Ajiya Okonomiyaki is a delightful little gem for Japanese food lovers, especially those with a soft spot for okonomiyaki. Nestled in a cozy yet comfortable space with traditional Japanese decor, the restaurant immediately transports you to Japan, making it a great spot to escape into a little slice of Japan right here in Singapore.
Their okonomiyaki, which you can make yourself or have the attentive staff prepare, stands out as one of the best we’ve tried in the Singapore. The ingredients are fresh, and each bite delivers the right balance of savory flavors with a hint of sweetness, all beautifully combined by the creamy Japanese mayo and tangy okonomiyaki sauce.
For an extra treat, we also tried the Gyutan, or grilled beef tongue, which the staff expertly grilled tableside. It was cooked to perfection, achieving that tender, smoky taste that’s hard to beat. However, the Yakisoba fell a bit short; while decent, it didn’t quite reach the same high standard as the other dishes.
DIY Japanese pancake restaurant where one can try your hand at cooking or leave it to the professionals. We opted for the latter to ensure that it was grilled to perfection but can imagine it might be fun to give it a try yourselves.
Choose your own ingredients for the pancake and we opted for prawn/ taco, smoked duck and shiitake. Sweet-savory mix with generous topping of okonomiyaki sauce, mayo, and umami bonito flakes and seaweed. Crisp exterior with a creamy center of egg, greens, red ginger, and tempura crisps. Preferred the taco over prawn for a chewier textural contrast.
A tad pricey for what it is but enjoyable and authentic experience.
📍@ajiyasg, 104 Jln Jurong Kechil, Singapore
A rather popular okonomiyaki, need to queue to enter. 10% off Okonomiyaki if u DIY.
Kids will like this place, my friends have brought their kids here after our visit here.
One of the best Okonomiyaki I ever had in Singapore. We actually ordered a 2nd Okonomiyaki. Yums
- Garlic fried rice was awesome.
- Scallops Mentai were huge and juicy
- other dishes were just fillers, nothing fantastic
End of the day, u are coming here for the Okonomiyaki.
I’ve only been to 2 okonomiyaki specialty stores in sg - ajiya and seiwaa, and I much preferred ajiya.
The okonomiyaki here has a nice crispy base (formed mostly by the pork belly), and as it’s left on the heated countertop it remains piping hot throughout your meal. It’s creamy but not in a cloying manner, and flavourful - there’s sweet, savoury, and tangy. Wouldn’t be complete without okonomiyaki sauce and bonito flakes! I find it a little pricey given the ingredients (only 3-4 thin slices of pork belly, some tako and the various veggies in the eggy batter) but it was very enjoyable.
cold ramen topped with ham, egg strips, surimi crabmeat and vegetables with tangy sauce
I looove this bowl of noodles. I’ve had it twice and I still think I will order this each time we’re here. The ramen could be have more of a bite, it’s rather soft. The yellow noodles made me worried that it would be alkaline-tasting, but it’s really not and the flavour comes mostly from the light soy+citrus (?) sauce. The sauce is savoury, tangy, and very refreshing because it’s cold. I don’t like ham and fake crabmeat so I would rather they replaced it, but I like the addition of the tobiko and crunchy cucumber, which further added to the refreshing taste of the dish.
I think this is a perfect dish to balance out the heavier flavours of the okonomiyaki and sides.
I’m not someone who loves mentai, I like it when I have it, but I wouldn’t actively want to order it, not sure why. But this was pretty good, I would order again! It’s very flavourful without being too salty or cheesy. And the slices of potato are thin enough such that it’s a nice snack, not too filling, yet not too thin that you feel ridiculous paying $12 for a plate of potatoes. The potatoes were soft but not mushy, save for a single piece that was a bit too crunchy (raw ish) for my liking. Served on a hot plate so your food is warm/hot even till the last piece.
first bite to this noodles were amazing too I loved the pork belly so much that umami flavour that blended so well with the savoury noodles!!!! didn’t expect this at all
Overall loved the experience, the food, the vibes!!! Highly recommend!!!
we loved these the most wow the fresh huge juicy scallops grilled in that sinful generous hot mentaiko sauce… so so yummy and I truly savoured each moment each bite 🥲
Awww it was such a beautiful mindblowing moment at Ajiya :”) went there for the DIY okonomiyaki but wow the other cooked dishes blew our minds….
