Tatsumi Information

Located in beautiful Queenstown is TATSUMI, a cosy and private Japanese restaurant that serves up an incomparable fusion of traditional flavours and contemporary cuisine. Having spent more than 20 years crafting his skill, head chef Koichi has developed a modern Japanese fusion menu that explores and breathes life into Japan's distinctive cuisine. The success of TATSUMI's dishes lies in the delicate mix of authenticity and innovation. From Christchurch to Auckland and now Queenstown, owners Koichi and Yoko are always found working at the restaurant, ensuring that customers have same quality of food and service everytime when they come to TATSUMI. What is the philosophy at Tatsumi? As our Owner & Head Chef Koichi has extensive experience in European Cuisine, we create European based Japanese cuisine. Of course, we offer traditional Japanese food such as Sushi, Sashimi and Tempura, but we offer traditional Japanese in a more modern style. We also use European cooking methods as well as European ingredients for our Japanese cuisine which has proven to be a good blend. For example, our Sushi is prepared traditionally but is decorated and served in a contemporary way, our Tempura Calamari is made with squid ink, giving it a modern black shade.