Solid option for japanese restaurant, for non-raw fish dishes. I like that they offer less common japanese dishes like the Tsukunes, the steamed rice thing, and other varieties of dishes. Servers are oddly professional which was nice.It's not high-end japanese but its reasonably priced and the food is very good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
J M
It's good to food, and the atmosphere is good as a date place with a
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bruna
We need to wait outside of the restaurant until the table is ready.The quality of food seems to be overrated.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
Belinda Hicks
Best Japanese restaurant on island! Amazing staff & cute aesthetic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Zoe Weaver
Loved it! A super relaxing atmosphere with a kind and attentive staff. The service was definitely a highlight. Loved having Sapporo on tap,The food was pretty good I had the fried okra and ramen. Both super simple plates, I would describe it as more classic than innovative, but nothing wrong with that!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Karl E.
i go to manoa, and i always see this place across the street, and i never really knew about it until i went to try it on my friend's bday, and it was pretty good. although the prices were relatively expensive for their small portions, it was pretty tastey. i loved their curry. the chicken gizzard was pretty good, brought me back to when i was young eating gizzard in the philippines...it just needs a little more seasoning and some sauce to make it perfect. their coffee jelly ice cream is REALLY good. like really damn good. i devoured that mf so fast. the waiters are nice. the store is a lil small, but spaced out tables although a little warm since the restaurant is a shack and i only counted two ac units but it's a neat place.
Terri O.
Been wanting to check out this place forever. I swear, it's been around since I was going to UH. That's a really long time ago. Anyway, finally made it for dinner with hubby. Wish I came sooner. Loved the food, loved our server, and (I know this sounds nuts, but) love their dishes. Yes, want to get some from Japan. I'm big on presentation when hosting dinners for friends. Only thing I didn't love was the room temperature. Maybe was just that night, but it was warm. When leaving, we saw a small air condition unit. Not sure if it just wasn't working. Even if it was, too small to cool off the restaurant. Thus, the 4 stars instead of 5.On to food...Agedashi Tofu: Different, but good. Their food is Nagoya style, so I'm guessing that accounts for the difference. Sauce was not as light as regular agedashi tofu dishes elsewhere, but both hubby and I liked it.Four Rice Balls: musubi shaped with 4 different toppings: ume, bonito, mushrooms, and I think salmon. Sorry, I can't remember but was all good!Japanese Potato Salad: Can't go wrong. Ordered the small and had plenty. Yum.Nagoya Chicken Miso Kushikatsu:I thought I would really love this cause I love miso and I love katsu. It was good, Just wasn't wow.Deep Fried Shrmp & Onion Kakiage: Think of a vegetable tempura; it was sort of like that, but with shrimp and onion. Was good, but wasn't a "gotta get it next time". To be honest, there are so many other things we'd like to try on our next visit here.Warabi Mochi with Matcha Ice Cream:This was the best out of everything we ordered. The warabi mochi was sooo soft and ono. Keep in mind, I love mochi and matcha. What a way to end a great meal.Coming back and bringing friends.
scott halsted
Experienced staff and delicious food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tyson Webster
Fun place to eat but not as many vegan options as I was hoping for.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Jeff A.
One of the better value Japanese restaurants on Oahu depending what you order. The chicken skewers are tasty and cheap. You can get pretty full on those alone. The Cheese and Mushroom are the best. After 8 they have nice drink specials. $4 lychee and peach sake. The agedashi tofu is among the best I ever had including in Japan. Dinner for two with drinks for $60. Not bad.Service is excellent.
The food was amazing. Great selection, very tasty and well executed presentation. I think their food is much better than Jenya. But the service! Yikes.Unfortunately, the service was horrible. I had to get up twice to find the server to ask for drinks to be refilled. Server was quick when initially seated but disappeared after first order. Even after going to the front to ask for the server it was another 10 min before he returned. They would sure make more money if they had attentive serving staff. I wanted to order more dishes but by the time the server came back from hiding my food had settled and I was full. Maybe a good thing for me… certainly not for the restaurant.Had the server been a little more attentive I would have given this a 5 star rating. I mean the place wasn’t packed. There was no reason to not attend to us.So, my experience was…. Excellent food but seriously poor execution of service. I will go back, hopeful that I just got a server on a bad night. The food is that good.Parking: Small lot on side.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Jenel O.
I enjoyed Tsukeneya. My favorite dish was the eggplant and agedashi tofu - it was on a special menu, I believe. It was a little pricey but you do get more than the typical agedashi tofu serving.I also enjoyed the yakisoba though it came out last and we were so full already. Our server was really nice and at first he was attentive, but then he got busy and was absent when we needed things and/or were missing items. I don't think it was necessarily that he forgot us or was being lazy, he just had too many to tend to.There is a small lot in the back to park in but it was full so we found street parking. I'd return here.
Keoni Q.
All of the above Japanese food! Polite, food was good, excellent variety of all different types of Japanese dishes
VIVID W
A friend recommended this place so we went for dinner. It was really hot inside with a fan that wasn't really of help. Service was great but food was average
Rie K.
I haven't go there long time.The food taste good as used be but chicken menu were all out!So no all chicken RobataThey had only karaage.Also a lot of things don't have on a menu anymore.Tsukune didn't come with law egg dipping, too.I miss old Tsukuneya.
