Takumi

Taking Japanese traditions and giving them a modern edge, this stylish Melbourne CBD restaurant is committed to providing diners with the highest quality, that’s why you’ll find only the best meat on the menu here. Takumi specialise in yakiniku, Japanese chargrilling, and at this Bourke Street restaurant you can create your own dish by selecting your desired meat and vegetables and grilling it at your own table, just how you like it.

Decorated in a minimalistic and understatedly cool Japanese style, Takumi is one of the city’s chicest Asian offerings. Bringing the concept of Japanese charcoal grilling to Melbourne’s CBD, you can choose from mouth-watering meats and fresh seasonal vegetables to be grilled at your table. Start with some grilled black cod with miso, scallop sashimi with sizzling oil and citrus soy sauce, or grilled chicken balls.

Next up, select your choice of premium meats and seafood. You’ll find options like Japanese Wagyu beef, porterhouse steak, oysters and prawns, as well as vegetables like sanche which you can use to roll up your grilled beef, roasted garlic, pumpkin and capsicum. Alongside the charcoal-grill specialities you’ll find set menus and small snacks, the perfect partner to some Japanese sake. Located on Bourke Street in Melbourne's CBD, a trip to Takumi is the perfect way to end a day hitting up the shops in the area or for some after work drinks and dinner.