Okonomiyaki: we chose octopus, smoked duck & cheese / it was interesting and fun making it myself (with the chefs constantly watching out for us - slightly stressed HAHHA but they were rlly sweet to give us advises too and make sure we don’t burn our food…) but the whole process took about 10 mins to cook and you can design your own shape & spam all the toppings. Taste wise yummy but fared slightly lower in comparison to the other dishes
Grey ish and murky, this definitely isn’t the most aesthetically pleasing item on the menu. Being quite a fan of century egg, I swayed the husband into ordering this. No regrets! The century egg tofu was serve chilled, in soupy century egg ‘gravy’ that has a subtle taste of century egg. And if you’re wondering if there was any odd/ rancid smell, nope, there wasn’t! The tofu was soft and tasted as expected. The generous dollop of roe added some crunch to the soft, creamy mouthfeel. The century egg certainly accentuated the overall taste and texture of the otherwise lonesome tofu. We were pretty impressed with our side!
Easily spotted along the road, this eatery was fully packed when we arrived around 7pm on a Friday evening. We got ourselves waitlisted in the queue and waited for 45mins (also the max waiting time advised by the staff due to the dine-in duration that was capped at 45mins)
Be prepared to soak up the smell of kitchen works when you dine in this cosy Japanese house. The live/DIY cooking means that the live action (and smoke) gets right-in-your-face-clothes-and-hair literally. I hate to stink after my food so the food has got to be worth it. Im glad to share that it does! For the novelty, friendly service and rather generous portion of oko (priced approx $17.90++ for the Ajiya combo oko, with a 10% discount if choose to DIY. Otherwise, you’ll be waited upon by their in-house oko chefs). The Ajiya combo allows you to choose 3 toppings - I picked tako, belly pork and smoked duck while the husband went for scallops, bacon and belly pork. Portion size of the proteins could be a lil’ more generous. Holistically, considering the rather substantial portion of cabbage and batter, it all adds up to a rather satiating meal.
Once done, you’ve the liberty to drizzle your oko with any amount of Japanese Mayo (kewpie!), oko sauce and bonito flakes! These condiments are available at no additional cost and they’re free-flow!
Worth a try if you’ve got time and don’t mind smelling a lil’ post meal.
Tip: Head early! The waitlist stops once the max #pax is reached before the “second” seating begins. During our wait, we saw disappointed diners walking away. They’d arrived perhaps 20-30mins after us.
Don’t bother with the yakiniku sides tho. I think they’re priced a tad steep for the portion (you get better deals and an assortment of dips at Yakiniku like!)
4.25⭐ Crave for okonomiyaki so here we are, thks to @inezzkly for the recommendation. We reached slightly before they open for dinner at 5.30pm, it get fill up quickly since there's only 8 tables. There's seafood, meat and veggie okonomiyaki, each with a choice of 3 ingredients. We ordered the seafood okonomiyaki and chose prawns, scallop and tako. There's 10% discount for DIY but we choose to leave it to the professional. 😆 We also ordered scallop mentai, aburi shimesaba and yaki soba. The yaki soba satisfied WB craving as he missed Japan's okonomiyaki which comes with noodle. All the dishes which we have ordered are good and we shall return again to try out the other dishes.
#AjiyaOkonomiyaki #SeafoodOkonimiyaki #ScallopMentai #AburiShimesaba #YakiSoba #HotYuzuTea #Lemonade
4.25⭐ Crave for okonomiyaki so here we are, thks to @inezzkly for the recommendation. We reached slightly before they open for dinner at 5.30pm, it get fill up quickly since there's only 8 tables. There's seafood, meat and veggie okonomiyaki, each with a choice of 3 ingredients. We ordered the seafood okonomiyaki and chose prawns, scallop and tako. There's 10% discount for DIY but we choose to leave it to the professional. 😆 We also ordered scallop mentai, aburi shimesaba and yaki soba. The yaki soba satisfied WB craving as he missed Japan's okonomiyaki which comes with noodle. All the dishes which we have ordered are good and we shall return again to try out the other dishes.
