner. Could not be happier, my husband ordered two entrée sized dishes (Karaage and Chicken Teriyaki) and couldn’t finish them, I was a little more sensible and ordered edamame and salmon sashimi but was still very impressed by the portion sizes. Plus, as expected, it tasted awesome!