Borther Shota

I really wanted to love Brother Shota in Albert Park – the Japanese inspired menu looked modern, the pictures on Brother Shota’s Instagram looked drool-worthy, it had a great Zomato score and the location was perfectly located for where I live - just on Victoria Avenue on Albert Park. However, unfortunately I did not love Brother Shota – in fact, I probably would have had a better experience visiting the Japanese fast-food joint at the Crown food court.

To start with the pork gyozas were an absolute disaster. Not only did the filling taste watery, there was no flavour to these unpleasant little morsels. The lack-of-flavour train carried through to the tuna sashimi tacos with tobikko spicy mayo and wasabi – sounds like it should have tasted amazing right? But again, the tuna sashimi that filled the taco shells was absolutely tasteless and an incredible disappointment. 

Unfortunately this same tasteless tuna sashimi mix was a feature of the Mt Fuji sushi rolls (with crumbed prawn, cucumber and jalapeno slices) which were overly dry and shadowed in comparison to most food court sushi-rolls.

The only saving graces of the night were the crispy eggplant with apple miso (although it could have done with more sauce) and the okonomiyaki sticks.

Whilst the service was fast and friendly, and the venue was bright and modern, when a meal leaves you too depressed to order desert, you know you have a problem.

Food: 2/5

Service: 4/5

Venue: 4/5

Verdict: Don’t’ Bother – it’s not worth the calories