Furaibo is a solid izakaya spot in Gardena that really delivers on the food. We came out for a group dinner and ordered a bunch of stuff to share and pretty much everything hit. The Japanese wings are legendary for a reason, crispy on the outside, juicy inside, and packed with flavor. Definitely lived up to the hype. Beyond the wings, we also grabbed the fried rice, skewers, and takoyaki, and honestly the takoyaki was one of the highlights of the night. Good portion, great flavor, and that perfect texture you want from it. The skewers were solid too and the fried rice rounded everything out nicely. The vibe is casual and cozy, perfect for a laid back dinner with a group. It does get busy so I'd recommend making a reservation since it's a smaller spot and fills up fast. Parking can get a little tight in the strip mall during peak hours too, just something to keep in mind. Overall a really satisfying izakaya experience in the Southbay. Been a go to spot for a lot of people in the area for a reason and after this visit I totally get why. Will definitely be back. I think besides the highlight of foods the other dishes were just pretty good. read more

Furaibo - Japanese Near Me - Gardena, California

This is one of those restaurants I really want to like, but never lives up to my expectations. I've been to the Sawtelle location several times. Never really impressed me. Yesterday, I visited this location for the first time. The food here was hit and miss. I tried a variety of items off of the menu. Here is a rapid fire review of each item: -Edamame: 2/5 stars. Bland. Could have at least sprinkled a dash of salt to enhance the flavor. -Miso soup: 2/5 stars. Simple and not in a good way. Outside of what looked like green onions, it was just soup. Could have at least thrown in some tofu. -Ponzu pork belly skewer: 2/5 stars. Thought this would be very tasty since I love pork belly. Wasn't soft and tender. Lacked flavor. -Fried rice: 3/5 stars. It was ordinary fried rice. Nothing distinctive to note about it. Didn't hate it. Didn't love it. -Shiitake mushroom skewers: 3/5 stars. Not bad. Could have used sauce of some kind to jazz it up a little bit, but liked the smoky flavor. -Tebasaki wings: 4/5 stars. Crispy and tasty. Would have been five stars if it came out piping hot. -Korean BBQ short ribs: 4/5 stars. Very tasty and tender. Nice flavor. Came out sizzling. -Takoyaki: 4/5 stars. Enjoyed eating this a lot. I liked that it was firm and not mushy. The mayo was a nice touch. The service here was solid. The server was nice and courteous. But she never checked on my table. Even though it wasn't all that busy, it took a minute to flag her down to get our bill. Judging by the reviews, there are many people who really like this place. For me, the food and service didn't warrant a rating any higher than a 3. Check it out for yourself and come to your own conclusions. read more

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We will miss you! You've fed us for over 20 years for some special occasions and other days that we just wanted good food. Thank you for all the great meals! read more

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Been going here since I was a kid with my mom and her friends and it's ALWAYS consistent. Customer service is quick, efficient, and so nice! I usually order the tebasaki house wings, comes with soup and salad as well! 10/10 would recommend read more

Furaibo - Tebasaki House Special Wings - Japanese Near Me - Gardena, California

The tebasaki wings are just as good as I remember. I've eaten the wings at the OG location, the Hacienda location (RIP), and now here. These wings transcend time and location. They are minimally dressed and maximally good. Ten. I'd come back for these alone. For my entree, I opted for the miso ramen ($13.99). The miso broth is topped with pork chashu + seaweed. It was fine, but because Furaibo doesn't specialize in ramen, it was a very cookie cutter bowl. The chashu was a bit too porky for me and the ramen noodles were the ordinary kind you find in instant ramen. If you find yourself here for lunch, order a lunch special. Because duh. The oyakodon set ($17.50) is good and the pork cutlet course ($17.95) is even better. The sets come with rice, soup, salad, and pickles. It's a really good value if you're looking for one. I think Furaibo is more suited for dinner. Good Japanese drinking food. The lunch menu is a bit limited. We had some apps, ordered lunch specials, and overall had a good meal. read more

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I've been coming here with my family since I was a kid and truly appreciate that the quality has not changed since. tebasaki chicken: comes in an order of 6 for $9.95. Normal spice is the perfect amount of flavor, extra spicy is just an extra helping of white pepper on top of it (not spicy at all aside a slight tingle of the lips). honestly, I would get a double order of these in normal spice to taste these, even the ones that can't do spicy at all won't have trouble with this level of spice. age nasu: eggplant swimming in a delicious sake/shoyu based sauce that I've been dying to make since I first tried it YEARS ago. fried fish: you know this is good when the family orders their own plate/will not share with others. such a light but crunchy batter, comes with tonkatsu sauce and tartar sauce. a large rice fed 3 people, since the other person that got the dinner box had rice included in their meal. dinner box: tebasaki chicken (comes with 8 wings), tsunomono, salad, shrimp, and other fixings for $24.95 ribeye steak: comes sizzling on a platter and pre cut into thick strips with butter and a slice of lemon on top. always delicious, and with a side of ponzu and daikon oroshi. no receipt photos were taken but everything came out to about $120, which is a steal in my book. great food in Tozai plaza. so happy to know they're still the same for 20+ years :) read more

