Ren Japanese has a reputation among locals as being pricey for their food-- doesn't necessarily mean it's expensive when you're competing in the Asian suburbs. Quality Japanese is scarce in this area-(note I say scarce, doesn't mean there's none)-I refer to Japanese Restaurants not fusion type, casual sushi places like Sushi Train.
Did try Ren 1 year or so ago and was abhorred by the price they charged for a piece of Tonkatsu. Ren's direction seems to have changed however with the menu offering dinner 'bento' or value options as opposed to the more westernised menu of $28 for a piece of Tonkatsu with nothing else I had 1 year or so ago. Market forces?
Fairly typical offerings of sushi, sashimi, nigiri and mainstays of Japanese cuisine. Given it's a week night and just the two of us we ordered a dinner 'bento' each with a hand roll to share. Highly recommending ordering the bentos for value for money and a great way to sample a bit of everything. While the quality is adquate and quantity decent, it's not extra ordinary. Maybe the sashimi when ordered separately will be better but the pieces I had in my bento was sinewy salmon (typical of what you get in food court joints like sushi sushi) and the kingfish and tuna seemed bit 'cooked'.
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| Special Dinner Bento |
The spider hand roll is a significant disappointment as the soft shell crab was cooked poorly with soggy , pale batter. Hubby's pork chop was not too dry with flaky crumbs but bit bland.
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| Tonkatsu Meal |
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| Spider Roll |
For me, Ren's no longer on the list of 'no -goes' but it will take a lot more to decide if it's worthwhile revisiting.
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