Sheryl told me about the new Jogoya Japanese Buffet Restaurant that has recently just opened their latest branch in Starhill, KL. Since I was feeling really hungry that very day, I convinced her to dine there with me after reading several articles written about it from local newspaper sites such as this one from The Star.
located at the posh Starhill Gallery
Jogoya is actually a Taiwan based company, having a number of branches in it’s country of origin, a very successful and recognisable name there. Stepping in their the newest establishment brought a sense of awe. The place is simply huge, with capacity of over 550 guests, and the buffet selection at least 4-5 times bigger than Avanti at Sunway Resorts.
huge selection of choices
There are numerous buffet lines, the Japanese sushi and sashimi station, Chinese dishes, dim sum and seafood soup, western seafood, indian delicacies, tepanyakki and stir fry seafood, juice and drinks, and desserts. There is enough selection for every picky eater. If suan only try each item a spoonful, you can probably still feed her 5 times over before repeating with the first item, FA, maybe 10 times.
start off with some japanese seafood, sashimi and tempura
I started out with some awesome sashimi including sake(salmon), amaebi (sweet shrimp), and surf clam, worked my way through some raw oysters and oyster soup, then came king crab soup, some fried clams, stuffed crab with shrimp and butter, and salmon roe handroll. Not to be outdone, tried some french style fried butter prawn, shrimp tempura, fried pomphret fish, and even tomyam soup. By the third hour or so, I was feeling pretty stuffed, ended the meal with some “gwai leng gou” as desserts and a cup of cappucino to wash away the taste of watermelon, guava, and honeydew juice that I had.
fried seafood and some awesome soup
Overall it was a very good dining experience. While the price (from RM 68++ to RM 88++ depending on time) might be slightly towards the higher end. The selection and quality of food more than make up for it. In fact, I went there again with my mom and brother a week later when they were at KL.
dessert and drinks
Jagoya is located at 3rd floor, StarHill Gallery. Business hour is from 11am to 2am, call them at 03-2142 1268 if you want to book a table or something.. You are also welcome to spend me a meal there, hehe.
GPS: 3.147790, 101.713588
Update 16/2/2006: A noted difference at Jogoya is the availability of freshly made to order dishes. You are given 3 clips with your table number to be dropped the little bowl labelling the dish offered at the buffet line. Few minutes later the server will return your clip with the freshly prepared dish you “ordered”. You never run out of clips.
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By Paul Tan on Feb 8, 2006 | Reply
I like how you use FA and Suan as measuring devices.
Like for recipes maybe you could say “pour enough vinegar for a Suan”.
By kimberlycun on Feb 8, 2006 | Reply
OMG BEST POST EVARRRRRRRRRRR
By cheayee on Feb 8, 2006 | Reply
I wonder..
they should pay you for pimping their restaurant ler…
and making them look good.
Don’t u get a VIP Card or something?
By suanie on Feb 8, 2006 | Reply
you can never pour enough vinegar for a suan
By mizzvickz on Feb 8, 2006 | Reply
why never bring me out makan THERE huh? bwahahaha
By Yoong Wei on Feb 8, 2006 | Reply
Wah lau eh, another japanese buffet restaurant? I’ll go try it if it is still open when I finally get back home. Anyhow, ever tried Shogan/Saisaki or Oishi (before it closed)?
By FA on Feb 8, 2006 | Reply
Jom Suan. We go.
By spiller on Feb 8, 2006 | Reply
u didn’t try their Sake?
By Saygore on Feb 8, 2006 | Reply
you had me drooling . plentiful of choices ! must give a try . my regular jap buffet is at Xenri. ever heard of it ? its small but they have all my favorite jap delicacy there. most important is all raw food are damn fresh !
By Wingz on Feb 8, 2006 | Reply
wuah best food review i ever read!!!
By foodcrazee on Feb 8, 2006 | Reply
lau chui nuah liao !
