Akatsuki Japanese Restaurant in Tree Town

[Evil Penevil]

 

Akatsuki is a small Japanese restaurant in Tree Town, the "night life market" on Soi Bukhao about 200 meters north of LK Metro. The meal I had there was good and the price was low for what I got.

 

 

If you are walking north on Soi Bukhao, turn left at the unnamed subsoi that forms Tree Town's southern border. Akatsuki is about three-quarters of the way down that subsoi on the right.

 

 

Looking west from in front of Akatsuki:

 

 

I ordered the tonkatsu meal for 180 baht.

 

 

Tonkatsu is a breaded pork cutlet. It came with miso soup, a salad of the shredded cabbage that customarily accompanies tonkatsu, two small bowls of Japanese pickled vegetables, sauce and rice.

 

 

That's a fair amount of food for 180 baht. My bottle of Asahi was 70 baht. Service was quick and friendly.

 

 

The breaded pork cutlet had been fried properly and the pork tenderloin was tender and moist.

 

Bottom line: Good value for money and I'll be back to try some of the other item's on Akatsuki's menu. One curious thing, though. The tonkatsu meal (280 baht) and beer (70 baht) added up to 250 baht, but the final bill was 258 baht, with 8 baht listed as VAT. That doesn't make sense, as 7% of 250 baht would make the bill 268 baht. I don't know if that's because they made a mistake, but I didn't say anything as I'm not about to get into a discussion of 8 baht.

 

Evil

Edited July 18, 2018 by Evil Penevil

[halfaboy]

Thanks for the review. On the picture the food looks good. Was this 70 baht for a large bottle of Asahi ?

[jacko]

Thanks for the review. On the picture the food looks good. Was this 70 baht for a large bottle of Asahi ?

Not likely.

Check out the pictures.

Edited July 19, 2018 by jacko

[cbrib]

Nice review Evil. Price definitely seems right, will have to give this place a go

[halfaboy]

Not likely.

Check out the pictures.

 

Checked the picture and got the impression that it was a big bottle (hence my question).

 

But, never mind....

 

Have fun !

[Evil Penevil]

It was a "normal" size bottle of Asahi, not large.

 

Evil

[Yujin]

Evil Penevil -

 

Thanks for the review, photos and directions to Akatsuki!

 

The one thing that impresses me is the price and the quality of food at Japanese restaurants in Bangkok and Pattaya. Where I live, the prices at Japanese restaurants are much higher compared to Thailand so I splurge when I go there. I'll have to add this Japanese restaurant to my list when I get back to Pattaya.

[aussiechic]

The tonkatsu meal (280 baht) and beer (70 baht) added up to 250 baht," I get 350 is your meal price a typo.

Edited July 22, 2018 by aussiechic

[Evil Penevil]

The tonkatsu meal (280 baht) and beer (70 baht) added up to 250 baht," I get 350 is your meal price a typo.

 

Yes, I was a typo. I corrected it. Thanks/

 

Evil