Sakura Terrace, 1240 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96814, United States
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Sakura Terrace - Featured Reviews (186)
A great blend of traditional and hip, serving a really unique menu of Japanese delicacies. Suggest the mac nut tofu and their signature rekkon cheese (Japanese style mini pizza) appetizers to start. The sushi selection is of highest quality. Save room for these desserts (if your lucky, the daily dessert will be their cheesecake.)
The food was okay, but doesn't equal the price. For a small restaurant, they take forever on bringing you food and water/drinks. Also, a lot of the things on the menu (in the store, not the online menus) were not available either because they ran out, or because they discontinued the item. We saw one of the waitress use the menu book to push away crumbs of food from the table to the ground, and just placed the menu back in the pile without cleaning it. The experience was so bad that we just left a $5 tip.
Always knew this place as covid-time gourmet bentos but decided to dine in for dinner. Nice range of low priced tekka to beautiful sashimi and sides. Macadamia nut tofu was a stand out hit. Palm heart tempura and nasu gyoza also delicious. Tempura batter wasn't very crispy but appreciated they served some with salt.
My husband and I came here after our maternity photoshoot, so we didn't have a reservation or anything, but they were able to seat us upon arrival. We got there around 6:30pm. It took about 5 minutes for the workers to notice we were standing at the entrance, and took a while to have our orders taken. The place wasn't packed or super busy, but felt that the service was a bit slow. I am pregnant so I did opt out of eating raw things, and the waiter didn't seem like he knew what to recommend based on that restriction. Nonetheless, my husband enjoyed his omurice which had the rice flavored in tomato/ketchup, which was nice. I had a soft-shelled crab roll and miso butterfish and both were decent but not memorable. I did however enjoy the dessert at the end which is their homemade Sakura Terrace ice cream inside a shelled cone with mochi and red bean. Omurice and dessert are solid here. Didn't get a chance to try the raw fish, so will have to visit again to give feedback on that. Men's restroom is located outside of the building and the Ladies' is located by the entrance. There's a parking lot so parking was not an issue too.
Sakura Terrace is a modern authentic Japanese shop. The interior is more orthodox and clean, with plenty of wood. The food is presented with visual pizazz, almost imitating a Michelin starred restaurant. The taste is truthful and down to earth. No unnecessary garnish. Solid and fresh ingredients. Prepared with deifnite care. First of all, Sakura Terrace is absolutely a 5-star restaurant. If you haven't been here in Waikiki, please just go. Reasonable prices. Awesome taste. You'll have a great time. But obviously there are areas to improve and this is where I get a bit critical (in a positive way). The overall food is so "simple" that it feels like a very dedicated amateur is imitating a high-end restaurant. Just to be clear, the food is great and is truthful to the freshness of the ingredients. I love this. But there's something about the imbalance between visual garnish and the overall taste & texture balance. All Japanese restaurant caliber can be judged with their tamago. I ordered specifically the tamago for my appetizer and I could see the imitation put in but it was far from the perfect, sweet, soft, silky tamago I would expect from a top-class Japanese joint. It certainly looked like it though. Kudos to the chef and ask him/her to continue honing their skills. In the meanwhile, let's all go enjoy a hearty meal.
It's ✨️ insanely ✨️ good and I don't feel the need to say anything more than that.
Their service is pretty good. Each dish is very big portion and reasonable. We have to come back again. There is private room, terrace, bar and dine in. Sashimi moriawase is 5kinds of seafood sashimi, very thick cut. Omurice is ketchup rice and scrambled egg and demi sauce, pretty good. Saba shiotaki is very fatty and juicy and big. Sakura flavor monaka ice cream doesn’t have enough flavor. I couldn’t taste and smell any Sakura.
Small and comfortable place in the middle of town. The quality of food and beverages is well worth the price. The service is exceptional and very attentive, but not overbearing. I love this place and will return when i want some great japanese food
Poke bowl here looks nice, tastes fantastic, and is very filling with a great price. The service was on the next level thank you Definitely want to revisit!!
Stopped in here for the highest rated sushi around. I was happy that I did!! This place was great! We ordered 5 rolls and they were all really good. Rainbow roll, Hawaiian roll, Spider roll, spicy Tuna roll and Volcano roll. All were great. The
This is a must for breakfast. I always order the salmon and roe musubi. I know everyone comes here for the spam but these triangle goodness is the best. The line does get quite long as sometimes it takes 25-35 mins to get your food. But you know it w
Hands down best sushi in Hawaii. Gaku was recommended to us by our scuba diving instructor who is a Japanese sushi chef before moving to Hawaii. Every piece of sushi is prepared so delicately and skillfully. Each cut of the fish is so precise and fin
Located in the center of the university area. The staff was extremely attentive and friendly. The portion sizes are huge. The menu has variety, but not at all overwhelming. I love this place. I will definitely return. PS love the hot house sake to wa
Came here to try their new Uni Special Course dinner. We were happy to taste all the different dishes that were well prepared and the serving size was perfect.
I was very impressed with Gyotaku. To start, the salad was a really delicious surprise with a much appreciated imitation crab piece. For the entree, the steak was perfectly seasoned, tender, and juicy. It came with tempura as a combo, which was a fan
They renovated not so long ago. The space is even bigger and not overwhelming like the old space. The interior made me feel like home and very refreshing. The food is still as fresh and tasty ever since. Aunty gave me a fresh banana (so kind and frie
Worth the visit! The fruit punch was delicious and we loved the crispy pork gyoza. The tonpeiyaki (pork omelette) was also awesome. It was also entertaining to watch the chef cook it in front of us and have him immediately serve our food hot. Beca
You know its a good Japanese restaurant when most of the patrons are Japanese speakers. The price is decent and this place satisfy my ikura/uni cravings. Most of the meals comes with both a rice and soba combo. Also, this is the first time I tried
Shoot was - as expected - amazing. Stunning mastery of technique, patter, and showmanship. Hilarious sense of humour, was great at working the crowd and had a lot of warmth and heart incorporated into his performance, and the story he told throughout
I have been searching and searching for great biscuits and gravy like I used to get back in Texas, and OMG these were so so so so much better than that. Did something different and went with the chicken biscuits and gravy and was happily surprised at
Ono, soo ono. If you enjoy the taste and feel of each bite in your mouth, this is the place for local, healthy, ono eats. Fresh every single time. This is the first time in my life that I have eaten at one restaurant three (3) times IN THE FIRST WEEK
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