Yes, I am back again lol. I treated my cousin for her birthday and she chose Gyotaku Japanese Restaurant – what you like me do? We also had the buy one get one entree half off coupon so Chinese people win again haha! This post really is just more of the same…
Hamachi Carpaccio | $17.75
This was the biggest bummer of the night. I love hamachi and I love carpaccio so how did it go all wrong? The preparation. They serve it with like a chinese steamed fish style soy sauce (imagine a scallion oil soy sauce combo) – I expected the usual ponzu type sauce so it was very shocking when I tried this. And I gotta say, that style sauce does NOT work with raw fish. It made the hamachi taste fishy in a bad way and slimy. DO NOT GET THIS DISH.
Miso Soup and Small Salad
Assorted Poke Don & Tenpura Set | $33.45
This is the only dish I get and it’s the only dish for a reason. It’s GOOD. Didn’t disappoint yet again. We both got the same dish lol. It’s just the perfect mix of different types of seafood that makes a beautiful taste sensation.
Shave Ice Special (Watermelon) | $5.25
We both shared this dessert to end the night. It was okay, nothing spectacular but it was a nice sweet treat to refresh ourselves after dinner.
Hi Jenny:
Long, long time ago, we used to frequent Gyotaku a lot; when they were on King Street. Then they started to go downhill, and I made such a comment on Yelp. Their GM responded to my post and was nice enough to host us again at Niu Valley to try them again — we liked it again and started to frequent Gyotaku again (the Niu Valley location). Then they started slipping again and raising the prices, so we have stopped going there again.
We now go to Teishoku in the Kam Shopping Center.
BTW, I am an expat Kamaaina, been living on the Mainland now for about 40 years. But we go back to HNL each year and I always like to eat the local kine foods at the smaller restaurants.
the ads for their food always look so tempting.
I think the last time I went was their take out only during COVID at the King St location and it was pretty good so been wanting to go back but haven’t yet. I think I’m just a miso butterfish or grilled salmon person.
Thanks for the review of their hamachi carpaccio. I was always curious but it was too expensive so I never ordered it. How CAN it go wrong? Wrong.
Their tempura is always good. Butterfish is good. And I like their senior nishime because I order cheap when everyone else is doing combos, etc. For dessert, their green tea ice cream with matcha shave ice and azuki beans is winnah! But only if I am eating in and not doing take out.