Tanakaya
654 El Camino Real - Tustin
Recommended by Sluurpy:
2021
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Sluurpy Quality Index
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Popularity
100/100
Quality
64/100
Data Completeness
67/100
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Outdoor seating
🥡
Takeout
🍽️
Dine-in
🚚
Delivery
🍺
Alcohol
🍷
Wine
📅
Reservations
♿
Wheelchair accessible
♿
Accessible restroom
😊
Casual
🛋️
Cozy
👥
Good for groups
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Google Reviews
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Great soba. Nothing really quite like it nearby. Come early to avoid lines.
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Absolutely delicious traditional Japanese food. My lawyer found this spot while looking around Google earth and thought we should give it a try. The food here is the closest to Japanese quality I've found in socal. Soba was top notch and so was the udon. The combination was well worth it and we found the staff to be excellent and helpful.
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Tanakaya is a great Japanese restaurant located in Old Towne Tustin. It can fill up quickly and understandably you will probably want to check on the business hours and arrive a bit early if you want to be seated right away.
Then again, I’ve been here when there was no wait time, so I think it depends on the day you come.
The food is great, I have no problem finding nonmeat dishes. You can get cold noodles and hot noodles as well as various rice dishes. The appetizers are great as well.
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The atmosphere is cozy but pleasant.
It’s an easy place to hang out and enjoy a meal while drinking tea. They do serve beer as well, but I’ve not tried that.
There are many things I still haven’t tried yet. Ah well, guess I’ll just have to come back. 😊
The wait staffs are very polite and have always done a great job to see that we are well taken care of.
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The place doesn't look like much inside and outside, but the food is good. Everything seems fresh. Come early as it can get busy.
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Food is great, soba is absolutely tasty. But couple things I want say that makes it not perfect.
It’s quite slow, portion is small and also pricey. Soba and udon is around 17 ea. quality is good but considering the price, may not come again unless I’m super craving for soba or udon.
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One of my favorite place in town. Soba Udon KatzuDon Curry everything is so tasty. Specially shrimp tempura is so delicious and crunchy.
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Authentic Japanese soba! You won't find anything similar anywhere nearby. I ordered the sampler and wasn't disappointed. The subtle differences in taste for each type of soba was interesting. I enjoyed it a lot!
Arrive early because the wait-list is always long! You'll need to wait for good food!
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Their soba and soba-yu is good, katsudon flavor was good but its very thin and barely any meat. They are very stingy with the sauces though and don't give you extra. Their prices are fair.
Overall I think this place is fine, I likely wouldn't come back on my own but wouldn't say no if someone invited me to eat here.
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We came to this spot twice, only the first time we didn’t get seated because there was a long line. After the visit we had some mixed thoughts because the wait time was very long, even though there were at least two available tables inside. Still it took a while to be seated and at first we were somewhat disappointed, good thing we weren’t in a rush. There was only one waiter/host at the spot and he didn’t even come to the waiting list to check up on people. In the end, we waited for about 15-20 minutes to get a table, but after that the experience was quite pleasant. The waiter was very nice and respectful, and the food was pretty good, even though it also takes a while to be prepared. The prices are more than reasonable, so overall the experience was decent.
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What a wonderful place to get some quality noodles. They handcraft their noodles daily and your order, all of it, is made only when the server turns in the ticket.
I got the soba noodles with karaage and the texture of both was perfect. The broth was devine. We split the assorted tempura and each piece was delectable.
Parking is easy and plentiful. If you are going for lunch then get there early otherwise wait 10-15min.
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