By cyber-red on Feb 9, 2006 | Reply
saisaki jap buffet also got.. if i manage to spell it right.. i think near equatorial hotel..
By matakecik on Feb 17, 2006 | Reply
I just went there yesterday for late lunch and it was FABULOUS!! Am going to arrange something - like a get together and makan time soon so we can sit in the private rooms. :)))))
By Bluzzzz on Mar 5, 2006 | Reply
Hey to those tried saisaki/oishi/shogan, this is defintely better. trust me, at least it is not like market st with ppl shouting here n there!
By vlad on Mar 22, 2006 | Reply
The smoking room is so relaxing.
By tadada on Jun 16, 2006 | Reply
shita shita
By Damien on Aug 1, 2006 | Reply
Kudos!I am planning my love’s birthday dinner and your complete review on this restaurant has really save a lot of time for me as I can already see how good the food is and also how classy the place is. With this kind of selection, I think the price is fairly reasonable. I have paid up to RM300 for Japanese food at Kampachi Equatorial KL when had I gone to Sushi King, maybe it would cost nothing more than RM100! The food was fantastic of course, and no way Sushi King can come close to that kind of quality.
By J on Aug 1, 2006 | Reply
I dunno man….
I think I’m getting too old for buffets - stomach lining cannot stretch so much already.
When I went ot Jogoya I felt like it wasn’t worth it because I couldn’t eat enough to make the RM88++ price worth it and the food isn’t THAT great as compared to a nice ala carte Japanese dinner at my favourite Jap restaurants.
Of course, it’s very good as compared to other jap buffets.
So, definately fantastic for gluttons.
By cuteCuTeBaBiE.. on Aug 9, 2006 | Reply
i planing to go jogaya in my coming birthday end of this month….
but i only can make it at lunch time..will lunch and dinner’ food is same??
or dinner food might slightly more than lunch??
hehe.. who can answer me??
By SUmMeRLifE on Aug 13, 2006 | Reply
i’m planning for my bf’s birthday dinner, he like japanese food and i’m still wondering where to bring him…shogun or Jogoya…shogun of course the price is cheaper but i like the jagoya environment….or any other great place? please help…the Birthday is coming….^O^
By Ethan on Aug 14, 2006 | Reply
I love the place and the foods are looking neat. Although some seafood serving in this restaurant are not so fresh. Especially those cater for VIP customers. Overall, I giving 7 out of 10 to this restaurant in their services and foods
By Damien on Aug 18, 2006 | Reply
I went there 2 Saturdays ago. The setting of the place is good and it is huge but the quality of food and presentation of the food is average only, much to my dissappointment. The most horrible food that I have eaten are the dim sums and the rest are really average. Service is particularly not very good as half the time I could not understand what their staffs are saying and at one moment in time there was a group of staffs gathered together chatting and cursing with all the vulgarity that we normally encounter in places like Pudu market or a coffee shop. What made it worse was although it is located inside Starhill and it is suppose to be in the higher end, you find some of the patrons dressed in singlets, shorts and slippers. This really bring down the image of the place and the price is not cheap either. No I would not go back there again to patronise. Presentation of food is very important for buffet.
By Damien on Aug 18, 2006 | Reply
To Summerlife,
My suggestion ( if you can fork out the money ), try Kampachi at Equatorial KL. Good luck and bring lots of money.
By Ga Luoh on Aug 19, 2006 | Reply
basically i love the foods and drink in Jogoya, but the charges for children are not very fair as the Japanese Restaurant doesn’t count the age…but the height of children. Imagine my little brother only at age 9 years old need to pay for the adult prices RM88++ due to his height. Is it fair? Is it worth it????
By cutiebade on Aug 28, 2006 | Reply
Nice place, food is good and fresh. didn’t tried the Dim Sum so…duno good or not. My advice is go there in a group of six so that you stomach has more space for other goodies since they serve a good portion for each dish ordered.
