Papa Kato Karaage

TJ CS 3 months ago

Outstanding fried chicken. (Some of us thought even better than James Baird Award nominee Miss Kim (and we love her food)!) 🤤😋 Great atmosphere, excellent music, and a staff that made us feel so welcome. We will be back. 😀 By the way, it was all gluten-free.

Mary Gee 6 months ago

We finally got to enjoy Papa Kato's in downtown Toledo today. We absolutely loved the karaage (chicken chunks) with Asian BBQ sauce and the Karaage Donburi (Chicken chunks, eggs, light dashi sauce, etc on rice bowl). I lived in Japan for 7 years and can honestly say that this is the real deal. The freshness, flavor, quality & presentation were impressive. All staff members were attentive and created a fun atmosphere. No one was high as stated by another reviewer. Definitely check it out soon!

Samuel 7 months ago

Half chicken with the kimchi ranch and the saitama hot sauce was absolutely amazing! The chicken was incredibly crispy and went perfectly with our sides (kimchi and potato salad). I highly recommend. Will be back.

Malori Izbinski 7 months ago

You must must get the honey sauce!!! MUST! The chicken is sooooo juicy yet makes a cartoon “crunch” sound when you bite into it!! AND GLUTEN FREE?!? Toledo deserves nice things. You deserve nice things. Eat here. 💜

Kirk Hudson 8 months ago

Was visiting Toledo, and ended up in a warehouse-ish neighborhood. I saw Papa Kato's, Japanese Fried Chicken and was sold. As you enter, you're greeted by a full throated greeting from the staff - there were 2 cooks, and 2 wait staff! I ordered edamame, Chicken Karaage with honey garlic dipping sauce, a side of Japanese white rice, and a Maumee cider to drink. The breading was different from what I expected, and good. I was expecting more like panko breading, versus a wet dipped, crusted coating. Again, I liked what I got! The outside was crispy and the chicken inside was moist, hot, and delicious. The edamame was as expected, with nice chunky sea salt sprinkles. The Maumee Cider was a nice complement, and surprise. It was crisp and dry, but with a nice sweetness from the apples. And the rice was, well, rice. At first I thought it was prepared like sushi rice with mirin mixed in, but found out it was simply boiled rice that was a bit stuck together, but not mushy. They have a house soy sauce that's flavorful and added the right amount of saltiness to what I ate. The restroom was ok, but not like many Japanese restaurants I've visited that have immaculately clean restrooms. A s