Cuisine: Japanese
Price Point: Mains from $25 - $35+
Ranked: #11 of 92 restaurants in Christchurch
Christchurch’s favourite teppanyaki specialists are back by popular demand! High ceilings and sleek décor give Yamagen’s new restaurant a modern and spacious feel.
Experience the fun and the flavours of traditional Japanese food. Take a seat around the grill and watch your teppanyaki chef skilfully prepare and cook your meal right before your eyes. As well as being experts with Japanese food, Yamagen’s friendly chefs are truly entertainers; slicing, dicing and grilling with finesse and flair.
Yamagen offers a diverse menu of Japanese staples including meat dishes, rice, salads, soup and desserts. Take the hassle out of ordering and simply sit back and watch the show with the well-rounded set menu. Fresh sashimi and sushi and Yagmen’s distinctive chilli chicken dish are also firm favourites on the menu.
Stick with the traditional Japanese theme and sip on a sake or plum wine or choose from a great selection of non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks to enjoy with your meal.
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Yamagen Japanese Restaurant
53 Victoria Street
Christchurch 8013
Open Hours:
Lunch Hours: Monday to Friday 11.30am to 2.30pm
Dinner Hours: Monday to Sunday 5:30pm to Late
Phone: 03 365 7799
Website: www.yamagen.co.nz
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Reviews
Yu Liu - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 4 February 2019
A lovely dining experience. Highly recommended. We chose a set menu which was great value and a good amount of quality, well presented, delicious food.
Corinne Bolstad - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 3 February 2019
Delicious. One of my favorites
Leah de Friez - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 4 February 2019
We enjoyed the peaceful ambience.
The food was tasty and well presented
Pamela Kittelty - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 5 February 2019
Great experience with great hosts - the set menu is amazing. Seafood was my absoloute fave ☺
Georgia Cook - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 25 January 2019
Enjoyable experience, main sheff is realy there to keep you entertained and off course, food is fresh and delicious.
Nino Kozlevcar - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 24 January 2019
Parking on Wednesday at 6.00 was right outside. Clean and welcoming. Staff were excellent and the Tapanaki was great.
Garry Thompson - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 23 January 2019
Service great, no Tuna so was disappointed with my sashimi platter to be honest .
David Longhurst - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 20 January 2019
Had a great meal and experience at Yamagen.
Morag Dent - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 16 January 2019
Prompt, efficient service and meals arrived reasonably soon after ordering. The food was very good, well presented and good sized portions.
Andrew Lawson - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 13 January 2019
Fabulous all round!! You must go if you haven’t been there yet or go back for more!! Never a disappointment!!!
Nichola Loose - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 15 January 2019
so so
Michael Zhang - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 11 January 2019
Delish food and friendly service. Would happily dine again
Emma Buhler - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 20 December 2018
I love it, always will. Especially the Fried Rice. From Ethan
Darin Reeves - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 20 December 2018
Always enjoy dinning at the Yamagen and as always it was very yummy Had teppanyaki so was able to be entertained while waiting.
Zoe West - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 8 January 2019
Great evening
Lauren Ward - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 6 January 2019
Fantastic meal with awesome service. Will definitely be back :-)
Barry Tomkinson - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 4 January 2019
Fast and efficient service. Meal was lovely. Would definitely dine again.
Carrie Bell - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 28 December 2018
Amazing food!
Breanna Mahan - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 10 December 2018
Excellent service and the food was great also.
Jenny Dewar - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 19 December 2018
Yamagen is unexpectedly good. We thought the food would not taste much in japanese style, but it came out quite all right.
In my opinion, the only thing I'm not into is Tonkatsu. They should not put the sauce on and cut it into too small pieces. Even though it was easy to eat, It didn't feel like Tonkatsu
FreeDom Tong - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 18 December 2018
Fabulous experience, great chef and service . Highly recommended experience
Karen Greenwood - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 18 December 2018
Took our granddaughter out for a birthday meal and really enjoyed he food and the service.
