Tendon Kohaku - Downtown

We had the Kohaku Tendon, Deluxe Omelette Curry and Tiramisu — pretty good!

Cheap eats! Can pass on that tempura rgg tho. Also matcha was amazing! Very unique taste i havent had before! Free upsize for noodles as well

Great food with reasonable prices. Friendly staff.

We ordered Curry Udon and the Prawn Tempura Udon.

I'd recommend sticking to their classic Tendon.
This was my first time and both udons were alright. Decent enough, but nothing special.

I got 1 spice level for the curry and it was a hint of a kick. You could taste there was some spice, definitely mild. I don't mind but maybe a level 2 might be more your thing.

The prawn tempura however, was amazing. Makes me wish I got a proper bowl / order of their tempura.

If I stuck with that, I'd probably give a 5 star rating.

Also ordered the Hokkaido Milk Tea and Kohaku Refresher.

The milk tea was a touch sweet, and tasted similar to Royal Milk Tea (but it's been a while since I last had a can/powder mix of it so maybe I'm wrong)
But overall it was good.

I didn't like the Kohaku refresher but my partner found it refreshing (but didn't have anything else positive to say)

This has got to be my favourite tendon place. Try the ebi tendon … it is divine. The chicken wings a close second. The udon won’t disappoint either. This place has been put on my rotation.

Great spots for delicious tempura.

Nice service and delicious food!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tempura dishes with a pretty good portion for 15 to 20 dollars. Order is done on the tablet and food is served in a short while. The tampuras are crunchy outside and juicy inside.

The servers are Japanese and Korean.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The service is really bad

Service: 1

Tendon Kohaku is amazing! Everything we had was delicious, and the service was excellent. We ordered the Anago Tendon and Kohaku Tendon, and both were perfectly cooked and full of flavor. Plus, if you want, they’ll refill your rice and salad, which is a great bonus. Highly recommend this spot for a satisfying meal!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Anago Tendon & Kohaku Tendon

Delicious Japanese food, good portions and amazing service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I would put this at a 3.5 stars if I can instead of 4.
The food was just good, much below my expectations since their Seattle location has a lot of buzz and long wait time. Over here, there was no wait time at all, walk in anytime and you should be seated. Food was good, nothing to rave about.

Things we ordered.
Tendon with the unagi 3/5. Unagi tempura was underwhelming since when unagi is fried it loses flavor. So it was not a memorable dish and I probably won't order it ever again.
3/5 creamy udon. It wasn't bad, not a lot of flavor and not memorable. Won't order again
5/5 takoyaki
3/5 salmon hand roll. It was lacking flavor. Since it was a tendon place, my hand roll doesn't come with wasabi or soy sauce.
5/5 their ice cream, we tried the vanilla one

Service was not that great when I visited since they didn't come by to offer the refills on the salad or the rice. We have to keep asking for things.

Note that the Seattle one has a larger menu and more dessert option than this one in Vancouver, so you can still visit the Seattle one and you will probably have a different experience.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Kyoto Matcha Ice Cream

My new favourite restaurant!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

2024 review
They changed their menu up to keep things interesting. You can make your meal bottomless with rice, miso soup, and cabbage salad.

I picked up their spicy rose cream udon and it was delicious. It lived up to its name and was indeed spicy.

They removed melon milk and banana milk off the menu which I was sad about. Their chicken wings aren't as good as the prior years.

The service is still good and the ordering system is tablet based.
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2022 review

The food is pretty good. My favourite is their melon milk.

Food here is a bit expensive, but it's definitely a great place to go for a date or a treat.

Also they don't take AMEX.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Sashimi Aimori Tendon, Anago Tendon & Kohaku Tendon

Great food for reasonable pricing, amazing drinks and good appetizer platter for sharing

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Anago Tendon & Kohaku Tendon, Organic Kyoto Matcha Latte, Cheesecake