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Home to Singapore’s best happy hour; Tanuki Raw is a modern Japanese bar and restaurant serving donburi and sharing plates. Famous for Singapore’s top happy hour and the best truffle yakiniku beef bowl in town. Tanuki Raw has been a pioneer in modern Japanese cuisine since 2012 with its first branch on Singapore’s Orchard Road. Relax in the al fresco balcony area overlooking Orchard and try our unique and playful experience today!
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Address: 181 Orchard Road, Central, #04-01 Orchard, Singapore 238896
Phone: +65 6636 5949
Website: http://tanukiraw.com/
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TTT
With many bad reviews, we still decided to give it a try and honestly no regrets.
The chirashi bowl was fresh and rather generous for the price.
Giant pork tonkatsu was moist and not over fried served with Japanese curry that was spicy and rich in flavor.
Service staff were polite and ready to serve with a smile.
Overall experience was great!
… moreThe chirashi bowl was fresh and rather generous for the price.
Giant pork tonkatsu was moist and not over fried served with Japanese curry that was spicy and rich in flavor.
Service staff were polite and ready to serve with a smile.
Overall experience was great!
Jolin Min Min
I brought my friend who is first time here to enjoy, and she likes the food.
Especially the rice, so nice till she rather eat finish the rice instead of salmon! (Because she say, “salmon really a lot!”, so you can see it’s worth it!)
We went there as got trust 1-1 voucher in the app due to birthday, and they explain to us properly what is available and let us in even we never make any reservations.
Beef and oysters were also very of course!
… moreEspecially the rice, so nice till she rather eat finish the rice instead of salmon! (Because she say, “salmon really a lot!”, so you can see it’s worth it!)
We went there as got trust 1-1 voucher in the app due to birthday, and they explain to us properly what is available and let us in even we never make any reservations.
Beef and oysters were also very of course!
Ed T
Not bad Japanese food.
Ingredients on their chirashi bowl were fresh, portion just rather small.
Their tomahawk pork katsu was good. Portion generous.
Guess they have to find a balance somehow?
Not too bad, good lunch experience.
… moreIngredients on their chirashi bowl were fresh, portion just rather small.
Their tomahawk pork katsu was good. Portion generous.
Guess they have to find a balance somehow?
Not too bad, good lunch experience.
Lucian
Came for the lunch sets which were reasonably priced at $12.90++
Was a bit disappointed that some options weren’t available the day i went, especially as i went when it just opened for the day. Ended up getting the collagen rice bowl which was pretty flavourful but there were some extremely chewy portions of meat. Topped up $6 for some gyoza, salad, soup and green tea. The gyoza was crispy and decently filled while the salad was fresh and provided a nice contrast to the rice bowl.
Service was friendly and food came within 5 minutes, the interior decor is also pretty nice.
… moreWas a bit disappointed that some options weren’t available the day i went, especially as i went when it just opened for the day. Ended up getting the collagen rice bowl which was pretty flavourful but there were some extremely chewy portions of meat. Topped up $6 for some gyoza, salad, soup and green tea. The gyoza was crispy and decently filled while the salad was fresh and provided a nice contrast to the rice bowl.
Service was friendly and food came within 5 minutes, the interior decor is also pretty nice.
Dora Tan
Visited Tanuki Raw via ClassPass while pregnant and had a very disappointing experience. The restaurant was empty with many available seats, yet I was told I couldn’t dine in because it was “against policy.”
While I understand policies exist, the complete lack of empathy was upsetting — especially after staff knew I was pregnant. I sat outside on a makeshift seat as I was hungry and didn’t want to spend time finding a proper dining spot while the restaurant remained empty. The staff noticed but avoided eye contact instead of addressing the situation professionally.
Very disappointing service.
… moreWhile I understand policies exist, the complete lack of empathy was upsetting — especially after staff knew I was pregnant. I sat outside on a makeshift seat as I was hungry and didn’t want to spend time finding a proper dining spot while the restaurant remained empty. The staff noticed but avoided eye contact instead of addressing the situation professionally.
Very disappointing service.
