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Tōka, a Japanese restaurant in Surry Hills, Sydney

A single continuous shot: from a table set for dinner, back through the lamplit dining room, out past the noren and onto a wet laneway at night, facing the restaurant’s glowing windows.

One set menu. Dinner Wednesday to Saturday, lunch on Sunday.

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About

Tōka is a Japanese restaurant on Wyvern Lane in Surry Hills. We serve one set menu of eight courses, and cook most of it over charcoal.

The dining room has 26 seats and the counter has eight. We open for dinner Wednesday to Saturday, with sittings at 5:30 and 8:15, and for a single lunch on Sunday.

Fish comes from the Sydney Fish Market each morning, and some of it is aged in our cool room for up to ten days before we serve it. Most of the vegetables come from two farms, one in the Southern Highlands and one in northern Tasmania. The menu changes when they have something new.

Tōka () is Japanese for lamplight.

Spring menu

$285 per person

  1. Sakizuke

    Hiramasa kingfish, fermented green strawberry, shiso

  2. Wanmono

    Clear dashi, prawn dumpling, bamboo shoots, kinome

  3. Otsukuri

    Aged bluefin tuna, kombu-cured snapper, fresh wasabi

  4. Yakimono

    Coral trout grilled over charcoal, broad beans, sansho butter

  5. Hassun

    Firefly squid, rape blossom, sesame tofu and other small things

  6. Shiizakana

    Wagyu sirloin, charred leek, aged soy

  7. Gohan

    Claypot rice with smoked ocean trout, pickles, red miso soup

  8. Kanmi

    Warabi mochi, roasted green tea ice cream, matcha

Sake pairing
$160
Tea pairing
$85

The menu changes every few weeks. Tell us about allergies or dietary requirements when you book; we need 72 hours’ notice for most changes.

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The counter before service

Chef Ren Kajiwara

Ren grew up in Kanazawa and spent eleven years cooking in Kyoto, the last four at a kaiseki restaurant in Gion. He moved to Sydney in 2019 and opened Tōka in 2023.

He cooks at the counter most nights and sharpens his own knives before every service. The dining room and the sake list are run by Mia Lindqvist, his business partner, who spent six years at restaurants in Melbourne and Tokyo.

  • The dining room
  • Brass chopstick rests, made in Takaoka
  • The tokonoma. The scroll and flowers change with the season.
  • The counter seats eight
  • A table set for dinner
  • The entrance on Wyvern Lane
  • Wyvern Lane after rain

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Bookings open 60 days ahead. Everyone at the table has the set menu.

For groups of more than eight, or to book the whole counter, call or email us.

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Seating
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We charge $95 per person for cancellations with less than 48 hours’ notice, and hold tables for 15 minutes.

Find us

Address

7 Wyvern Lane
Surry Hills NSW 2010
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Opening hours

Wednesday to Saturday
Dinner, sittings at 5:30 and 8:15 pm
Sunday
Lunch, one sitting at 12 pm
Monday and Tuesday
Closed

Getting here

Wyvern Lane runs off Crown Street between Foveaux and Albion streets. We’re halfway down on the right, behind the blue curtain. It’s an eight-minute walk from Central Station.

Map of the streets around TōkaWyvern Lane runs east off Crown Street in Surry Hills, between Foveaux Street to the north and Albion Street to the south. Central Station is a short walk to the south-west.Foveaux StAlbion StCrown StRiley StBourke StWyvern LnPrince Alfred ParkCentral Station8 min walkTōka