Akaiito Restaurant 🍣

Akaiito is a contemporary Japanese restaurant serving modern Japanese food with balanced flavours. We enjoyed the 4 course set meal tonight, with our group ordering a variety of dishes. The food was great, and I appreciate the manager for giving us an extra pithivier for getting one of my friends’ order wrong but I do …

We had such a lovely dinner at Akaiito trying their new à la carte menu. We started with the Red Thread and Ikari mocktails, followed by the Sydney rock oysters, beetroot waffle and Hokkaido scallops. The oysters were fresh and refreshing, but the beetroot waffle and scallops were the biggest surprises of the night. B…

Gorgeous location in the heart of the city. The service was fantastic. Standout dishes were the duck; it was truly incredible. We also had the octopus and the steak tartare, which was a standout! Can forget about the rotating sorbet flavour, we had the Japanese tea and lemon and I’m still thinking about it. Highly reco…

The Japanese-French fusion menu was beautifully executed, with every course showcasing premium ingredients and thoughtful craftsmanship. The standouts for me were the rich and flaky Beef Pithivier, the incredibly tender Ox Tongue with Akitakomachi rice, and the perfectly cooked Patagonian Toothfish from the robata gril…

Celebrated my birthday at Akaiito when they first opened in 2019 and returned again in 2026 with my family. This time we booked the private dining room and enjoyed the experience. The projections were a nice addition to the meal and created a fun atmosphere, although I would have loved to see a few more changes through…