150 University Ave W #3, Waterloo, ON N2L 3E4, Canada
Casual dining, specializing in Korean style “deep-fried cutlets” (aka “Donkatsu”) made from fresh quality meats, handmade breadcrumbs served with our secret Brown Katsu sauce. We also offer a delicious selection of Ramen & Donburi dishes.
Delightfully crispy breading and massive portions befitting of the price tag—come on an empty stomach! We got the combo pork katsu with the brown and cream sauces. Both are pretty tasty, but I thought the cream sauce was a bit heavy on top of the fried katsu. Service was friendly and accommodating but the atmosphere was pretty typical.
Tried the Chicken Teri katsu. I Was surprised (in a good way) at the quantity I could only finish half my plate and took the rest home. In addition to quantity, it tasted really good too.
Brown Donkatsu is a Korean restaurant that specializes in a breaded fried pork cutlet originating from Seoul, Korea. The food is delicious and fresh, the pork cutlet was crispy on the outside, very tender and juicy on the inside. The signature brown sauce goes well with the pork, it is tangy with a slight tomato taste. Portions are quite large and easily shareable.
Amazing food and the portions are huge! Only dish that was a bit dry was the Grilled Chashu. Wish the place was bigger and had more seating!
Just ordered from UberEats and the food here is phenomenal 10/10 no notes it’s delicious, fresh and warm I ordered Curry Katsu (Chicken) and I recommend it wholeheartedly Price is good Portions even better All around wonderful Thank you so much 🥹 Edit: Went in person yesterday!!!! I had a good time :) I ordered spicy cheese katsu with boiled vegetables had lunch before a long trip, really filling <3
The best katsu ever !!! The portions are HUGE here, be prepared to eat a LOT or take some home or let your friends take over (me). The sauce really makes the dish tasty, and the katsu is one of the better places I’ve eaten. Highly recommend this place if you’re hungry! 🩷🩷
My favourite donkatsu spot in now in Waterloo and honestly their katsu is just so good. The signature brown sauce is addicting and I also got the carbo curry katsu and I think it is a new favourite now. Their noodles are also very good! They make everything fresh and chooses the best ingredients ! One portion is def big enough to share !
Portion sizes are HUGE—each dish came with two generous pieces of meat! 😍 This not only made it great value for money but also ensured we all left feeling extremely satisfied. We ordered Buldon, Corn Cheese, Carbonara Katsu, Everything Set, Curry Katsu, Cheese Stick Katsu, and Buckwheat Noodles. Overall, everything was super tasty, and the service was amazing! The staff were friendly and attentive, making sure we had everything we needed and more. I highly recommend Brown Donkatsu to anyone in Waterloo looking for a fantastic meal. We can’t wait to come back and try more dishes!
One of my favorite places in the plazza.
Always love coming here. Food is always great
It was an amazing experience, the food was super delicious!! Will come again
Super good Noodles and donkatsu!
Awesome ramen! It was so tasty
Really enjoyed the food and the service was very fast and friendly
Left a nice big tip because my server Sohee was friendly and cool, also the food was tasty and portions were large! Had the pork katsu. Very nice
Pretty good
As some one who is new to waterloo. I want to let everyone know this IS THE PLACE, the pork is perfect, with a CRISP CRUNCH you will never forget. A generous severing of rice and cabbage and corn , wonderful sauce to complement the cabbage hence making the dish even more I HIGHLY RECOMMEND !!!
Highly recommend this place. It is an Asian fusion along with Western style cuisine. It is a lot better than Western cuisine itself. This is the best katsu I have eaten in my life. Its very crispy and juicy, and the ratio of meat to flour is greater.
Its so delicious
nakasaki jjambbong and soba were soooo tasty yay!!!
Brown pork cutlet, Nagasaki Champon No fail today too haha It s the perfect Korean taste. Nagasaki is in 3 stages!
The waiters IQ is too low. Even though its not a hotel, he didnt let me and my friends sit on a sofa for four people.
it is delicious
Food was delicious and staffs were very friendly.
Large portions!
We waited a while to get seated because it was packed. There is a QR Code to get on the waiting list. We ordered the carbonera curry katsu and the cheese bomb katsu. Both were so filling. I chose the chicken carbonera curry katsu. It came with 3 big pieces of chicken, with corn, slaw and rice. The chicken was perfectly cooked and crispy. I didnt think there was enough rice, but the chicken was so saucy that I didnt need more rice. We also got the pork cheese bomb katsu. It was a cheese overload! It was very filling! I highly recommend trying Brown Donkatsu! I would try more menu items next time.
Very big portions and very friendly staff Parking: Gud amount of parking Food : 5/5 |
Great is Service, Food Portions is amazing!!!
The food was good but the meal reminded me of my previous delivery experience here. Why did the delivery driver have to wait behind the long order line? The staff just kept repeating that they were there first but the customer I was representing had already ordered and you should have prepared the food. I always think that delivery orders and normal orders are two different lanes and you should at least tell me how long to wait instead of just letting me wait because the customer came before me and my customer ordered first. I subsequently cancelled the order and this experience makes me feel a little bitter when I eat here again.
