Waikiki Yokocho

This busy Japanese food hall is very convenient and serves great food! All of the dishes are super flavorsome and taste delicious. One of the places here you HAVE TO go to is the place near the desert shop. It sells little rice balls that have different fillings in them (see picture). The other restaurants basically sell the same thing as the other two pictures. The dessert shop I mentioned earlier has creative looking shaved ice that you should try. It is really tall and melts quickly but the taste is luscious. In conclusion, visit this place for good high quality food. Also, it is right underneath a shopping mall! The whole area is a shopping plaza too.

Its hard to imagine or explain the feeling you get when all your favorite Japanese foods get together under one roof. I went to this place and couldn't comprehend what was happening. From great sushi to ramon to any other type of Japanese food you have a choice to pick. One of the most unique food experiences you get in Honolulu and everyone should go visit it.

An interesting spot with a variety of Japanese restaurants. I like the concept but I thought the prices were a bit high. The most popular spot seemed to be the tempura restaurant. The bar was great...Haruka our bartender was awesome; great mix of music and a fun. It was disappointing that the owner kept their alcohol in the center...as a fan of Japanese whisky I was hoping to taste the only Hibiki/Yamazaki/Hakushu bottles. Overall, I would return if only to get a couple drinks while Haruka is working.

This is food court style market place, all Japanese food. The pictures of Tampura bowl from outside was amazing. Different varieties of Tampura comes in different Tampura bowl/ platters. You can add something extra on top of each bowl/ plate. I choose the shrimp tampura bowl ( without the miso soup) which include 4 shrimp, few veggies, a bowl of rice. And I added a white fish extra. The food was piping hot and tasty. However, you cannot keep eating all the friend foods. So after a while, my enticement was gone, and I started to feel greasy. Anyways, the shrimps and the fish was good. The place inside is pretty small. Initially we had to wait to get a spot. Here you have to share your table with other people too. Only one guy works, he only takes the order, gives the check etc. he is very friendly.

We stumbled upon this place while walking to another restaurant. We walked in and thought we somehow went to Japan. All of the little restaurants offered such a bug variety of Japanese food: sushi, curry, ramen, shabu shabu, Japanese bbq. We ate at the hotpot/bbq place and would definitely do it again. We had never had wagyu beef before so we chose this place to be our first. We did the bbq and got A5 wagyu kalbi, shrimp (head on, shell and tail on), assorted veggies, chicken, pork (which is kinda like bacon but better), and regular kalbi. The grill was easy to figure out and everything was fresh and delicious. Service was also top notch there. They constantly filled our waters and picked up empty dishes quickly. They were also very friendly with our questions (most customers there were Japanese and familiar with the bbq concept. We weren't). This place accepts credit cards but beware as others have said that some places don't. They will have a big sign at the front to say cash only so just look out for that when visiting. There's an ATM by the entry to Ramen Road if you need cash. Overall I would eat here again and at the other spots if I could, but we head out tomorrow. Definitely go visit this place!

If you are in Waikiki area and you are a fan of Japanese food, this is the place for Ya!!!! I was so impressed with this Japanese food alley. Not only it has so many Japanese food selection, they are really tasty as well. Another amazing thing happened when we were there is the food eating contest! It was just really fun ! Highly recommend