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Here are Nhi's experiences with buffet dining at Akari restaurant in Ruby Plaza. The article includes food photos and prices for your reference!
Overall review of Akari restaurant – 16th floor Ruby Plaza, 44 Lê Ngọc Hân, HBT
The other day, I went for an evening buffet with colleagues at Akari Moon in Ruby Plaza shopping mall. My first impression of Akari is that it's quite luxurious, with professional, refined service and prices that are reasonable.
Ambiance of Akari restaurant
Akari restaurant is quite spacious, reportedly over 700m2, accommodating several hundred people at once. Additionally, the restaurant features a dedicated VIP area for small to large events as per guests' needs. What I love most here is the view from the 16th floor of Ruby tower, offering a breathtaking panoramic of Hanoi at dusk.
Dishes on Akari restaurant's buffet menu
Akari restaurant offers both Alarcarte and Japanese buffet options. Of course, opting for the buffet allows you to enjoy a wide variety of dishes at a much more economical price. The buffet menu here consists of around 200 dishes that are regularly rotated or added, giving diners plenty of choices.
Delicious Snails
Among Akari's menu are some enticing dishes that the staff will actively introduce for you to choose, such as: Korean kimchi cakes, Australian beef wrapped in pickled ginger, grilled salted pork leg with spicy sauce, assorted stir-fried noodles, grilled fish eggs with salt... Weekends become even more enticing with New Zealand lamb chops pan-seared in mushroom sauce.
Japanese-style Pancakes
Rich and Flavorful Beef
The appetizers here are quite light and refreshing. Let me list some of them: salmon mixed with mayonnaise sauce, chicken and fruit with Italian sauce, seafood broccoli with sesame sauce, young corn chicken soup, assorted sashimi, milk oyster sashimi, assorted sushi, lotus stem mixed with plum, shrimp meat coral, green pomelo crab salad...
Italian Pasta
Fresh Salad
Appetizer Counter
The hot dishes are divided into various types based on cooking methods including stir-fry, sauce, grill, boil, fry/roast. Children love this area for its incredibly enticing flavors and attractive presentation. For example: Osaka-style stir-fried udon noodles, spicy stir-fried salmon skin, Italian pasta with minced beef sauce, grilled chicken wings, beef offal stew served with bread, pepper braised pork trotters, fried rice with egg, fried steamed buns, french fries...
Assorted Miscellaneous Dishes
Chicken Varieties
Grilled Fish, Lobster, and Finger Snails
Snails and Eel Sushi
During this season, many people enjoy hotpot, like us, we ordered a hotpot and spent the whole evening leisurely enjoying it. The hotpot broth at Akari restaurant offers a variety of flavors for you to choose from, so everyone can find something they like, for example: spicy miso, Japanese sesame oil, spicy and sour hotpot, lemon grass chicken hotpot, seaweed chicken hotpot, pumpkin chicken hotpot, mushroom chicken hotpot, kimchi hotpot, Thai Tomyum hotpot...
Assorted Fresh Ingredients for Dipping or Grilling
Meat and Tofu for Hotpot Dipping or Grilling
There are nearly 20 types of meats, fish, and seafood used for hotpot dipping or grilling such as: American beef, mullet, tiger prawns, clams, ostrich, snakehead fish, camel meat, beef tongue, crispy fish, salted pork trotters, Korean marinated pork belly, seafood dumplings, razor clams, wild boar, cuttlefish eggs, razor clams, alligator...
A Corner of the Hotpot Dipping Counter Area
Double Happiness Hotpot and Dipping Ingredients
There is also a wide array of vegetables and fruits for hotpot dipping, displayed in vibrant green strips including: spinach, water spinach, Chinese cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, chicken thigh mushrooms, seafood mushrooms, various types of potatoes, tofu skin, corn kernels, egg noodles, red rice cakes, dong noodles, fresh vermicelli... In general, it's well-balanced with plenty of meats and also a variety of vegetables, so there's no worry about excess nutrients or nutritional imbalance.
Assorted Hotpot and Hotpot Dipping Ingredients
In addition to the main dishes mentioned above, the restaurant also has several counters serving other popular dishes, the most beloved being tamago nigiri (egg sushi rolls) and chawanmushi (steamed egg custard with ginkgo nuts - a specific dish highly favored in Japan).
Various Types of Sushi
Sushi and Sashimi
Dessert Selection
Furthermore, Akari restaurant also has a dedicated area where chefs perform Teppanyaki culinary art for customers to enjoy.
Pricing and current promotional programs at Akari restaurant
Time | Listed Price | 30 or more guests | 10 - 29 guests | 1 - 9 guests |
Weekday Lunch | 295,000 | 265,000 | 274,000 | 280,000 |
Monday to Thursday Dinner | 328,000 | 295,000 | 305,000 | 311,000 |
| Friday to Sunday Dinner | 368,000 | 331,000 | 342,000 | 349,000 |
>>> Check out the details of the ongoing discount program at Akari restaurant
- Lâm Tuệ Nhi -
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