MELBOURNE | Yappari Steak is a popular Okinawa-based steak chain, known for its affordable, high quality cuts of steak, served fast and without fuss. They’ve recently opened a few locations in Melbourne, and I visited their newest one, on Swanston Street, to grab some photos for What’s on Melbourne.
Steaks are served rare, on a hot Mt Fuji lava stone. This allows diners to let the steak cook to their desired level of doneness at the table before eating it. There’s three main steaks to choose from – oyster blade, momo (wagyu round), and inside skirt. Sizes range from 100g to 700g.
In addition to the three steaks, there’s also the option of mixed cut steak, a hamburger patty, gyu katsu, chicken thigh, and a plant based patty. Sides include things like garlic butter rice, Japanese rice, and tamagoyaki. There’s also a handful of other dishes like takoyaki, agedashi tofu, and curry udon or rice.
A DIY sauce station provides plenty of options for seasoning your steak. You can keep it simple with salt and pepper, or select from any number of around 20 bottled and house made condiments. The chopped wasabi and yuzu ponzu are particularly tasty.
A good choice if you’re in a group of three to four people is the $79.90 triple beef platter. It gets you 200g of each of the three main steaks, plus a side of chips, fresh green salad, tempura onion rings, and chicken karaage. For lunch, the $19.90 steak, side, salad, and drink combo is a great value option.
To drink it’s sodas and Japanese drinks, plus Japanese beer, and cocktails. Think shōchū highballs, whisky highballs, and Yuzu-shu with soda.
Yappari Steak (Swanston)
215 Swanston Street
Melbourne
Victoria 3000
Australia
Telephone: 0428 356 286
E-mail: n/a
Website
Open
Sun – Thu: 11:00am to 11:00pm
Fri – Sat: 11:00am to 1:00am