MELBOURNE | Dokutoku recently opened in Docklands, just around the corner from Marvel Stadium. It’s a casual Japanese restaurant, specialising in sukiyaki (Japanese hot pot), gyukatsu (breaded and fried beef cutlet), and teishoku (set meals). I popped in the other day to grab some photos for What’s on Melbourne, and to find out more.
Especially popular with the lunch crowd since opening late last year, Dokutoku features a tight menu, with a focus on premium cuts of Australian meat. The sukiyaki set comes with your choice of 300g of M9 wagyu, with the chuck tail flap being the most desirable option.
It’s sliced thinly, served with napa cabbage, tofu, onion, assorted mushrooms, pasteurised eggs, rice, and translucent shirataki noodles. Perfect for enjoying as a couple or with a group, you cook at the table in a light, sweet, smoky, dashi-based broth.
For gyukatsu, its your choice of a golden crumbed cutlet of 150g of M6/M7 or M9 chuck tail flap, served atop a bowl of rice with pickled cucumber, cabbage, onsen egg, and a side of miso soup.
If you’re after one of the teishoku set meals, you have a choice of protein, served with an onsen egg, miso soup, rice, fukujinzuke, and the side dish of the day. Protein options include things like M9 wagyu, tonkatsu curry, soy garlic tofu, and grilled unagi. The latter, which I tried, is particularly good.
For sides, it’s things like edamame, takoyaki, spicy deep fried octopus, and karaage. You can also buy extra ingredients for your sukiyaki if you wish.
To drink, there’s an assortment of hot and cold freshly brewed Japanese tea, matcha and other lattes, and house sodas, mocktails, and Japanese sodas.
Dokutoku
B11.1/768 Bourke Street
Docklands
Victoria 3008
Australia
Telephone: 0478 542 024
E-mail: n/a
Website
Open
Mon – Thu: 11:30am to 3:30pm, 5:00pm to 9:30pm
Fri: 11:30am to 3:30pm, 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Sat: 12:00pm to 3:30pm, 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Sun: 12:00pm to 3:30pm, 5:00pm to 9:30pm