Jungdon Katsu

Hard day? Nothing makes it better than ordering takeout of the literal BEST chicken katsu in the East Bay. I like to order myself the Deluxe Chicken Katsu whenever I’ve had a tough day, and it always makes it better. The $32 price tag feels a bit steep at first, but the amount of food that comes with it is easily enough for two people — or, in my case, a dinner and a lunch for they next day. Two perfectly flaky and crispy chicken breasts, three scoops of rice, two scoops of their house potato salad, a miso soup, and a generous heap of finely shredded cabbage with a sour vinaigrette. It’s the perfect dressing to cut the heavy chicken and savory katsu sauce. Every texture is unique and works well with the others, making for a delightfully varied meal. I’ve only ever ordered from here online, but I imagine the service and ambience matches the same level of clean, simple detail that the food so perfectly nails.

I’ve been craving a plate of juicy katsu for a while! I was so excited to see a katsu restaurant in my area and placed my first order a couple of days ago. I ordered a deluxe deungshim plate - good value but I would have liked less rice and more katsu. The rice was fresh, the cabbage + dressing was SO crisp and yummy, and the potato salad was light and creamy. The miso soup was miso soup! Sadly, the deungshim katsu was pretty disappointing. I expected a thick cut that was pink in the middle as the restaurant’s website advertises. Instead we got a thin white piece of pork that was pretty dry on its own. Thankfully the breading was excellent and the dipping sauce helped make up for the dryness. The website isn’t super clear on the difference between anshim and deungshim but after way too much Googling, I believe I should have received a fattier and thicker cut of meat. I’m giving Jungdon Katsu 3 stars because I’m willing to give this place another shot but they definitely didn’t satisfy my katsu craving.

My friends said it was the BEST katsu and they were right!!! After taking it over to my place the pork was still warm and crispy. I will definitely be stopping by soon! And to the people complaining, DUH, it’s a ghost kitchen. Get over it. Not all businesses can’t have or want a brick & mortar. No smashed windows with ghost kitchens.

Run, don’t walk. Best katsu I’ve had on the west coast! Crispy, not drenched in oil, and bigger portions than I expected. Would highly recommend the pork katsu, and recommend eating the cheese katsu while it’s warm (or re heat it so the cheese is runny/soft). I thought the price of the combo was high but once I saw how much food it was $30 seems acceptable. Easily 2 meals.

Deluxe is more than enough for two people. The katsu is juicy and crispy, the sauces aren’t overtly sweet, and the rice is well cooked.

Great Katsu but the Cheese Katsu is too small for the price. Also please bring back the half anshim and half cheese menu item!

Deluxe tonkatsu order is ample enough to share. Juiciest tonkatsu I've found in East Bay though thick crust is a bit too rich for my taste. Potato salad meh, rice is rice, miso soup was fine. I would prefer classic thick tonkatsu sauce to the thin, intensely garlicky sauce offered.

(TL;DR: it's actually good!) I was suspicious of this place when my wife shared it with me. The thing is, all the places that serve katsu in the area are incredibly disappointing. And given that this is a "ghost" kitchen, I was doubly suspicious. But I figured, it's a new katsu place in the area, let's drive by and see. Upon arrival, I probed to discover if I could see the kitchen. I'm not so familiar with ghost kitchens, and the front staff was resistant and told me I wasn't allowed to go to the kitchen. I asked if there was a chef, if I could talk with them. Seemingly incredulous, the staff said they'd ask. A few minutes later, the chef came. I asked her if she makes the katsu herself or if they're frozen and store bought; she makes them from scratch herself and buys the meat in the morning. She started her business as a ghost kitchen because finding staff and an affordable location was difficult around here. I was reassured and placed an order. She was very nice! I ordered one Anshim Katsu and one Cordon Bleu. Both we're pretty good, on par with good katsu delivery restaurants we'd find in Korea. So to us, that's a find. We wish Mme Kim great success and will order from here in the future. Good luck and hopefully you'll one day have your own storefront!