By Wani on Aug 28, 2006 | Reply
Hai there,
I love Japanese food just want to know whether all foods halal or no?
If it is so i would love to be there also and try your meals.
Rgds,
Wani
By KY on Aug 28, 2006 | Reply
Wani,
I believe Jogoya is Halal. You can call them up to verify too. The number is 03-2142 1268
By Maryna on Sep 10, 2006 | Reply
anyway, how much for one person in Jagoya for the buffet?
By JUNE on Sep 10, 2006 | Reply
WOH! ALL THE FRESH SASHIMI VERY YUMMY WITH WASABI. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE STAFF THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU ALL THERE VERY FRIIENDLY AND I FEEL HAPPY TO EAT HERE.
I WILL BE BACK WITH MY FAMILY MEMBERS & FRIEND.
By JUNE on Sep 10, 2006 | Reply
DEAR MARYNA,
THE BUFFECT DINNER JUST ONLY RM88++/PAX(RM101.20) FROM 5PM TO 9.00PM.
By Maryna on Sep 10, 2006 | Reply
Anyway Thanx June…that is so cheap…we can eat whatever we want…that is so unbelieveable…
By Sabrina on Sep 18, 2006 | Reply
After hearing how good Jogoya was, my family and I decided to try it out. It was such a disappointment. The food SUCKS big time and it is way too PRICEY. It is not an authentic Japanese buffet. It sort of a mixture of Taiwanese, Chinese, Indian and Japanese. Though the ambience is good for couples and group gathering as they have special rooms. Will not be going there again. First time is enough for me.
By Apple on Sep 18, 2006 | Reply
pls send the locatin map at starhill kl for mi tq~~
By KY on Sep 18, 2006 | Reply
Sabrina,
You are probably the exception rather than the rule. Though it’s not exactly 100% authentic Japanese food, and didn’t raelly claim to be one, I feel that the food was of pretty good quality and the setting was very nice. As for the price, it was expensive, but I’d still say it’s worth the money.
By Sabrina on Sep 19, 2006 | Reply
There’s not quality at all in their food. Their oysters, though they are fresh, but they are too big. The best oysters are the medium sizes. And who uses lime instead of lemon on oysters? I’m surprised they don’t have free flow of unagi like what they have at Saisaki. Though we’d have to order through the counter and I’ve tasted it and it’s not good at all. And KY have you tried the Buddha jump over the wall? Try it and let me know what you think? I forgot to mention, they keep sending the wrong food to the wrong table.
By bratwursts on Oct 15, 2006 | Reply
hey sabrina,
Is the food real bad or you’re too demanding?
i think’s alrite for the price, afterall, it’s year 2006 and you’re dining in starhill, look, a plate of mixed rice across the street with 2 vg and a meat cost aout 4 and a drink? let’s say 5….i would say is still worth paying per pax to dine.
Most importantly, no matter how bad as what you’ve stated, they still manage to pay a rent in starhill and have outlets all over the taiwan..
look! the benjamin’s matter end of the day. Take it easy, if you can’t afford, maybe sushi king’s good for you.
By the way, it’s fusion the trend now and who’s to determine oysters cant eat with lime? Pizza hut has ‘kong pau’ pizza too! Let Loose YO!
cheers!
By J@cLYn on Oct 16, 2006 | Reply
Nice food and nice environment!!!!!!!Must try!!!!!!!!!!!
By shinkoku on Nov 25, 2006 | Reply
Oh my god…awesome..oh wow!! totally freaked me out.. i mean right on.. i am gonna go to eat later.. thank for the mother earth to providing the delicious “oishi” foods like these… i can’t stand it.. sugoi…
By Bernard on Dec 6, 2006 | Reply
Oysters are too big…prefer smaller ones. Big does not necessary means fresh and good. They charge so expensive but they make you wait outside until you pay your meals first. Common, you should let your guest seat frist and then you get your waitress to the table to get the bills settled. Common sense to customer satisfaction….
