Advantages: Great sushi Disadvantages: Over keen staff, pervasive smell of hot food, noisy customers
...two distinct sides, though, to Hanahana I would probably not have written my own op. Hanahana specialises in two distinct areas of Japanese cuisine - tep-pan yaki and sushi/sashimi. However, the tep-pan yaki, which Lost Witness talked about, seems to take priority here which I found a bit disappointing and negatively affected my experience of the restaurant. The restaurant is situated on Bath Lane on the edge of Newcastle's Chinatown area and is ... ...Another negative about Hanahana is the smell from the hot tables which pervades the whole restaurant. It is quite an oily, greasy smell - like a cheap truckers caff! From where we were sitting we could occasionally catch a glimpse of what was going on at the hot tables and could watch the flames leap up or see the chefs entertain their diners by throwing eggs up in the air and catching them in their hats.... a nice little diversion when you're waiting ...
fizzytom 02.06.2004
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Hanahana (Newcastle)
Advantages: Unusual, good fun, sociable Disadvantages: Rather over-priced, varying quality of food
...fancy an “experience” then perhaps Hanahana is the place for you. Situated on the outskirts of the city’s China Town, Hanahana is well placed for clubbers, shoppers and theatregoers alike, and I doubt you’ll find anything else quite like it.
Hanahana is a Japanese Tep-pan Yaki restaurant, which means that the idea is that they cook the food for you at the table. Don’t worry, this doesn’t involve little woks and ... ...you. It would seem that Hanahana is quite a hit with footballers and soap stars alike, so if you like celebrity spotting, then this would seem to be a good place to start. Generally, you don’t have to wait that long to be seated but for a party of more than four, I would recommend booking ahead and reserving space because this place gets busy.
Hanahana certainly isn’t a place that I’d recommend to anyone who is socially inhibited. ...
LostWitness 11.02.2004
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Hanahana (Newcastle)
Advantages: Excellent, varied food Disadvantages: A bit pricey after drinks added
This is food as theatre - but the food is varied, well cooked, great quality and plentiful. Certainly not a place for an intimate outing as the main fun is to be had from the set banquets which are cooked specifially for you at an enormous stainless steel hotplate, with everyone gathered round opposite your personal chef. The chef cooks your food, course by course, and passes it to each diner's plate. The theatre comes in the lavish flambe-ing of ... ...Our party of seven mature girlies, loved it - and the food was excellent, too. We had the String of Pearls dinner at £22.90 per head which was pushed up to a rather pricey £35 each after drinks, coffees and tip. You could not wish for a fresher, more splendid dinner - the biggest prawns in the universe, scallops, sushi, swordfish, chicken, fillet steak, fried rice - cooked perfectly and presented with a real flourish. This was paced out over about ...
tynegal 01.04.2008
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Advantages: Lovely food, friendly people Disadvantages: expensive!
...the service excellent. You have to visit this place and don't think about the money. You can find this resturant at the following address. Hanahana 45 Bath Lane Newcastle Upon Tyne NE4 5SP telephone:
0191-222 0282 ...
dorach86 03.02.2006 (06.02.2006)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Hanahana (Newcastle)
Advantages: Japanese experience Disadvantages: no discreet romantic alcoves
...We opted for the hanahana imperial menu which gave us breaded king pawn kebabs, half lobster each, scallops, salmon, soup, egg fried rice, stir fried veg, all cooked fresh and directly in front of us on the very large hot plate, we did not ask for the sushi or sushimi menu as we preferred the tepanyaki meals and we were far from dissappointed
great night out, very tasty food, good value for money ...
Grousebeater999 20.08.2009
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