Tonkatsu Daiki

Craving something homey, approachable, and affordable? At Daiki, a tonkatsu specialist in Higashi-Shinsaibashi, you’ll find gorgeous deep-fried pork cutlets at affordable prices. Lunches are great if you’re on a tight budget, but dinner won’t exactly break the bank either.

[Tonkatsu Daiki - image © Florentyna Leow]

Located just a minute or two on foot from Nagahoribashi Station, Daiki is a warm, homey little tonkatsu specialist serving up tasty, affordable cutlets. Each one is fried to order, and is appropriately crispy on the outside, fatty and juicy on the inside (if you’ve ordered the loin) or beautifully tender (if you’ve ordered the fillet). You even get a choice of interesting sauces to go alongside besides the usual tonkatsu sauce. Try the oroshi ponzu (grated daikon and citrus-spiked soy), plum-flavoured daikon sauce, or miso katsu sauce.

If you’re hankering for something beyond the usual deep-fried cutlets, Daiki has a number of interesting variations. Try the rosu katsu toji, which is simmered briefly with a saucy omelette on top. Or have it topped with a shower of chopped scallions, as in the negikatsu nabe. You could even have it with cheese, if you’re craving something extra rich on top of the deep-fried food! If you’re around during the wintertime, they do great kaki-furai, which are deep-fried, breaded Hiroshima oysters.

Lunches are invariably cheaper - the most expensive regular set lunch of pork loin goes for just JPY1080. But even dinners aren’t too costly: around 300g of pork loin (which is a lot) will set you back no more than JPY3000.

For more Osaka tonkatsu choices, see our Best Tonkatsu In Osaka page.

English name:
Tonkatsu Daiki

Japanese name:
とんかつ 大喜

English address:
1-6-2 Higashi-shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, 542-0083

Japanese address:
〒542-0083 大阪市中央区東心斎橋1-6-2

Opening hours:
11am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-9:30pm
Closed Sunday

Price:

Non-smoking section:
Completely Non-Smoking

Reservations:
Possible

Nearest Transport:
Subway: 3-minute walk from exit 7 of Nagahoribashi Station on the Osaka Metro Sakaisuji and Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Lines.

Telephone:
+81-6-7181-7895

Website: Official website (Twitter in Japanese)

Customer Reviews:
Read customer reviews of Tonkatsu Daiki on TripAdvisor.

Near To Here:
Tonkatsu Daiki is located in Osaka’s Minami district. See our complete list of things to do in Osaka’s Minami district, including places to eat, nightlife and places to stay.

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