Another thing, the waiting time for the food to arrivve at your table is too long during the peak hours. Sometimes you have even forgot that you ordered. And they keep sending some wrong orders to the wrong table.
Although the food is of high quality, the replenishment is too slow for some items. If you are new to the environment, you need some time to get used to which food is placed where.
Anyway, I would rate the place above average….but they sure got lots to learn to retain their customers as they frist impression for me outside was bad.
By doggy on Jan 24, 2007 | Reply
try this Okuchi Japanese Restaurant @ Dataran Sunway
By JW on May 13, 2007 | Reply
Sabrina and Bernard are on to something. Big in size does not always equate to big in taste. The oysters Jogoya serves may be fresh, but they don’t really rate highly in terms of taste. I had the oyster there when I first went to Jogoya in Feb 06, and never had it since. Rock oysters taste much better, and with lemon and never lime.
The dim sum/soupy broth area = terrible. The crab porridge is abysmally tasteless. In fact, anything from that section pretty much is drowned in a thin, tasteless broth.
The sashimi’s not too bad, but then again, they only have to worry about freshness. Sizes have gone remarkably small. And the sushi rice is terribly hard these days. I do like it when they have butterfish though.
The only real yummy things these days would be the grilled cod, some cold appetisers and most of the dessert section, especially those almond biscuits. Also, the other day, the VIP card allowed for the 4 type sushi roll, which was quite nice.
Service was better the first couple of times last year, but recently it’s all downhill. And who goes to a buffet with a pricing like this to eat bacon sandwiches?!?
By darren on Jul 7, 2007 | Reply
though it’s pricey…but i bet it’s better than shogun(worst ever buffet restaurant)
By aina on Jul 23, 2007 | Reply
adakah semua makanan di situ dijamin halal?
By chin lee foon on Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
I hear this rest. from my friend. I how per personel & businees hours
By Alex on Aug 19, 2007 | Reply
yea,went for a couple of times,damn nice..quite class no doubt and perfect finger-licking food~worth it,rated for 5 stars!!
going there tonight again..haha,juz drop by for the number to make reservation,missed out the number.
By EDDY on Sep 11, 2007 | Reply
YEah! im coming soon…… with my lovely gal fren
By Yhan on Sep 19, 2007 | Reply
erm…im going wv my gf in 2 days…for dinner…how much do i need 2 prepare…n if possible…can i pre-book a couple’s room and is there a couple room?
By KY on Sep 19, 2007 | Reply
Yhan,
Don’t think that should be a problem, you can just call them up.
By Yhan on Sep 19, 2007 | Reply
erm KY…how about da pricing?
By KY on Sep 19, 2007 | Reply
Yhan,
It’s close to RM 100 for dinner after the ++ , lunch is RM 10 cheaper if I remember correctly.
By Yhan on Sep 20, 2007 | Reply
erm KY
sry for disturbing
but which floor is jogoya located?
is it hard 2 search for?
By KY on Sep 20, 2007 | Reply
3rd or 4th I think, pretty easy to find anyway. good luck!
By pink on Sep 26, 2007 | Reply
ky,
may i noe wat is their operation hours?
By KY on Sep 27, 2007 | Reply
pink,
from early morning till late at night I believe.
By CK on Oct 9, 2007 | Reply
related info and price:
http://www.jogoya.com.tw/link/malaysia.htm
http://www.jogoya.com.tw/link/search-money-mothersday.htm
By naomi wong on Oct 19, 2007 | Reply
Jogoya is a nice place,food,drinks or services is nice..I went there with boyfren during my birthday this year.We had a sweet memory in that restaurant.Next month is my mum’s birthday and our families tend to go there for dinner.But is it possible to get a private room without any charges?
