After you have seen Australian Galleries, come to this restaurant. Aka Siro serves Japanese cuisine. Mouthwatering fried chicken, salmon and grilled beef can make a deep impression on you. It's time to degustate delicious wine, beer or scotch. Visit this place for great coffee, ginger tea or lemonade.
The cozy atmosphere of this spot allows customers to relax after a hard working day. The staff is said to be appealing here. The fabulous service is a big benefit of this restaurant. You will appreciate reasonable prices. The divine decor is worth checking out. Google users awarded Aka Siro 4.6.
SundaySun | 12:00-16:00 |
MondayMon | Closed |
TuesdayTue | Closed |
WednesdayWed | 11:00-16:00 |
ThursdayThu | 11:00-16:00, 18:00-22:00 |
FridayFri | 11:00-16:00, 18:00-22:00 |
SaturdaySat | 12:00-16:00, 18:00-22:00 |
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Aka Siro is situated on the corner of Cambridge and Peel Street. The building is very subtle dark grey and the window is lined with bamboo screening. There’s bench seating towards the left as you walk inside – facing the window and also facing the open kitchen. More bench seating surrounds the kitchen towards the right, and table seating lined up against the window. Its small and cosy little restaurant and serves its purpose for simple and confortable Japanese dining experience.
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As you walk in the Manager asks how many people, and assigns the staff to direct customers to the table. It’s very orderly and everyone working at Aka Siro speak’s Japanese. So all their conversations are in Japanese it makes you feel like you’re in Japan. All the staff are friendly, courteous and very efficient. Orders are taken on a tiny notepad written in pen, and handed over to the kitchen. I love how its so old school and traditional.
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Kara-age Teishoku, $17.00
(crispy chicken thigh fillet marinated with soy and ginger)
Nizakana Teishoku, $18.00
(Fish fillet & green vegetable simmered with soy, sake and ginger)
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To be honest, there’s hardly much price difference from when I first visited Aki Siro in 2014 to now – only $1.00 to $1.50 difference. The standard and quality still the same and that’s why they still so popular even to this day. My favourite is the kara-age Teishoku. The chicken is tender and juicy and has beautiful crispy batter with delicious flavour from the soy and ginger.
The salad is always fresh and the steamed rice – I need to find out what rice they use because its soft and fluffy. I seem to always order a second bowl of rice when I visit haha.
The fish fillet is fresh and cooked nicely with soy, sake and ginger. I actually had wanted to order their famous Gyu-teki – pan fried Australian scotch fillet, but ahhh decided to get the Kara-age instead. Next time