Tonkatsu Asai

After reading the reviews we were a bit wary to go on because of the alleged bad service. Walked in to find a very warm welcome instead, and on top of this the best food we've eaten in our four days in Nikko. Both the tonkatsu and the minced meat schnitzel are highly recommended.

This place specialises in katsu. Food was good, it's a leaner cut of pork for the tonkatsu but it was not tough or dry. The curry was nice with yummy morsels of beef. Price is reasonable for the portion (paid 1100 yen for this). Service and atmosphere are decent. Only counter seats available. English menu is available if you ask, although I noticed that there are combination sets that are not in the English menu.

It's a compact restaurant, so please consider any inconvenience it would cause to rest customers and vendor before asking for exchanging your seat.

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No photo! Worth waiting in line for Tonkatsu.

Nice place, nice food!! Roast pork nice 👍👍

Delicious food, Although service not very kindly.But I can accept service attitude .Very suggest source with pork.

My biggest regret? That I let the reviews about bad service convince me to avoid this place for a couple of days. Went in today towards the end of service. Place was peaceful and not too crowded. The owners were kind and welcoming, patient with our stilted attempt at Japanese and quick to prepare the meals. The food - tonkatsu meal set and mince meal set - was absolutely delicious. Some of the juiciest katsu I’ve had, with plenty of delicious and generously portioned sides. The griddled aubergine with ginger was a stand-out. Would love to eat here again.

Honestly one of the best tonkatsu I have ever eaten in my life.

Oil, meat, control, quantity, everything is perfect and affordable. You can meet such a wonderful cutlet at the lakeside in the mountains. There are about 6 seats at the counter, and business hours are short. However, it is worth going to Lake Chuzenji for this reason.

Meat shop owner next door runs the restaurant that the quality is never compromised, at least I assumed. However, there has been a rumour that the owner does not like foreigners. My personal feeling is the Wife of the owner dislikes foreigners because she is the one hosting, such as taking orders and communicating with clients, etc. English menu is available with pictures.

It is a small place but the food was delicious and the owners (I assume), an old couple, were very friendly and polite. They had an English menu with pictures for the tourists and it turned out the meals were very big

Food is great and the owner doesn't like to take photo so dont event try then you will be ok

so good

Tonkatsu is great !! English menu is available. But the owner is not friendly, you are not permitted to take any photo here. If you can ignore the service, let's try.

So I just want to add to the multitude of opinions and reviews. Yes they are all true:Owners perhaps aren’t fluent in English, hence their possible aversion to tourists.A pictorial English Menu exists.The place has 6 seats and shuts at 6pm, not 7pm.Food is amazing. The 1500yen set meal will 6 pieces of pork tenderloin is superb value. Their eggplant sidedish is out of this world. Yes, service is not typical Japanese service (that is they are not the most polite and welcoming), but the food and lake view more than makes up for it. DO NOT ALLOW the fear of bad service prevent you from visiting this place. IT REALLY IS THAT GOOD!!!!

Only 5 seats in this awesome kontatsu restaurant. Because of the limited sitting, you may not be able to sit together with rest of your party. There is a picture menu so handy for foreigners. Probably one of the most delicious cut off pork loin I ever had. Cue can be excruciatingly slow so arrive too hungry or show up early.

The food is amazing. Don’t be turned off by the reviews saying the staff is rude. You may not get to sit with your party. Get in when a seat is available, and if needed, ask for a picture menu and point at what you’d like to order.

Food was fantastic, the owner was quite blunt. But the food made up for it.