Dining AKASHI — Restaurant in Applecross

Updated November 2022 our second visit for lunch again, 6 months on, this time just my wife & I for lunch date a fantastic experience & funnily we ordered the same mains again without even checking what we had last time it was another quality experience with the staff operation a poetry in motion once you walk in, to the order taking, serving and finishing, all within an hour allocated, with even ample time to spare to walk back to our car within the 1 hr free parking limit

1 bonus new tip is the bathrooms are located behind the building, by turning left from restaurant down a back alley to a small building at the corner

May’22 My wife and I decided to check out this lovely Japanese eatery on our friends recommendation and we can now also say they are worth a try. We booked for lunch on a weekday, and the place is nice, intimate and cosy with less than 20 inside sitting. The small outdoor area can take a small group booking of ~10 when we were there. The interior is small but it has a very nice japanese feel. The menu for lunch is sufficient with enough variety to tempt all tastebuds, and we found the price reasonable with the quality served. Staff is attentive and polite enough, with a top up of japanese tea once for my wife. We had the Osawa Wagyu Beef teriyaki set and the 10pce sashimi set with an extra side dish of sashimi too. The quality of the sashimi is good and fresh, while the wagyu beef is juicy and tasty. The set lunch includes miso soup, rice and also karaage chicken and edamame, which were all lovely. We saw other patrons with their other dishes, and would love to try them next time from their sheer enjoyment. We will be back and will also love to try their dinner degustation menu soon next time we sort out a babysitter! Overall a great first impression for lunch.

Tips 1 : online booking is for dinner only so ring to book for lunch Tips 2 : ask for sushi bar seating if you like to watch the chef preparing your sashimi, otherwise the table seating for a more intimate setting. Tips 3 : one hour free parking available on the street, which may be sufficient for lunch. Otherwise it’s $2.20/hr Tips 4 : there is no child high chair, so be prepared to have your baby on your lap if you brought your bundle of...

I attended Dining Akashi on the 24th of Jan 2019. Dining Akashi bills itself as a tempura restaurant and the two dinner menus ($50 and $75 respectively) are made up of predominantly tempura offerings, interspersed with (depending on which option you go with) soba noddles, sashimi, a palette cleanser, a japanese curry and a pudding. The restaurant is small and familial but with very friendly service.

I went with the $75 option and all of the options were of a high and very even quality. I tend (for health reasons) not to go with tempura when offered the choice so I don't have too much to compare with, but I have had some tempura at the well respected Kisume restaurant in Melbourne and this felt comparable if not better. The Trout with White Pepper Sauce was the standout of the tempura for mine. Of the other things the soba noodles was fantastic starter; I loved the contrasting flavours. I was also blown away by the curry; arriving in a small lidded pot, the removal of the lid revealed a simple version of the curry but with an amazing aroma; this was probably my...

A small, cosy restaurant, serving 15 to 18 customers per sitting. Reservations needed as seats are limited. Dinners are set on.the chef's menu. While the portions are small, there are quite a few dishes, and you do end pretty full. Two features stand out - beautifully plated food and perfectly executed Tempura. Crispy on the outside and still juicy inside, bringing out the flavours of the ingredients. The Tempura sauce was served with the minced Daikon separately. The intricate plating was not only pleasing, but displayed the good business sense of the chef in bringing different items of the menu, well presented into one serving. The sashimi and other dishes were all well executed. The one tiny glitch, perhaps a matter of preference, was the slightly overcooked beef in the finishing Sukiyaki. Service was good. All in all, a...