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    Maisen Katsu

    4.4 (100 reviews)
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    Closed 10:30 am - 8:00 pm

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    Nicole R.

    I don't tend to gravitate towards katsu, but this place had good reviews and I felt like mixing it up. I'm glad I did as the curry chicken katsu I got was delicious! It comes with a scoop of rice, salad, soup, and two entire chicken cutlets with the curry sauce. The katsu had a really good crisp breading and the curry sauce was sweet, not spicy! This is located in the food court of H Mart so just order at the counter and there's plenty of tables to sit at. The food is ready quickly.

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    Vanessa B.

    I was craving Katsu Kare and I remembered Maisen Kare at H Mart Food court. It was tasty and they serves a large portion. I could only consume half of it. "A box to go please !"

    Denise M.

    Friday evening and craving dinner and ramen sounded really good. We didn't want to drive too far and I needed to go to H Mart to pick up a few things so when I saw this place is an h Mart we decided to go. There is a food inside of h Mart, the Korean chain grocery store. There's a Paris Baguette and several Asian food counters. There are lots of wooden tables with stools and some art on the wall. It's not fancy. The reviews I saw were pretty good so I was expecting it to be pretty good. I'm sad to say that I was very disappointed. Me bowl of shoyu ramen didn't have much flavor and the noodles didn't seem to be cooked quite long enough. It wasn't horrible, it just wasn't the delicious ramen I was craving. We did order gyoza, and that was really good. My son liked his miso ramen well enough, although he also said he has had much better elsewhere. I cannot see myself coming back here. There are so many other places with better ramen.

    Curry and katsu
    Kathleen W.

    Honestly, in Arizona, this place hits the spot for Katsu. The breaded katsu is done right and the curry tastes decent. Comes in a little set with radish, soup, and some salad with tartar sauce. It's in the Hmart food court, busy, but everyone is respectful about seating. Can be difficult to get seating on weekends though so beware. Orders are announced on the intercom. Service was friendly. I have no complaints and will be coming here to hit my Katsu cravings when I'm not in California.

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    Dawn M.

    My husband and I stopped by on a weekday and the food court was not busy at all! Score! We decided to try Maisen Katsu. Ordering was easy with the help from the employee- she gave us great recs! We ended up sharing the chicken katsu which came with soup and cabbage salad. This is probably the lightest batter I've had in town, yet still had a great ratio of chicken. It came with a curry dipping sauce-more on the sweet and savory side. The soup was also a hit! Very hardy. We will be back!

    Pork katsu sandwich

    A perfect sandwich. Milk bread is so soft. The cabbage is crisp and sauced with a creamy spread. Savory sauce on bottom. Perfectly battered pork katsu in the middle. One of the best things I've ever ate

    Tan Tan Ramen
    James K.

    i ordered Tan Tan Ramen It was pork based very rich but with Spicy sauce was well balanced grilled chashu was tasty. Kikurage and carrots added to Crunch. It was spicy but bot overwhelming just enough to warm me up in cold Arizona winter.

    Nishanth D.

    Came here for dinner to try the katsu, heard good things about the pork katsu and thought I'd try it. For a food court self serve place, I felt the price was slightly higher at first. But when I got the meal felt portions were quite large. Also came with a coleslaw, soup ,.sauce, rice, pickled vegetables. The pork was really thin and perfect fried, had a good crunch to it, felt light and not very heavy to eat. The sauce it came with was also good on flavor, and we were able to get extra as well. Good organized system there, they call out the number when your order is ready. Parking might be hard on the weekends considering it's in hmart. Fairly decent amount of seating present in the food court as well.

    Egg Rolls
    Izzy L.

    Ramen to share for post-errands snack. The food court is not too busy on a Tuesday morning. Delicious #12 Tan Tan Ramen and an order of perfectly greasy delicious egg rolls Our go to at H Mart!

    Pork katsu
    Jason L.

    Pork is thinner than my chopstick, $20 for this rice and curry sauce. Will not come again

    Curry Chicken Katsu
    Ashley T.

    Best curry I've had In AZ! I've been wanting to try this place but always get the same thing when I'm at H Mart! I finally tried it and was shocked how great it was! It not only smelled great, it tasted unreal! The portion was very generous and packaged nicely for takeout. I tried the curry chicken katsu. The sauce was so flavorful and the chicken was great quality white meat and not greasy at all! Definitely my new favorite spot in the food court and highly recommend!

    Mark E.

    I ordered the pork tonkotsu and udon noodles. The pork was cooked perfectly and moist. Very crispy panko crust. It was very good. Drawback was the sauce. Great flavor but ice cold. The udon noodles were great! Very springy and firm. The broth was like an intense miso soup. Full of flavor! I'll be back!

    pork katsu

    After going to Japan and coming back this katsu is the closest I've found to Japanese katsu!! So delicious! And I've gone there multiple times and it's always consistently good!

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    This is by far my favorite katsu place in all of arizona. I've been to japan 3x and their katsu sauce is so addicting!

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