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Koko

Crown Entertainment Complex, 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
61 3 9292 6886
Ranked #291 of 2,437 restaurants in Melbourne
3.5 of 5 stars 21 Reviews
Cuisines: Japanese
Dining options: Reservations
Neighbourhood: Southbank
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Neighbourhood: Southbank
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16 reviews 16 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 May 2012 via mobile

My partner and I often visit Koko's when we are in Melbourne. Although it is always entertaining the quality of your meal is highly dependent on the chef you get. Our previous visit was disappointing with over cooked and over salted food due to a less experienced chef. That said previous visits have been outstanding, but for the prices they... More

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Sydney, Australia
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 April 2012

The food and sake was good and our teppanyaki chef Kevin was a great host, funny and talkative. We were new to the experience and he was very good at explaining things and covering up any of our gaffes! The staff were all very attentive. This was a highlight of our stay in Melbourne, we had a great night!

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Sotogrande, Spain
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14 reviews 14 reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 February 2012

We just loved Koko's it was a super restaurant. While staying at Crown Casino we ended up eating here about 3 times, lunch and dinner. Spider Rolls are brilliant. We wanted to try Sake and the Sake guy came round to our table, he let us taste a few options before ordering. He was full of advice and gave us... More

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Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 January 2012

I ate at koko with a group of 8 friends and we mostly selected dishes from the teppanyaki menu. Although there we are few stand out dishes which were delicious some of the food we ordered was not as inventive and flavoursome as I expected. The restaurant is pricey but that is reasonable considering its location. However my main gripe... More

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singapore
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Reviews in 17 cities Reviews in 17 cities
16 helpful votes 16 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 January 2012
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Reasonable service, nothing too special. Hot dishes are excellent Cold seafood platter just so so Abalone and eel were outstanding

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See 20 more reviews by jenjenrossco for Melbourne
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 January 2012

its Japanese its amazing so clean fresh and amazing tapanyaki

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Airlie Beach, Australia
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Reviews in 33 cities Reviews in 33 cities
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 December 2011

We would go back. We booked late and were lucky to get a cancellation. Being part of the Crown Towers Hotel we expect a lot and they met the challenge

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 November 2011

A MUST GO in Melbourne -- top quality Japanese food, good service, window side table can see fire show downstairs

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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 July 2011

Had dinner at Koko last night. Lovely room with nice view etc. We had the dinner special which was two courses and two glasses of wine for $68 which was quite good food for the price. Tried some delicious dumplings, duck with noodles, chicken sticks, waghu beef, sashimi, soft shell crab and also got some seaweed salad, rice and miso... More

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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 November 2009

Food was quite average, service wasn't great

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