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Amazing spot for happy hour! Their beer, Chu hi and food menu was great. We came on a Friday right before HH ended at 6pm and got seated in the back on the tatami. The wings, tofu, and pork belly dishes felt really homestyle and nostalgic to my family's cooking. We ordered the fried fish on top of the HH stuff and it was crispy and satisfying especially with beer. Service was attentive and super friendly. I'll come back soon to try their main menu! read more

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Furaibo is one of my favorite restaurants ever. I have been regularly going to their locations since I was a kid, and this is the location I frequent the most! My family always gets the tebasaki, tori karaage, mixed ochazuke, baby shrimp, agedashi tofu, and gyukushi. Furaibo has my favorite chicken karaage out of every restaurant I've tried. The chicken is juicy and flavorful, and the staff often gives us extra lemons since we love to drizzle our karaage with lots of lemon. They also have my favorite chicken wings (tebasaki) out of everywhere I've ever tried. We always get the extra spicy, because it is the most flavorful. It's not too spicy at all and the amount of spice complements the flavors, and that's coming from someone with a low spice tolerance who genuinely does not enjoy spicy foods. I highly recommend everyone check out Furaibo. It is a cozy place with very kind and attentive staff and the best food! read more

Furaibo - Furaibos Special Tebasaki - Japanese Near Me - Gardena, California

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Been here since 2018 maybe? I continue to come back and bring all my friends. I love it here! The service and food is always great. I wish I was more open minded to try new things but I always get the wings! read more

My family and I have loved coming to this amazing spot for years! The place itself is slightly on the smaller side, but there's usually not a long wait and the staff are so sweet :) The dinner boxes are the way to go in my opinion! I've gotten the Chita (chicken leg and thigh), Jane (chicken breast), and the Steak (ribeye) and all of them were so juicy and flavorful. It also comes with a salad, miso soup, chicken cutlet, and bunch of other good sides! Give this place a try and I'm sure you'll be back! :) read more

Furaibo - Steak Dinner Box - Japanese Near Me - Gardena, California

Furaibo's an authentic, traditional Japanese restaurant that specializes in tebasaki wings. It's great for groups and has an awesome happy hour menu. For our party of 5, we got the house salad, mushroom butter, agedashi tofu, onigiri, yaki onigiri, karaage, 3 orders of wings, the tebasaki dinner box, the steak dinner box, and a couple of hot sakes. It was just the right amount of food. The tebasaki wings are so crispy and flavorful. Furaibo has truly mastered this dish. Each server is friendly and attentive. They came around several times to offer water refills without us having to wait or ask. Parking in this plaza can be pretty hectic, so it's best to come early and beat the dinner rush. read more

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Wanted to order to go. They said please wait and put me on hold without music. Waited for 10-15 min no one got back on the phone to take my order. Hung up and went somewhere else. Great customer service whoever took my phone call. read more

This is a staple in my family. My kids, my husband, my sister and my parents all love it. We've been coming here since I was a kid and we still make the trip all the way over to Gardena from our home to come eat here. HIGHLY recommend the Teba Saki Chicken box (mild) and the Agedashi Tofu. Easily, my two favorite things to order, I eat ALLL of it and so do my kids. The Agedashi Tofu has a delicious perfectly flavored broth to along with the perfectly fried tofu. Their dinner boxes come with all the fixings and sides, it's all delicious. So the Teba Saki Chicken box comes with - some potatoes and carrots in a broth, shrimp, katsu, cucumber salad, cabbage salad, and chicken wings in their signature seasoning. Service is always great, always happy to see the same staff members over the years. I would love if they brought back the Kake Miso! read more

Been eating at this restaurant for over 30 years. Still one of our favorite chicken place. They have happy hours from 5 to 6:30 with $7 wings and beer. Loved all the food: wings, legs, agedashi tofu and whole halibut. The only complaint is the fried halibut, used to be whole fish now it's only half but still cost like it's a whole fish. read more

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I was a regular at Furaibo over 10 years ago but I don't know for what reason I stopped going. But my friends wanted to try some different type of japanese food and we decided to go here. I know they are known for their tebasaki, chicken wings. They were as good as I remember. We ordered a variety of food to share. The food were a little too salty for me but overall it all tasted good. Service was a little slacking even though they were not too busy. It's a little darkish inside but overall a good spot for some beer and chicken wings. read more