#AjiyaOkonomiyaki #SeafoodOkonimiyaki #ScallopMentai #AburiShimesaba #YakiSoba #HotYuzuTea #Lemonade
4.25⭐ Crave for okonomiyaki so here we are, thks to @inezzkly for the recommendation. We reached slightly before they open for dinner at 5.30pm, it get fill up quickly since there's only 8 tables. There's seafood, meat and veggie okonomiyaki, each with a choice of 3 ingredients. We ordered the seafood okonomiyaki and chose prawns, scallop and tako. There's 10% discount for DIY but we choose to leave it to the professional. 😆 We also ordered scallop mentai, aburi shimesaba and yaki soba. The yaki soba satisfied WB craving as he missed Japan's okonomiyaki which comes with noodle. All the dishes which we have ordered are good and we shall return again to try out the other dishes.
#AjiyaOkonomiyaki #SeafoodOkonimiyaki #ScallopMentai #AburiShimesaba #YakiSoba #HotYuzuTea #Lemonade
4.25⭐ Crave for okonomiyaki so here we are, thks to @inezzkly for the recommendation. We reached slightly before they open for dinner at 5.30pm, it get fill up quickly since there's only 8 tables. There's seafood, meat and veggie okonomiyaki, each with a choice of 3 ingredients. We ordered the seafood okonomiyaki and chose prawns, scallop and tako. There's 10% discount for DIY but we choose to leave it to the professional. 😆 We also ordered scallop mentai, aburi shimesaba and yaki soba. The yaki soba satisfied WB craving as he missed Japan's okonomiyaki which comes with noodle. All the dishes which we have ordered are good and we shall return again to try out the other dishes.
#AjiyaOkonomiyaki #SeafoodOkonimiyaki #ScallopMentai #AburiShimesaba #YakiSoba #HotYuzuTea #Lemonade
Meat Lover Okonomiyaki [Bacon, Pork Belly and Cheese]: $16.00
Japanese style pizza with cabbage, ginger, scallions, egg, okonomiyaki sauce and bonito flakes
This was a little bit of a lackluster experience for me. For a specialised okonomiyaki shop, it’s ironic that the side dishes tasted better than the actual okonomiyaki. Okonomiyaki was alright, not mind blowing. The taste of pickled ginger was rather overpowering and I couldn’t appreciate the rest of the toppings that we ordered as it was overpowered.
Rating: 3.30/5 ⭐️
💳 accepts credit card/ grab payment
🌬 air-conditioned
📵 no reservations, walk-in only
🙋🏻♀️ service charge applicable
🚫 no GST
📶 free wifi
⚠️ 30-45min wait (non-peak), 45min-1hr (peak)
Potato Cheese Mentai: $11.00
Fried potatoes topped with mozzarella cheese and mentai sauce
Potatoes had a nice width which resulted in a really nice crunchy texture, very generous with the mentai sauce 💕 love that they served it on a hot plate
Rating: 4.37/5 ⭐️
💳 accepts credit card/ grab payment
🌬 air-conditioned
📵 no reservations, walk-in only
🙋🏻♀️ service charge applicable
🚫 no GST
📶 free wifi
⚠️ 30-45min wait (non-peak), 45min-1hr (peak)
Hiyashi Chuka Ramen [spicy]: $12.00
Cold ramen with ham, egg strips, cucumbers, carrots and home made sauce
With its unassuming appearance, this dish was surprisingly good... noodles were al dente and vegetables had a nice crunch! well-balanced sauce was refreshing and the spicy option gave it a kick to the bite
Rating: 4.58/5 ⭐️
💳 accepts credit card/ grab payment
🌬 air-conditioned
📵 no reservations, walk-in only
🙋🏻♀️ service charge applicable
🚫 no GST
📶 free wifi
⚠️ 30-45min wait (non-peak), 45min-1hr (peak)