By KY on Oct 19, 2007 | Reply
naomi,
I think you can just call them up to book the room. There’s no extra charges if I remember correctly.
By Alice on Oct 26, 2007 | Reply
Is there any difference in food choices offered during (i) lunch, (ii) late lunch, (iii) dinner, and (iv) supper?
By KY on Oct 26, 2007 | Reply
Alice,
I think the dinner menu is slightly more lavished while the lunch and late lunch aren’t. However, the difference is minute anyway. There is a price difference between different time period though.
By MC on Nov 18, 2007 | Reply
I received a lot of good comments about Jogoya, saying that the food server there is nice and good. So i decided to go there for dinner with my bf during my birthday. Both of us like Jap food very much. But to our surprise, the food served there actually not as we expected. Can u imagine a having Jap food without tuna as sashimi? To us, this is the 1st NO. Then lets talk about the butter fish, it’s watery. The second thing is, where is the california roll, tempura? Not to mention that black pepper used as ingredient for tepanyaki dish. The oyster is just OK. It was such a dissapointment plus it it PRICEY. I would rate it below average. I went to Shogun last night, and I personally think that Shogun serves better than Jogoya. Although the food variety not as much as Jogoya, but at least the food quality is OK and not so pricey.
By KY on Nov 18, 2007 | Reply
MC,
I kinda agree with you. It was very good the first time I went there when they just opened. Recently the quality has been lacking, been months since I last went there.
By poey on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
better goto there n try it oh… rite
By disapointed gals on Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
we r so disapointed coz we unable to book tis 2th yrs anniversary promotion….!:(
we’re call to make the booking for 3days, but everytime the phone is engaged o nobody answer the phone althought we cal from morning to nite
we hope tht jagayo wil having the 2nd promotion again……!
we r too sad…!
By Michelle on Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
Good. I like to search for good place.. so far i find this is a good place, good environment.. i like the food too..
By Michelle on Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
Good. I like to search for good place.. so far i find this is a good place, good environment.. i like the food too..
Im going there again next week and it was my bf birthday…. : )
But the dissapointment is I cant manage to get a place for dinner so I book for late lunch.. oh well, its still okay..
By JY Lim on Dec 1, 2007 | Reply
i love sashimi so much….will go jogoya tomorrow…duno whether the food really not as good as shogun?or sushi king?
erm….nvm..juz wait n c…
sashimi~~~~
By KY on Dec 2, 2007 | Reply
JY Lim,
Definitely better than Sushi King, I haven’t had Shogun though
By JY Lim on Dec 3, 2007 | Reply
erm….sashimi from shogun n sushi king also better than jogoya…i curious y dun hv the white meat tuna as sashimi…the salmon also not as well as i expect..tat’s wat i feel disappointed…sigh..very disappionted..
but the cod fish, tiramishu, ice-cream n the baked oyster still ok…the most satify me is the cod fish n ice cream only..jogoya hv variety if compare wif shogun…but i still prefer to go shogun n sushi king..
btw..y the oyster wif lime?
By KY on Dec 3, 2007 | Reply
JY Lim,
I guess there are people who like to squeeze lime or maybe they ran out of lemon? To me Jogoya’s standard has dropped a bit since they first opened 2 years ago
By LL on Dec 13, 2007 | Reply
I went to Jagoya with my friends on 11 Dec 2007. It was a real disppointment which we have to que up at 1:40pm until 2pm for payment.
The food was disppointing. There were no salmon, unagi which is such a normal Japanese food.
Although, there’s 50% discount, the food became 50% gone.
The food that we ordered came cold all the time when it was served. The refill of food was rather slow until we need to check on it several times.
Not recommendable at all!
From my opinion, if Jagoya could not serve good food, it’s best they do not offer 50% discount for their anniversary.
I’ve tried Shin Nichi and Shogun which was much better. Shin Nichi served baked cheese oyster, generous serving of salmon, mini Buddha jump over the wall was served as well.