Jinghorjiak
Ordered Fole Gras Truffle Yakiniku Donburi and Tanuki Kaisen Chirashi Donburi. Quite small bowl. Meat is fresh and tasty. Just that the outdoor table has lots of ants crawling. Do be careful, especially when using tissue on the table.
… moreelgin koh
Simon was the host that made my day. I celebrated my birthday there, everything was in proper L, service was fast . Simon complimented my birthday with a drink to all my guests and myself . Wonderful celebration. PS: don’t forget their piece by age salmon sashimi give away if you celebrate your birthday there with a bottle of wine, champagne or sake.
… moreeunice faith
I always come here with my friends and we usually have a wonderful time. Decided to bring my husband this time and was met with subpar standard.
Oysters we got were rotten and we ended up leaving them behind because we didn’t wanna take the risk anymore. There was zero service recovery other than the manager only gave us a laughable 10% discount on that We are just hoping we don’t get food poisoning.
Cocktails used to be filled to the brim but not anymore this time. Also, it was not as tasty.
Salmon slices were also a lot thinner compared to last week when I patronised with my friends.
Regret coming here and would have very much rather spent our money elsewhere.
… moreOysters we got were rotten and we ended up leaving them behind because we didn’t wanna take the risk anymore. There was zero service recovery other than the manager only gave us a laughable 10% discount on that We are just hoping we don’t get food poisoning.
Cocktails used to be filled to the brim but not anymore this time. Also, it was not as tasty.
Salmon slices were also a lot thinner compared to last week when I patronised with my friends.
Regret coming here and would have very much rather spent our money elsewhere.
Joy Ong
food was a 8/10, but service 3/10.
i’ve always been a fan of their rice bowls and sweet potato fries, but decided to try their chilled udon this time. i’m glad i did – the udon was of the perfect springiness and drenched in a light, umami, savoury sauce. proteins were a hit as usual, generous portions and really tasty. the truffle yakiniku was melty and tender, whereas the chunks of salmon sashimi were fresh.
service wise, it was pretty terrible:
– we waited 40mins for a table at 8pm on a weekday. upon entering the restaurant, we realised there were plenty of tables around, they just werent cleared. what a rude shock tbh…
– no waiters around to serve us when the restaurant wasnt busy. waited for a good 10-15 minutes to get a waiter’s attention to get water and additional cutlery.
– walked to the cashier to make payment and hovered around for at least 10 minutes bc there was no one at the payment counter.
overall i spent about 1.5h having dinner here but 90% of the time was spent waiting. quite a bummer of an experience, wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone looking to have a stress free meal.
… morei’ve always been a fan of their rice bowls and sweet potato fries, but decided to try their chilled udon this time. i’m glad i did – the udon was of the perfect springiness and drenched in a light, umami, savoury sauce. proteins were a hit as usual, generous portions and really tasty. the truffle yakiniku was melty and tender, whereas the chunks of salmon sashimi were fresh.
service wise, it was pretty terrible:
– we waited 40mins for a table at 8pm on a weekday. upon entering the restaurant, we realised there were plenty of tables around, they just werent cleared. what a rude shock tbh…
– no waiters around to serve us when the restaurant wasnt busy. waited for a good 10-15 minutes to get a waiter’s attention to get water and additional cutlery.
– walked to the cashier to make payment and hovered around for at least 10 minutes bc there was no one at the payment counter.
overall i spent about 1.5h having dinner here but 90% of the time was spent waiting. quite a bummer of an experience, wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone looking to have a stress free meal.
Valerie Pay
Salmon don was ok, foie gras in the beef bowl seemed burnt. Customer experience could have been much better – When we gave feedback to the server twice, nothing was done. We also gave feedback to the front of house and nothing was done either. Service was also imbalanced – salmon don came very quickly but the beef bowl came only 20 min later so we ended up leaving the salmon out for 20 min and the response from the service staff was that the salmon didn’t need to be cooked as much while the foie gras needed to be cooked. Would have hope for the food to be timed to be served around the same time so diners at the same table can eat together, rather than based on whichever can be served out first.
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