Akaraka - Zuerich

Very good food together with wonderful singing in a warm atmosphere. A nice evening.

I wish I could give a better note to the restaurant, after all the service and the place itself is very nice, including the very entertaining opera singing, but let's be honest: this is a restaurant, and the food was simply sub par. The soup noodle starter was very bland, lacking flavours and complexity. The vegetable pancake was nice, but nothing to rave about: a simple kind of fritada with spring onions and a sauce to dip in...simple in taste as in existence. The rice cake with the spicy sauce was very good. Not only was the chewyness of the rice on point, but also the balance of the sauce was spot on. Next, the fried chicken was also good, moist, and crunchy with a nice sweet and salty sauce. As a main, I had the beef, which also came with rice, kimichy, and pickled vegetables. This was a big disappointment: although the beef was tender, it lacked complexity, refinement and flavours. It was like drinking decaff coffee...decent, but absolutely forgettable. The dessert, a vanilla ice cream was also not very good, and most probably not homemade, tasting like some big low brands with lots of fake vanilla flavours. All that, unfortunately, came at a very high price when included tips and drinks. While prices for food in Switzerland are generally insanely high compared to other countries, what we paid here was beyond the acceptable norm given the level of the food.

Very good food and the singing performances make the visit uniquely wonderful

I just wanted to leave my experience here; Out Group mistakenly thought that this was a typical restaurant that ordered individual items from the menu, but despite this, the experience was unexpectedly quite amazing. And even after I found out that the restaurant was really authentic and served by high quality, I was once again surprised by the singing and the dessert that came after it. So... it was a good experience! I'd do that to other people.

We have dined NYE 2022 and sung by the owner who is an inconceivable opera maestro. We had the tasting menu and the food was solid. We were entertained between meals and this made it an unforgettable experience. Unexpected is this a unique experience in Zurich!