By wayne on Apr 9, 2008 | Reply
I been there last weekend…
Their food serving are quite nice, delicious.BUT we notice that their shrimps are not fresh enough!There have bad smell.By the way, it still costed expensive.Anywhere i felt that satisfied to the other food.May be the duration can be extend till 4hours, bcoz sumtimes v hav to wait for food and clips, it waste my time.Apart from that, Jogoya hav a quite enviroment there since v like the feeling playing with Japanese songs…
By little cutie on May 16, 2008 | Reply
I had tried Jagoya , a bit disapointed, expensive and the food not so nice..
I went to another Japanese buffet at Subang Taipan USJ, Agefuku Restaurant, Affordable and delicious!!
Saturday buffet dinner
RM45++ (6.30pm - 10pm)
Sunday buffet lunch
RM40++ (11.30am-2.30pm)
RM25++ (Age between 5 to 11 years old)
Agefuku Japanese Restaurant
59, Jln USJ 10/1,
Taipan Triangle,
47620 UEP Subang Jaya
Selangor
http://www.agefuku.com/
03-56364330
By KY on May 16, 2008 | Reply
little cutie,
Unfortunately I have to agree with you that the standard of jogoya has came down quite a bit since they were first opened.
By John on Jun 5, 2008 | Reply
My family and I ate at Jagoya last Saturday.
Unfortunately, 4 of us (out of a party of 10) came down with food poisoning.
No doubt that variety offered was good, but sadly, the quality of food is poor.
By KY on Jun 5, 2008 | Reply
John,
Wow, looks like the quality really came down that much?
By sherlyn on Jun 9, 2008 | Reply
As comment by John on 5th June 2008, we facing the same problem. We total have 16 ppls went on 31st May (Saturday) and 12 of us having food poisoning.
Be aware, the food poisoning is not immediately or after 4 hours can detect, but 12 of us detect it after 24 hours, we all vomiting and diarrhea.
Few of my relative went to Phuket after the Jogoya dinner, and they can’t enjoy the trip because of the food at Jogoya.
I would like to bring this attention to the retaurant management, please keep your food clean and fresh!
By KY on Jun 9, 2008 | Reply
sherlyn,
That’s horrible, did you complain?
By sherlyn on Jun 11, 2008 | Reply
i didn’t send complaint letter but i wrote commetns on their website.
i think i should write an official complaint letter to them….
By KY on Jun 11, 2008 | Reply
sherlyn,
I think that might be helpful. You’re not the only one to leave a negative comment on this post with regards to food poisoning problem.
By Lisa on Jul 1, 2008 | Reply
Hi, my family and I went on the afternoon of 29th of June 2008, and on the 30th, 3 of the 5 of us showed symptoms of diarrhea or serious vomiting. I had to take MC today because I was vomiting nonstop the day after Jogoya.
By KY on Jul 2, 2008 | Reply
Lisa,
I think you should take up the complain to Jogoya, it seems like you are not alone in this case.
By sherlyn on Jul 2, 2008 | Reply
I have post my complaint to the management and they request me to give doctor’s report, because the management want to see the proof and not only complaint via letter.
i haven’t give my report, probably will settle this week.
they shd pay more attention on this case which lots of ppl start complaint on the food quality.
By KY on Jul 2, 2008 | Reply
sherlyn,
I agree, I haven’t been there for quite a long time already. It seems like the quality has gone down a bit isn’t it.
By donguri on Jul 2, 2008 | Reply
Jogoya’s kitchen is out of control!!
Our 5 employees went there 30th June and 4 people become food poisoning after 24 hours!!
So now our company is out of control.
We suspect this food poisoning comes from Oyster
and virus name is SRSV(Small Round Structured Virus)…this virus become active after 24-48 hours.
Take care of raw oyster…
By KY on Jul 2, 2008 | Reply
donguri,
Ooo, thanks for sharing this to the readers.