ShoSho, Hyde Park: What’s on the menu at this Japanese restaurant in Adelaide?

ShoSho in Hyde Park goes for Izakaya-style dining. But this Japanese restaurant in Adelaide truly specialises in tempura.

ShoSho in the Hyde Park neighbourhood is a good example of how Adelaide’s food scene has come on leaps and bounds in recent years. The quality of local produce has always been there, but the variety of dining perhaps hasn’t.

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ShoSho, Hyde Park: Izakaya in Adelaide

ShoSho brings the Japanese Izakaya style of dining to the South Australian capital. Izakaya originally referred to sake shops that allow customers to stay and drink on the premises. Over time, however, it has morphed into something different – a place where the emphasis is on the drink, but it also serves food too. Rough equivalents in other cultures would be English pubs, Spanish tapas bars and American taverns. They’re casual places – the sort of spot where you might go after work for a drink, then stay to eat rather than going home.

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ShoSho menu

This Japanese restaurant in Adelaide has a speciality, however. The ShoSho menu focuses on tempura dishes. If you don’t like things battered and fried, this is probably the wrong Hyde Park restaurant for you.

The best experiences at ShoSho in Adelaide are the five course chef’s menus. These cost from $75 per person and showcase the best of ShoSho’s snacks, dumplings, noodle dishes, tempura and raw fish. You need to be in a group of at least six people to enjoy the chef’s menu at this Adelaide Japanese restaurant.

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For tables, bookings are essential. However, bar seats are reserved for walk-ins if you happen to be passing. For more details visit the restaurant website. ShoSho is around 3km south of central Adelaide.

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