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Friday, December 27, 2013

(Food Review): Watami Japanese Restaurant

With more than 600 outlets in worldwide, customers can not only enjoy traditional Japanese cuisine, but also experience a wide range of modern and popular Japanese dishes including Japanese-style Pizza, Baked Scallop with Butter, Cod Roe and Cheese Rolled Omelette.




Watami’s refreshing style of overseas business operations promote not just drinking and dining, but includes the ishokuya concept "dining oriented bar".



They provide Japan’s Watami as enjoyable and sophisticated Japanese causal restaurants at reasonable prices with friendly services.

 The key concept of Watami’s overseas business expansion propositions “a mirror to rich and enjoyable home dining” for enjoyment in both time and place. In an atmosphere of a difference, you can enjoy leisurely and sophisticated time. 

 Not just “wine” or “dine”, we present the refreshing Ishokuya concept dining experience.

IRASHAIMASE! .... echoed from all corners of Watami as we stepped into the establishment.

A pretty standard greeting at any Japanese type restaurant, but Watami is anything BUT the standard Japanese place with the standard menu of bentos, sashimis and miso soups.

This is an establishment fusioned with influences from Japan (of course, duh), Korea, Taiwan and Hongkong.
Based on the Japanese Izakaya ("I" : to stay, "sakaya" : sake shop) concept where one hangs out with friends and colleagues for drinks and to graze on little portions of good quality food, drink some more, graze some more and have a comfortable, cosy and relaxing time, enveloped in a happy, tipsy haze.



Watami is a larger scale of the Izakaya (with less emphasis on the alcohol) while keeping up with the changing times and thus came up with their trademark Ishokuya concept - "I" : scene, "shoku" : meal, "ya" : restaurant. 

Coming here, one has to leave behind the expectations of a typical Japanese restaurant and get absorbed into this younger, hipper and a more nouveau-japanese environment.




We were given the Christmas set and let me tell you this, for a set for two which is worth $69, it was definitely WORTH IT!.

Look at the amount of food they give us for the set for 2. It's like a set for 3 instead of 2!

Caesar Salad – Very fresh greens coupled with a raw egg which mixes well with the salad. The crumbs was my favorite part of the salad.


The beefs were just simply mouth-watering! I was like, "I WANT MORE". This is to die for ... well, maybe not that drastic, but it's pretty good beef.


The sashimis were darn fresh. Give me good salmon and I'm sold! 














I'm a red meat person and a runny yolk lover. So this combination totally set me on fire.


The fish and fries were crispy to the max.

Overall, I really enjoyed the food and the staffs were very attentive! Kudos!

Opening hours:11:30 - 22:00
Address:9 Bishan Place, #01-33,
Junction 8 Shopping Centre
Singapore 579837
Tel:(65) 6258 3577
Junction8 outlet does not take reservation.