I ordered a breonkatsu and it was really good and more enough!!
Amazong food, always satisfied with quality and service
Good food, nice service, kind server (Ellie )
Huge portions and wonderful taste
Takoyaki :3
It is really tasty Parking: Food : 5/5 |
good
it is delicious! The pork cutlet is delicious, but the jjamppong is especially delicious.
Parking: Safe Food
Food was very good, lots of it, tasty delicious, good service.
It was my first time trying, and I have to say first of all the service is so welcoming and friendly by the young gentleman that was working early afternoon. I overall like the flavours of the sauces. Just I found that the meat is very thin and lots of breading. Just a bit oily for my liking. I probably would try it again though. Thank you for such a nice service
The cheese bomb gassss
The staff is really friendly and the food is really delicious!
really nice staff and food was great!!
The cheese chestnuts here are steamed.
The pork katsu was amazing and serving was much bigger than I expected! If I may suggest, it ll be nice to have the sauce in a separate cup instead so the katsu won t get too soggy
I enjoyed it so much~~^^ Waterloo first-class pork cutlet
Good service good people good meat good sauce Wheelchair accessibility: Wheelchair Food : 5/5 |
Portions were perfect and taste was impeccable
Good meat good food good people good service good atmosphere
The food was very good, the service was friendly and the portions were big. Would come again.
nice restaurant
Can t believe you guys forgot the sauce for the katsu. How can someone eat this dry stuff without sauce
So little portion of rice and giant ass Donkatsu who even come up with this ratio of food, is oily too
Great food. Staff is attentive and patient. Overall a great place to enjoy a meal
Great place for Korean Donkatsu. The portions are huge!
Perfect, its a small yet comfy area and servers good katsu
Incredible portions, friendly staff, good meal
Great taste
My favorite katsu place!!
Food is really good. Any katsu is quite good and massive. Noodles were ok
My husband and I are foodies. We were visiting the area of Cambridge/Kitchener/Waterloo and were craving Katsu. We chose Brown Donkatsu because of the reviews, and they lived up for it. I had the carbonara / original Katsu mix, and my husband had the mix of the shrimp, fish and chicken Katsu. Our friends tried the Ramen and the Cheese Katsu. I am telling you, EVERYTHING was delicious. And the portions were gigantic so we had left overs. We are heavy eaters and had to take food home. Anyway, this is a great place!!
Its so delicious
Bdon is true everywhere!! Its so delicious. Im full~~
Its delicious and plentiful.
Ordered the pork brown donkatsu. Food portions were massive. Katsu was crispy. Recommended.
Long wait times for dinner (understandable) but it was worth it! The Brown Pork Katsu was so good I got 3 medium sized cutlets. I do think the meat to rice ratio isn t very proportionate but they re very generous with the meat! the rice was a little hard imo but the meat was reaaaalll goood There was so much meat that it basically meal prepped for me LOL
The food is good but I don t like the service, is bad
Happy with their service and food
I am very glad I ran into this place. ordered online without knowing what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised. amazing fried chicken, fish and shrimp. the dipping sauce were perfect
Best Tonkatsu Place in Waterloo!!
The food, atmosphere and service was amazing!! This is a must try when youre in the Waterloo area
Great service and variety of food- came for lunch and it was such good value, thanks for a great time Parking: Lots of space in the plaza!
Ive been here quite a few times now and I always thought Id already left a review... The owner Dominic is super down to earth, the service is always great, the vibes honestly do remind me of Korea. My favourite is probably the combo katsu but everything Ive tried is really good. Highly highly recommend!!
Olivia was such a nice person, and it was delightful having her as our waitress
Best Donkatsu Place in Waterloo
Insane portion size! The brown sauce is very unique and unlike the katsu brown sauce elsewhere. Delicious
really delicious
Their katsudon is amazing
The ramen was really good and amazing.
Perfect service!!! I asked for reheat for my meal, the stuff even helped me re-arranged the meal. It s super helpfulll! Btw, best music here!
Awesome food, service was great and on point, would visit often. Worth a shot if nearby waterloo
yummy!
So much food!
portions were big and food was very good
Went in for the first time and had an amazing experience! Food was so yummy and staff were super friendly! Highly recommend!!
The interior was very clean and the service was great. Very big portions for food.
Loved coming in for dinner. Atmosphere was nice and the place was clean. Food portions were big as well.
It was very amazing
The food was very good, large portions. Service was also great
Very good portions, great and friendly service, food tasted good.
Good food. We will come again.
I enjoyed the original tonkatsu!
The rose garlic is so delicious with 2 levels of spiciness The portions are plentiful and delicious, so it s great value for money!
Portions huge for the price. Delicious and great atomsphere
Great place with generous portions! I thought the pork curry katsu was flavorful and definitely enough for two people. Would come back, the service is great too and they accommodated our group of 6 by pushing together tables.
Its delicious
.no vegetarian dishes no tea
Super delicious
Nice food
Our server, Ellie, was absolutely great!!! Food was excellent and quantity was unbelievably generous!!
