Uncle Don South City
Woolloongabba
Updated: Aug 31, 2025
Uncle Don is a slick Japanese restaurant specializing in donburi (Japanese rice bowls), located underneath Angelika Cinemas in Woolloongabba's South City precinct.
A sibling for their Paddington and South Brisbane restaurants, Uncle Don complements the rest of the South City restaurants and bars with its stunning interior decor and top notch beautifully presented dishes at an affordable price.
On the menu are more than 20 delicious variations of Donburi and a selection of contemporary Japanese dishes, as well as tap and bottled beer, wine (by the glass or bottle), sake, and Japanese fruit wine or soft drinks.
Starters, perfect for sharing, include miso pumpkin dip lotus chips; baked cauliflower with miso cream; parmesan karaage chicken; pork sando, salmon sashimi and crispy eggplant chips tower.
Insta-worthy mains are all variations of Don, with seafood don choices including Ochazuke (salmon, scampi, nori, rice, dashi & ikura); Kaisen Don (salmon, kingfish, tuna, scallop & sushi rice); and Salmon Sashimi Don (salmon sashimi, sushi rice, shiso. soy cured yolk, ikura).
Chicken Don options include Chicken Katsu, Karaage & Egg or Grilled Duck Don (with burnt orange charsui sauce & brussel sprout); whilst pork dishes include Crispy or Spick Pork Don or Pork Soboro Don (miso pork, nori flakes, egg & spring onion).
The steak Don is a real treat, with a choice between GyuDon (sweet soy marinated beef) or Wagyu Steak Don (7-8+ mbs wagyu steak teriyaki), both withe egg, nori, rice and shallot).
Meanwhile delicious Vegetable Don dishes include Nasu Dengaku (eggplant, miso, tofu cream, nori salt, rice & shallot); Shiitake mushroom (shiitake & ginger yuzu pickled mushroom, rice & shallot); and Tofu on Tofu (fried tofu, teriyaki, rice, tofu vream, rice furikake & shallot).
Worth trying is the Curry Don, which includes chicken katsu, grilled vegetable and the special Scrambled Egg Curry Don, whihc comes served with a pot of steaming green tea to pour and mix in.
There is also a selection of Keto Don (mushroom, salmon sashimi, grilled chicken or beef), while for dessert the choices are Yuzu Crème Brûlée or Matcha Tiramisu Don (matcha syrup, marscapone ice-cream & honeycomb).
Good to know - Pooches are welcome to join their owners at the outdoor terrace seating.
Need to know - There is free 2-hour parking underneath Woolworths.
The menu may have changed since our visit.
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