Ajimori — Restaurant in Kagoshima

Kagoshima is well known for its kurobuta. This restaurant does tonkatsu for lunch and Shabu Shabu for dinner using this special pork. We ordered special kurobuta and lunch special tonkatsu sets. Although the kurobuta was supposed to be far superior for me it was tasty but a little too much fatty bits came with my cut. Also the breading was over cooked a bit. It was burnt in my opinion. So the kurobuta experience was not as good as the ones I had in the past. Actually the lunch special tonkatsu set was only 1000 Yen and it tasted really good. I think I would suggest that ordering the lunch special was delicious enough and very cost effective. The special kurobuta set was 3000 yen and it was underperforming. I wonder how the Shabu Shabu during...

Was recommended to Ajimori by a Kagoshima native and this place lives up to expectations.

In time for lunch specials and there were many choices. The side dishes were better than most places. The offerings were different and each dish was distinctly delicious.

The main course was of course the kurobuta, which we had as tonkatsu and ginger-fried. The tonkatsu was excellent. Crispy, crunchy exterior with moist juicy pork. The ginger-fried pork was also well-prepared and complemented the finely shredded slaw and rice.

Excellent service.

Excellent meal at a good price. Would come back to try other items and the...

We came here for lunch at around 1140, but the shabu doesn't open until 12 which was fine. We were seated and maybe because we were the first to come, it took a long time for everything to come out. We waited about 20-25 minutes after ordering for our soup, meat, and veggies. It's a little pricey for lunch at 3240 yen per person being the cheapest course, but the pork was very flavorful, sweet and melt in your mouth. Their soup broth looks very plain and clear, but it's packed with flavor and the more pork you cook the more sweet the broth becomes. Had a...