Ordered the chasudon and the portion of meat is very generous. The marinated egg was flavourful, but the chasu was a bit dry. Service was great either way!
really big portions
Gargantuan portion sizes. A katsu meal is around $20 but it could easily feed 2 people. Everything is made fresh, and super crispy. Even though it is a donkatsu restaurant, I highly recommend the ebidon with the fried shrimp. The bowl was piled high with shrimps and sauce and the rice is very flavourful. I love the breadcrumbs, it s very light and delicately crispy.
Best katsu place in Waterloo
Love this place
Great food
Very delicious
Our first katsu dining experience in Waterloo was made better by Brown Donkatsu!
love this place. quality food and service.
The fries were crispy, the oil was well removed, there was no meat smell, there was plenty of cheese, and the sauce was delicious. There was a lot of food so I brought it home and ate it again and it was delicious. I dont have a picture of the rice cake skewers, but they are really spicy and the best. However, since this is a pork cutlet restaurant, please do not order cold buckwheat flour haha. The tteokgalbi that I received in a package was also really delicious.
It was so great. The staff were so kind and the amount of the food were big.
Portions are huge. Great customer service
Foods are delicious
Really like the pork!!
Best Donkatsu place in town, recommend.
I want to talk about tonkatsu only: - Portion is large for normal tonkatsu - Normal Katsu is not as flavorful as I expected, can be improved - Gravy is too tomatoey, maybe just personal taste - Katsu breading is plain, can add more seasoning for sure
One of my fav food im so glad i get to have it in waterloo <3
If you don t like this place, you are 100% a foreigner who has never tasted or experienced authentic Korean Donkatsu in your life. Extremely reasonable price for its portion. Don t even try to compare this place to any other Donkatsu place in Canada.
Large portions, good food and good service
It is delicious and offers a very large portion for the price.
It was really delicious! It tasted like a genuine Katsu in South Korea.
Its delicious
Very large portion. Crispy and delicious.
I ordered the pork teri katsu and it was delicious! portions are huge, lots of sauce, and filling. i couldn t finish it so i took it to go, i recommend sharing.
Was craving tonkatsu like how they do Im south Korea: I was impressed. Portions are really big. Needed a to-go box. Food : 5/5
Food was excellent, but my only criticism is that they don t serve enough rice, price is a little high, and the seats are slightly cramped. 7/10 would come here again!
Among the pork cutlets Ive eaten since coming to Canada, its the most delicious~~!! I think it tastes better than eating it in Korea~ This is a delicious pork cutlet restaurant recognized by Koreans~~
I love Brown Donkatsu! Their Carbonara Katsu is the best ever!!!
Super value for the price. Very tasty too!
The main reason why I am leaving a bad review is because the waitress was being very rude to me and my husband. Today at around 2:30pm we walked into the restaurant and waited at the front for a while. The waitress just pointed out a small table for us to sit without saying anything. We asked whether we can get a booth she just said No. that s it. Without explaining anything or apologizing. There were at least 3-4 empty booths and she did not give any reason. The restaurant was not busy at this time either. We would be ok with a small table and we were expecting to order many dishes if she was not being so rude to us. We were very upset over the bad attitude so we left right away. We are not coming back again.
Good service! a very yummy donkatsu place in waterloo.
Portions are very huge! A very good donkatsu place in waterloo :)
Looooove this restaurant so much! Insane servings! My fav is the carbonara 10/10
Big serving and very good service! the best donkatsu place in waterloo!
Delicious!!
it is delicious!! Good good
Loved the food and the experience!
I love their rice cake skewers
Goated
Amazing place and such friendly service! Recommend!
This is one of our favorite places to eat here in waterloo. The carbonara donkatsu is really good and big in serving! Very worth it must try
Food is really great. Huge portion, tasty dishes and friendly staff. Their jjampong and katsu dishes is really good!
Good portion, delicious, will go back every week
This place was so good! Top quality. Everything they did, they did very well. We got a Katsu, a Donburi, and Ramen, also the cheese corn appetizer. Everything was delicious, and the portions were very generous...We all had leftovers, and Im 63 and athletic and therefore eat a lot. Also this was lunch and we hadnt eaten breakfast. Especially noteworthy was just how meat they included with the Donburi. They didnt skimp at all (as lots of places do with Donburi) Thanks for the good food!
Food was very good. I had the carbo curry chicken katsu and it was very tender and flavourful
Amazing
Such a great place to dine in
It was so good
Awesome place
Very good
Good service and food
olivia went above and beyond with her service, the food is also amazing def a must try!!
Very good experience as the food was delicious. Totally recommend. Food
Kid friendly, exceptional service. They offered to adjust the soup flavour if we wanted, to make it just right for us. Great experience!
Everything tastes better than the pork cutlet you eat in Korea. They are friendly and all the other menu items are delicious~~
The hot and spicy katsu is a must try. Staff is very friendly.
The taste is very good and foods was a lot. Happy to find good new restaurant. Also the interior is neat and clean.
It is very decent place to enjoy korean style katsu!!!
MASSIVE PORTIONS. Had the hot and spicy cheese. Highly recommend. Staff are so nice. Will be coming back.
Its delicious and the service is good.^^