Excellent venue.
Geoff Clarke - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 13 December 2018
Excellent all round experience would thoroughly recommend
Margaret Baird - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 15 December 2018
Meal and service was enjoyable
Wayne Duffield - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 14 December 2018
Food was fantastic! We chose a Teppanyaki set menu and the experience was awesome :)
Georgina Blane - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 12 December 2018
Love the food and the experience . Staff were very helpful and friendly .
judy ambrose - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 8 December 2018
We had an awesome experience at the Yamagen prior to going to a show. The four of us dining could not faulty any of the food, sooo delicious and the service was outstanding and we were able to have some laughs along the way. Needless to say we will be back. Well done to the Yamagen and especially your Chef.
Jill Henderson - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 5 December 2018
totally satisfied with the food and the service :)
Joan Boyer - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 3 December 2018
Great service! Great food!
Fran Yee - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 3 December 2018
Awesome food & Service.
Recommend the Teppanyaki Grill for entertainment whilst dining.
Gemma Eccles - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 29 November 2018
First Japanese dining experience and LOVED it!!
Ordered the set menu and every dish was amazing.
Service was faultless. We were waited on hand and foot
Will definitely be returning
Andrea Girvin - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 30 November 2018
Great food and service
Shelly Macgregor - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 26 November 2018
Fantastic food and service, a great night out with the family. Thanks Yamagen!
Bronwyn Craig - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 24 November 2018
I love japanese food and Yamagen didn’t let me down. Surely will be back soon.
Rochelle Giray - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 21 November 2018
Lovely place atmosphere and music were lovely service and food excellent
Kristie Agnew - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 16 November 2018
This restaurant always provides top food and service. Well done Yamagen.
Chris van Uden - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 18 November 2018
Went to Yamagen, my first Teppanyaki experience, and they didn't disappoint. We were lucky enough to book when it wasn't busy.
Food was delicious and cooked just right. Had chicken and seafood set menu. The servers were friendly and polite. Very nice experience overall.
Abhishek Ketkar - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 14 November 2018
We had a wonderful dinner at Yamagen after the races. Beautiful fresh ingredients, cooked to perfection. This is a whole dinning experience, entertaining as well as tasty. Thank you to the staff for an exceptional service .
Costa Kerdemelidis - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 13 November 2018
Have been here a few times and like to go back. The food is excellent and fun to watch being prepared. The service is normally great too, but last night was a bit off. The waitress served my friend well but not me. She didn't fill my drinks or offer me things she had offered to my friend. It's because service was amazing other times we he been. If still recommend but not 5/5
Telesia Moale - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 12 November 2018
We had a great time at Yamagen. We tried the set menu and were treated to wonderful variety and tastes. We have recently been in Japan and enjoyed how this dinner reminded us of the many wonderful dining experiences in Japan.
Jacqui White - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 8 November 2018
Great ambience, welcoming staff. Will definitely dine again
Diana White - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 10 November 2018
The atmosphere was really nice and the service was really attentive. We had the option of doing teppanyaki seating which was really fun, and the food was incredible.
Lacey Caulfield - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 5 November 2018
nice food, nice service :-)
Analyn Llesis - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 2 November 2018
Amazing food! Love the teppanyaki experience
Emily Evison - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 30 October 2018
Great Food, definitely worth getting on first table
Jen Clark - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 27 October 2018
My family all rated Yamagen highly the meals and the service were extremely good.
Wendy Hartnett - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 24 October 2018
Impeccable service and delicious, authentic food. The staff went out of their way to make the whole family welcome. We love Yamagen and will be back.
Mindy McPherson - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 26 October 2018
We enjoyed our second dining experience at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant. This time we took friends as we wanted to treat them to a teppanyaki eating experience. We had a delightful evening of good food and great company. Thank you again.
janice boyce - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 24 October 2018
Great place! Lovely staff.
Jonalyn Mina - dined at Yamagen Japanese Restaurant on 5 October 2018
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Had a lovely night, service was good. Will come back!