Solid option for japanese restaurant, for non-raw fish dishes. I like that they offer less common japanese dishes like the Tsukunes, the steamed rice thing, and other varieties of dishes. Servers are oddly professional which was nice.It's not high-end japanese but its reasonably priced and the food is very good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
It's good to food, and the atmosphere is good as a date place with a
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We need to wait outside of the restaurant until the table is ready.The quality of food seems to be overrated.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
Best Japanese restaurant on island! Amazing staff & cute aesthetic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Loved it! A super relaxing atmosphere with a kind and attentive staff. The service was definitely a highlight. Loved having Sapporo on tap,The food was pretty good I had the fried okra and ramen. Both super simple plates, I would describe it as more classic than innovative, but nothing wrong with that!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
i go to manoa, and i always see this place across the street, and i never really knew about it until i went to try it on my friend's bday, and it was pretty good. although the prices were relatively expensive for their small portions, it was pretty tastey. i loved their curry. the chicken gizzard was pretty good, brought me back to when i was young eating gizzard in the philippines...it just needs a little more seasoning and some sauce to make it perfect. their coffee jelly ice cream is REALLY good. like really damn good. i devoured that mf so fast. the waiters are nice. the store is a lil small, but spaced out tables although a little warm since the restaurant is a shack and i only counted two ac units but it's a neat place.
Been wanting to check out this place forever. I swear, it's been around since I was going to UH. That's a really long time ago. Anyway, finally made it for dinner with hubby. Wish I came sooner. Loved the food, loved our server, and (I know this sounds nuts, but) love their dishes. Yes, want to get some from Japan. I'm big on presentation when hosting dinners for friends. Only thing I didn't love was the room temperature. Maybe was just that night, but it was warm. When leaving, we saw a small air condition unit. Not sure if it just wasn't working. Even if it was, too small to cool off the restaurant. Thus, the 4 stars instead of 5.On to food...Agedashi Tofu: Different, but good. Their food is Nagoya style, so I'm guessing that accounts for the difference. Sauce was not as light as regular agedashi tofu dishes elsewhere, but both hubby and I liked it.Four Rice Balls: musubi shaped with 4 different toppings: ume, bonito, mushrooms, and I think salmon. Sorry, I can't remember but was all good!Japanese Potato Salad: Can't go wrong. Ordered the small and had plenty. Yum.Nagoya Chicken Miso Kushikatsu:I thought I would really love this cause I love miso and I love katsu. It was good, Just wasn't wow.Deep Fried Shrmp & Onion Kakiage: Think of a vegetable tempura; it was sort of like that, but with shrimp and onion. Was good, but wasn't a "gotta get it next time". To be honest, there are so many other things we'd like to try on our next visit here.Warabi Mochi with Matcha Ice Cream:This was the best out of everything we ordered. The warabi mochi was sooo soft and ono. Keep in mind, I love mochi and matcha. What a way to end a great meal.Coming back and bringing friends.
Experienced staff and delicious food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fun place to eat but not as many vegan options as I was hoping for.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
One of the better value Japanese restaurants on Oahu depending what you order. The chicken skewers are tasty and cheap. You can get pretty full on those alone. The Cheese and Mushroom are the best. After 8 they have nice drink specials. $4 lychee and peach sake. The agedashi tofu is among the best I ever had including in Japan. Dinner for two with drinks for $60. Not bad.Service is excellent.
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The food was amazing. Great selection, very tasty and well executed presentation. I think their food is much better than Jenya. But the service! Yikes.Unfortunately, the service was horrible. I had to get up twice to find the server to ask for drinks to be refilled. Server was quick when initially seated but disappeared after first order. Even after going to the front to ask for the server it was another 10 min before he returned. They would sure make more money if they had attentive serving staff. I wanted to order more dishes but by the time the server came back from hiding my food had settled and I was full. Maybe a good thing for me… certainly not for the restaurant.Had the server been a little more attentive I would have given this a 5 star rating. I mean the place wasn’t packed. There was no reason to not attend to us.So, my experience was…. Excellent food but seriously poor execution of service. I will go back, hopeful that I just got a server on a bad night. The food is that good.Parking: Small lot on side.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
I enjoyed Tsukeneya. My favorite dish was the eggplant and agedashi tofu - it was on a special menu, I believe. It was a little pricey but you do get more than the typical agedashi tofu serving.I also enjoyed the yakisoba though it came out last and we were so full already. Our server was really nice and at first he was attentive, but then he got busy and was absent when we needed things and/or were missing items. I don't think it was necessarily that he forgot us or was being lazy, he just had too many to tend to.There is a small lot in the back to park in but it was full so we found street parking. I'd return here.
All of the above Japanese food! Polite, food was good, excellent variety of all different types of Japanese dishes
A friend recommended this place so we went for dinner. It was really hot inside with a fan that wasn't really of help. Service was great but food was average
I haven't go there long time.The food taste good as used be but chicken menu were all out!So no all chicken RobataThey had only karaage.Also a lot of things don't have on a menu anymore.Tsukune didn't come with law egg dipping, too.I miss old Tsukuneya.