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Parking is in a huge shopping center that has other food places. Service was fat we went during happy hour so they had lots of specials that you could choose from. I loved the chicken Omg so so good the spicy chicken .Ambiance was great very nice and relaxing and happy waitress was very very nice she checked in on us to make sure we were ok. I will definitely be going back read more

Me & my family have been going to Furaibo for many years! It has the tastiest Japanese style tabasaki chicken wings (comes in sweet, mild, spicy & extra spicy)! Furiabo is a Japanese tapa resturant that has various shareable dishes. They also have bento boxes if you want to get a little bit of everything! Things to try if you have never been: fried baby shrimp, baby halibut, and agenasu (fried eggplant in shoyu sauce). We love this place! Definitely a good place to go if you are looking for authentic small Japanese plates with good friendly service! read more

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I've been coming here for almost 2 decades and have sat at pretty much every table there. I love tebasaki. Their yakitori is not bad either. For me, this is comfort food and a bit of nostalgia as I look back the many times that I've been here with different people. Service is pleasant. Ambiance reminds me of home. read more

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I loved FuRaiBo! All the food was tasty and you can definitely tell it was made with quality ingredients. The Chazuke was my favorite, so comforting and warm for the weather. My friends and I split a couple dishes and a few skewers which came to a perfect meal. There was no wait at 5:30pm on a Monday. read more

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Very tasty food and service is very good. My brother was sick and couldn't get out of his house and delivery was great, He wasn't eating due to his illness but he was so happy to have a great food delivered and able to eat a delicious Japanese food he loves. Thank you Furaibo staff. read more

First time at Furaibo and I was not disappointed! The parking lot here can be a struggle, especially if you come at dinner time, so be prepared. The inside of Furaibo looks like a super old school, Japanese-style place (well because it is LOL). Food is super cheap and especially if you come during happy hour! Service was quick and I got my food within ten minutes of ordering. I actually ordered my drinks a few minutes after happy hour was over, but the server was very kind and still gave me the happy hour discount! I ordered the Tori Soboro and got an umeboshi onigiri. The tori soboro was really good (it's just ground chicken on rice with an egg) and the onigiri was big and yummy! Nothing here is like amazing, superstar standout, but it's a solid place. If I could give 4.5 stars I would. Great place to come for drinks and small dishes. read more

Furaibo - Tori Soboro and Umeboshi Onigiri - Japanese Near Me - Gardena, California

this time we came to place an order for a company lunch normally, I've come here with my friend a few times they are chicken. Wings is pretty good. The only thing about their chicken wings that they're really small. There's not much meat on them. But the way that they fry it with the spices and marinade, tastes pretty good. If you come with a bit of an appetite, I would opt for the be to lunch or a combo of something. They do offer yakitori type skewers. I find their miso soup pretty good. My coworker tried the curry Katsu. The curry was flavorful, not spicy, pretty good and typical for Japanese curry. The curry had shredded chicken in it and bits of carrot and onions inside. We came during lunchtime and the wait wasn't too bad. It took about 30 minutes for them to cook the food and pack it for us. This place taste good, but it is a little bit pricey.. The hostess was very nice and patient when taking our large order. I recommend coming here to try at least once. inside is moderately quiet and has a very casual atmosphere. read more

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Their food is fantastic, out of the world. It's one of my all-time favorites. I highly recommend Nasu Soboro, the fried chicken and the Karei Karaage (fried halibut). read more

Furaibo - Japanese Near Me - Gardena, California

Our last stop of the day on a whirlwind tour of Torrance and Gardena. It was dinner time, and we were hungry! The place was pretty busy, it was 8pm on Saturday night (Labor Day weekend), but they had a table for 2 available. Ironically the same table that we always seem to get! The energy in the restaurant was good. Happy customers.. young adults, what looked like a group of older women having ladies day out, families with kids./ it was bustling! We started out ordering a couple of yakitori sticks.. the shiitake mushroom, the beef kushiyaki, a bow of rice and an eggplant dish with pork meat in the sauce. Sorry I don't have menu pics or dish names, I forgot to take pics before the menus were picked up. As we made our way through the tasty morsels, Hubby looked at the menu for the next thing that caught his attention. We tried several items and enjoyed each bite! Some brought back memories of my childhood and some flavors that my own Mom would serve to us. Our server was friendly and helpful. In fact, there were two working and both helped to make sure everyone was well taken care of. We always enjoy our dining experiences at Furaibo. We will be back. read more

