Okami will be following in the Japanese tradition of tabehoudai - all you can eat - with a flat fee of $36.80 for adults, $18 for children ages 4 through to 12, and free entry for those younger than four.

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Instead of the usual buffet-style all-you-can-eat, customers will order dishes from their menu and have them delivered to the table continuously within a maximum two-hour timeframe.

With the exception of two sushi joints, Okami will be the only proper sit-down Japanese restaurant in Wagga since the closure of Zen X on Baylis Street.

Head chef Nick Goh said he was looking forward to rolling up his sleeves and serving up his signature Japanese dishes to the people of Wagga.

"When it comes to Japanese cuisine, healthy, fresh, taste and simple always come to mind. The taste of the freshness of ingredients and minimalistic aspect of Japanese cuisine are the most attractive factors to me," Mr Goh said.

"Japanese food is my favourite cuisine, such as fresh sushi and sashimi platter, beef carpaccio, teriyaki steak, seafood tempura, etc."

Front of house manager Wendy Cao said she wanted their selling point to be affordability, to make Japanese cuisine more approachable for ordinary families.

"Japanese cuisine can be expensive if you want to try a range of dishes, we want everyone to afford a high-quality Japanese dining experience and enjoy huge variety and amount of food," Ms Cao said.

"The vision of Okami is to make the Japanese all you can eat style available everywhere and affordable to everyone."

The restaurant is tentatively aiming to open this Saturday.

It will be opening up on 174 Fitzmaurice Street, which was the old site of the Royal Garden restaurant.

The owner Fiona Lai closed the premises following the death of her husband to Leukemia.