Katsubi Bayfair is the Bayfair Shopping Centre home of Katsubi's Japanese-inspired comfort food, serving shoppers and locals from Girven Road in Mount Maunganui. The menu is built around the Red Bowl — the brand's signature dish, where you choose your hot dishes and have them served over rice and/or salad — with sizes from a light single-dish Small through to a generous Large.
Noodle fans are well looked after too, with a dedicated Udon & Ramen range: deeply flavourful tonkotsu pork broth topped with tender pork slices, a spicy kimchi version of both ramen and udon, comforting plain udon in a traditional soy sauce broth, and prawn tempura udon. A newer Ramen Combo pairs tonkotsu ramen with crispy deep-fried marinated boneless chicken for a fuller set meal.
Short on time? The snack trays cover crispy chicken katsu, karaage, teriyaki and spicy fried chicken, deep-fried tofu, prawn tempura, takoyaki and vegetarian spring rolls, with playful extras like Chi-tteok — fried chicken tossed with chewy rice cakes. Drinks and straightforward online pickup ordering round out a quick, casual stop, whether you're mid-shop or grabbing dinner on the way home.
Tucked into Bayfair Shopping Centre on Girven Road, Katsubi Bayfair is a quick, casual stop for Japanese-inspired comfort food in Mount Maunganui. The idea behind the menu is refreshingly simple: pick the hot dishes you actually want, have them served over rice and/or salad, and eat at your own pace. It is fast food, but built around bowls and broths you can feel good about.
The Red Bowl is the dish that defines Katsubi, and the Bayfair menu gives you four ways to have it. Go Small if you want something light and satisfying — one hot dish with rice and/or salad in a smaller portion. Step up to the Medium for a choice of two hot dishes, or order the signature Regular Red Bowl with your choice of three hot dishes. Feeding a bigger appetite? The Large delivers the same three-dish formula in a larger portion.
That flexibility is the charm. Mix and match from the hot dishes on offer, pair them with rice, salad or both, and you get a different bowl every visit without ever leaving the format you love.
Noodle lovers get their own corner of the menu. The house tonkotsu ramen is built on a deeply flavourful pork broth with tender pork slices, ramen noodles and classic toppings, and the same broth is available over chewy udon noodles. If you like heat, the Kimchi Tonkotsu versions of both ramen and udon infuse that rich pork broth with spicy kimchi.
Prefer something gentler? Plain Udon offers comforting noodles in a traditional soy sauce broth, while the Prawn Tempura Udon adds crunchy prawn tempura to the bowl. Newer still is the Ramen Combo — a set that pairs the Tonkotsu Ramen with crispy deep-fried marinated boneless chicken, covering both the soup-and-noodles craving and the fried-chicken one in a single order.
The snack range is where Katsubi's fun side shows. Trays cover all the Japanese takeaway classics: crispy breadcrumbed Chicken Katsu, deep-fried marinated Chicken Karaage, Crispy Teriyaki Chicken for the sweet-savoury crowd and a Crispy Spicy Chicken version glazed for a bold, fiery kick. There are 3-piece Tofu trays finished with crunchy crumbs, Prawn Tempura with a crunchy breadcrumb coating, and 6-piece Takoyaki balls drizzled with signature sauce and mayo.
Vegetarian snackers are covered with 3-piece spring rolls served alongside sweet chilli sauce for dipping. And for something a little different, Chi-tteok combines fried chicken with chewy rice cakes in a crunchy-chewy finish of teriyaki or spicy glaze — with the Volcano Crunch rounding out the snack lineup when available.
You'll find Katsubi Bayfair at SP0707, Bayfair Shopping Centre, 19 Girven Road, Mount Maunganui — an easy pull-in while shopping or a planned pickup on the way home. Ordering online is straightforward: browse the full menu, add bowls, noodles, snacks and drinks to your cart, then choose pickup either ASAP or scheduled for later in the day.
Bayfair is one of many Katsubi stores — the brand also operates locations across Auckland and Christchurch — but the format travels well wherever it lands: a tight, focused menu, generous bowls, and snacks that are as easy to eat on the move as they are to share. Whether you're a Red Bowl regular working through the size ladder or a first-timer deciding between tonkotsu and kimchi tonkotsu, the counter at Bayfair makes it an easy choice — and an easy reorder the next time you're passing through the shopping centre.