Takumi is a relatively new Melbourne Japanese restaurant serving new concept Japanese cuisines. Takumi officially opened in Dec 2008 and its unique offering is taking contemporary Japanese cuisine to new levels. If you want to go and have a bite to eat along with a little bit of heat on your table then this is the place to go. By heat on the table it is meant by each table has been fitted with its own charcoal grill. No, that was not a typographical error each table has indeed been fitted out with the latest smoke-free charcoal fired grill.

The location of the restaurant is at the end of Bourke Street and it replaces the restaurant that was there before known as Water and Grass. With charcoal grills on the tables it is apparent that it is a concept restaurant. Takumi has already established a reputation as a ?wagyu specialist? by serving some of the best array of wagyu beef slices. With the charcoal grills present at each table, patrons now have the unique choice to be their own chefs by grilling the best quality wagyu beef exactly to their taste. Talk about hands-on cooking and eating experience.

The fact that the restaurant is frequented by Japanese folks is a testament to its legitimacy and high quality of food and service. But it is not only fancy style foods and cooking that Takumi Japanese restaurant offers there are also a wide choice quick fix menu selections such as wagyu hamburger which you can order and take with you. Some of the signature dishes of Takumi are salmon sashimi with onion sauce, Japanese soba salad, and wagyu tenderloin carpaccio. It is these unique dishes that takes Japanese cuisine to new altitudes.

The restaurant’s interior is exceptionally spacious and very comfortable to enjoy a meal. If you are a connoisseur of food especially Japanese food and happen to be passing through Melbourne then your trip will not be complete until you have visited Melbourne?s own Takumi?s Japanese restaurant and enjoy the great ambience and fine wagyu beef.

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