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Tried this place again after 20 years via door dash. I remember not liking the wings the first time but that was a long time ago so I decided to give it another try based on the reviews. The tabasaki special wings are just very fried, dry small wings with very little meat. They are in desperate need of a sauce. I had got the mild spice. I didn't taste any spice at all. I had to add some bbq sauce on them (didn't have hot wing sauce) . I wound not get these again. I tried the sweet and spice teba and this was better, not as fried and dry as the other. I also tried the nasu saboro and the age nasu. I like the saboro better than the age. I love eggplant but neither of these I would get again. The yuzu pork was fried to the skewer, it was hard to get the meet off but I love yuzu and pork belly in general so it still tasted good but just wasn't moist and fresh as I wanted. I like yakitori and I wish they had this yuzu pork belly at shinsengumi! read more

Horrible service and ambiance. Asked if they served sushi and they said no, I had ordered a gyoza while I waited for my friend to arrive. The appetizer did not come and I had not received any service. I then left without having anything to eat besides water. Went next door to the sushi restaurant which we really enjoyed. I was then head hunted by a rude waiter who demanded money for the gyoza which was made. He rudely shouted in another restaurant and embarrassed me and my friend during our dinner. We gave him the money for the gyoza which tasted like it was frozen and probably spit on. 10 dollars !!! Anyway, very harsh review but I hope others do not have the same experience as I did. read more

Furaibo - Gyoza - Japanese Near Me - Gardena, California

I've loved coming here since high school and I always make sure to order several of the tebasaki wings. I get the spiciest but it's not spice, they just add more black pepper for flavor. The service is quick and the toughest part might be parking because the lot has a lot of good food around. But I'll come specifically for those wings! read more

We've been going to this restaurant for over 30 years and they have never disappointed us. We fondly remember Harold greeting us way back when and now his son is managing here. Wonderful legacy. The chicken is simply delicious. I usually get the Chita special box which includes legs and thighs, plus many small bites. All is just absolutely tasty! Will be returning with anticipation! read more

Really good food! Portions are sized smaller so you can taste a bit of the everything. My favorites are the agedashi tofu and enoki and scallops. Service is friendly. read more

Stopped by this place for the first time. Small restaurant but kind service- they accommodated us quickly and helped us through the menu. Of all the things we ordered (yakitori of various sorts, tofu salad and etc...) the chicken wings were the best! read more

I was a long time customer anywhere from 2 to 3 times a week, however the last few times were horrible you are better off ordering to go than sit there they are always out of halibut I don't even know why it's on the menu you have to wait at least 20 minutes to get wings the take out is priority the another 15 minutes to get the eggplant after that 10 minutes to get French fries and forget the other items we ended up going to another restaurant so we can have a decent meal this is definitely our last time here read more

I've been coming here for over 38(?) years, and it never disappoints. I always order at least the negima and gizzard yakitori.. it's great with a bowl of rice and a beer! read more

Furaibo - Tofu Soboro - very tasty. - Japanese Near Me - Gardena, California

Double teba, extra spicy, lets go!!!! Really brings back memories of the fried chicken served in Japanese bar's. Definitely get the double because the single will not be enough. Get ready to lick your fingers clean, your welcome. read more

Great service clean place the food is excellent highly recommend come check it out we come often never disappointed!

There's only 2 kinds of chicken wings in the world. 1. Furaibo dry rub chicken wings 2. All other chicken wings Their to tonkatsu curry plate is my favorite as well. Their curry is on sweet side but tastes authentic and comforting me all the time. read more

My fav JFC Japanese Fried Chicken spot. They have other options on the menu, but the stars here is the fried chimkin. Chimkin is super juicy and crunchy, and of course it taste better with beer haha Service is nice, food comes out fairly quickly for being freshly fried. Place is always clean, pretty typical of Japanese restos. read more

Furaibo has been a favorite. Their skewers are delicious as well as the wings. Our favorite is the fried baby halibut. It's quite pricey but delicious. Service is always great! We usually come for early dinner to beat the crowd. Parking at this location can be very challenging despite the ample parking space. read more

Furaibo - Baby halibut - Japanese Near Me - Gardena, California

Great wings. Havent tried other stuff tho but wings are a must... also popcorn chicken was great. We usually order out but seems like a cozy space. read more

Unfortunately I paid $23 for Korean Bbq with no rice and salad. At the Sawtelle location in west LA it is a whole dinner. This location is skimping on everything. read more

Furaibo - Korean Bbq - Japanese Near Me - Gardena, California

Call Ahead! Double Teba Course (2 orders of chicken wings) To-Go please! These wings are so tasty! They're not as meaty as other wings but the flavor makes up for it. Yummy! You can choose your spice level: sweet (not spicy), mild (little spicy), regular (spicy) or extra spicy. The meal includes rice, soup, salad with your choice of dressing (house creamy japanese, miso, ranch, thousand island or italian) and pickles. The price is reasonable for the amount of food. Lunch is $12.50 and Dinner is $13.50. read more

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