Kaimuki Shokudo

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   Trisha

   VIP

   Hawaii

   11 reviews

   3.0

   11 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   I went twice this past week. It’s very close to our house, but the first time I tried it I wasn’t particular impressed. It’s been a couple years, so I decided to give it another chance. When we went earlier this week, we took a party of 6 and had a great time! Our waitress was wonderful as was the food. We were there a couple hours and enjoyed ourselves the whole time. This inspired me to book again for a work dinner on Saturday. (I do a lot of lunch and dinner business meetings in the area.) I made the reservation for 4 pm and the place was mostly empty. Despite this, I felt totally rushed out around 5 pm. I don’t think I’ll be returning again soon for any business meetings. Food is good, but the service seems to be very inconsistent. That’s enough to inspire me to take my business (literally) elsewhere. There are too many better nearby options.
   

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   CRAIG

   VIP

   Las Vegas

   19 reviews

   4.0

   19 reviews

   Dined on 11 January 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Soba dishes were tasty, unique and well prepared…had the Ume, Shiso, Natto cold soba with side maguro donburi … for dessert the Honey Toast was good treat
   

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   Carol

   Hawaii

   35 reviews

   5.0

   35 reviews

   Dined on 7 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   A great place for Soba. My visiting SIL is originally from Japan and goes back every year to eat soba since she has a hard time finding any where she lives. She also comes to Hawaii every year so she said she can now eat soba at least 2x each year. We had lunch, but it looks like this place is also great for happy hour with so many appetizers and a full bar.
   

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   Melissa

   Hawaii

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 5 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Food, service and atmosphere were amazing. We started at the bar with cocktails before our reservation time. Staff easily transitioned us to a table. Every member of staff we encountered were so kind and professional. Highly recommended the Okinawa sweet potato salad and do yourself a favor by requesting additional chips.
   

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   Megan

   Hawaii

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 5 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   My favorite restaurant ever. I love their food and drinks, the ambiance, and service is amazing! 10/10 experience every time.
   

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   Porscha

   VIP

   Hawaii

   13 reviews

   5.0

   13 reviews

   Dined on 4 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great service and lots of options. A couple items were not available but there’s still something for everyone.
   

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   Paul

   Hawaii

   17 reviews

   3.0

   17 reviews

   Dined on 4 January 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 5

   Arrived at 8:35 for my 8:30 reservation after calling them were on our way and party of eight is now a party of six. The first four were seated right away but did seem to wait, around 5 minutes before even being acknowledged. Took another five plus to get our beverage orders in, one beer and three sodas. Then another ten plus to actually get them served at 9:00 by someone else. Would have been ok if they were busy, they weren’t, or if our server was busy, it didn’t appear to be. He even was talking story with a coworker behind the bar as I was trying to get his attention. It didn’t work. Other two joined us at 8:55 and after our drinks were served they were able to put in their order and we all put in our food orders then. I knew he was not that attentive as two 2 tops who’d arrived after us already had their food and were eating. That’s a bad sign. Food was good but way too pricy. $15 for six small prices of karaage chix is ridiculous. $2 for a not even full small bowl of white rice even more so. Last week three of us came for lunch. Enjoyed our time and my $18 beef curry was good and reasonable. Except of our food coming out not even close to the same time, it was nice. I prob won’t came back here again. Tho it’s a nice location, dinner service was very poor and honestly, we were given no attention to service. Menu prices are also way too much for what you get. Poor value.
   

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   marco

   Hawaii

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 4 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent service and very tasty food. Definitely a must try.
   

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   Brian

   Hawaii

   6 reviews

   5.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 3 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   This was a great choice for dinner. Food was really creative and tasty. Service was attentive and pleasant. It was very noisy, even though our table was away from the main dining area. Still a must try.
   

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    Therese

    New York City

    8 reviews

    3.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on 2 January 2025

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 3

    Food is good and price is moderate. you have to pay for parking since it is difficult to find street parking.
    

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