Akaiito Restaurant

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Closed nowOpens 6pmSunday: 6pm - 11pm
349-351 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

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CBD Japanese degustation temple pairing French technique with $110-$228pp tasting menus.

A dark, moody and intimate fine-dining room upstairs from casual sister restaurant Ototo, built around a lounge-then-table degustation format with open-kitchen chef interaction.

Chefs personally explain and serve courses tableside, a lounge area for pre-dinner canapes before moving to the dining room, wine and sake pairings, and dietary accommodations on request.

Strong Japanese technique and ingredient sourcing. fresh sashimi, sake pairings, chef-explained courses. fused with French cooking methods, marketed explicitly as Japanese cuisine with French influence.

Set degustation pricing runs roughly $110-$228 per person; reviewers are split between calling it worth every cent for the food and questioning the value once service issues are factored in.

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349-351 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

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