Komé

Avg 4.2* in total 1516 reviews.

Claimed  -  $$ -  Japanese, Sushi Bars

Phone: (512) 712-5700

About the Business

Specialties

Japanese, sushi, izakaya

History

Established in 2011.

We have taken over an old restaurant and transformed into a beautiful contemporary Japanese-style dining space. Our longtime friends, Kazuya Owada (an accomplished commercial designer) and skilled carpenter Masataka Oki, flew here from Japan and did this great work for us. Besides the overall design, there are many small examples of Japanese craftsmanship and detail that you may want to look for throughout the restaurant. Because the design was done by our close friend who has known us for a long time, the restaurant interior is a real combination of his style and also it represents us, Také and Kayo. Really, like family! The food we are serving is not exactly traditional Japanese restaurant food, but authentic home-style Japanese cooking - the food we eat every day, and has many influences from other culture and cuisines. It's special because it has some of our family history, with our family recipes and reflecting our backgrounds.

Meet the Business Owner

Business owner information

Kayo and Take A.

Business Owner

Takehiro (Také) Asazu was born in Osaka which is known as the best food culture town in Japan, was raised among not only his mom's great cooking, but also great local Mom & Pop Japanese bistros. He came to Austin in 1993 for school and relocated to New Orleans and got BFA from University of New Orleans. After his graduation, he decided to take his creativity passion from visual art to culinary art. For the last 15 years, he has been working for great restaurants throughout, Austin, New Orleans and of course Japan. His most recent position before Komé was at Uchi, Austin.Kayo Asazu was born in Kobe.  She was raised among real foodie parents, and has always had a great enthusiasm for trying different foods and interesting cuisines. Since her father was always in the food business, she learned from an early age the importance of great service to customers.Kayo met Také here in Austin in 1996, and since then they've always been together.

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5301 Airport Blvd, Ste 100