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    Hakata Senpachi

    4.4 (27 reviews)
    PriceyJapanese
    Closed 12:00 pm - 3:00 PM, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Sally L.

    Best place to have traditional Japanese skewers! It has a large selection for sake and appetizers too. Love the pork slice salad, which is big enough for 3-4 ppl to share as a small appetizer. The atmosphere is always very lively and the hosts are very attentive. Have been here many times, will come back for sure.

    Best ramen in town, and the best I've ever had!!!
    Giulianna G.

    Amazing authentic japanese food! The best japanese place I have ever been to! The ramen lunch in the weekend is the most delicious thing I ever had! :) friendly staff! Hidden gem in Amsterdam! (I had to edit my review and deduct some stars because their ramen dropped in quality a bit.. Makes me so sad :( )

    Nama beer - THE drink for a night here!!
    Dennis M.

    IRASSHAIMASEEEEE!!! ...shouts the employees as we walk into the almost hidden Japanese restaurant near RAI called Hakata Senpachi. You will almost miss it since the small sign for the restaurant is in Japanese! If you've ever been to the land of the rising sun and samurais with unusually deep and hoarse voices (HAI!!!), then you'll know that every store and restaurant you walk into, you are greeted by every single employee with the obligatory exclamation of IRASSHAIMASE! So hearing this tiny little phrase sent me back to my days living in good ol' tempura land! Nihon-jin to Nihongo wo hanaseru kata he - Kono mise ha honmono no izakana nanode honto no washoku wo taberu no ga itoshii kimochi ga areba, zehi koko wo o-tameshi kudasai!! Nannichi ni ittemo kekkou komu kara yoyaku shita hou ga ii desu!! Let me warn/excite you now, that this is a REAL and very typical Japanese izakaya. So no sushi, no six rounds of all you can binge mediocre food, no hello kitty. Let me list some keywords to describe this place: - Dark wooden walls with a bar facing the chef - A bookshelf of old but popular manga in Japanese - Bottles of sake along the walls with people's name on them (If you don't finish your bottle, they keep it there for your next visit!) - Large jugs of beer when you say "Nama biiru kudasaaaaaai!" - Japanese or Japanese speaking staff that will make you feel like you are in Japan For those not familiar with typical Japanese food, the menu will look really foreign. Especially since this is western Japanese style (Hakata is a city in the faaaar west side of Japan) AND the menu is in Japanese. So here's a list of things I recommend! Drinks 1. Nama beer (Heineken on tap in a big jug - very typical Japanese) but if you want Japabeer, get Kirin 2. Atsukan - Japanese warm sake drunk from a small wooden box 3. Umeshuu - if you want something sweet Kushimono (Foods grilled on a stick) 1. Tsukune - I don't know how to explain this... but basically it's grilled ground chicken balls 2. Yakitori - Very typical in Japan, chicken meat on a stick 3. Gyuu - Gyuu means beef and they brush this yummy tare sauce all over it 4. Momoninniku - Momo is a part of the chicken and ninniku is garlic. Can't go wrong with this!! Dishes (kind of like tapas - so small and to be shared with everyone) 1. Butakimuchi - REALLY yummy! It's like bacon and kimchi cooked with a pile of beansprouts 2. Agetakoyaki - This is hard to explain... it's like special batter with a small octopus tentacle inside, cooked into balls on a pan much like poffertjes 3. Hiya-yakko - If you like tofu, give this a try! It's cold tofu with some shaved dry fish toppings and you pour soy sauce over and eat! Mmm! 4. Shio-Saba - For fish lovers, you will really like this!! Basically a slab of fish seasoned with salt - very Japanese! 5. Karashi-Mentaiko - If you are feeling a bit adventurous try this. Mentaiko is a specialty of western Japanese and it's really small fish eggs lumped together 6. Yaki-onigiri - Onigiri is rice mushed together in a triangle shape and wrapped in seaweed. You will see this in every grocery/convenience store and is a great substitute for a normal bowl of white rice. Yaki-onigiri is onigiri brushed with soy sauce and grilled. SUPER yummy! 7. Wakadori-Karaage - In any izakaya in japan, THIS is for sure something that people will order. It's fried chicken morsels (boneless) in a soy/ginger powder batter Things Not to Share (if you aren't into octopus or cold tofu) 1. Zaru-Soba - I used to eat this all the time during breaks between classes when I lived in Japan. It's cold buckwheat noodles that you dip in this cold soup called Tsuyu and you slurp as looooooooud as you can!! If you slurp good enough, Japanese people will tell you they are impressed with your slurping! 2. Mentaiko-chazuke - So mentaiko are those little fish eggs and chazuke is rice soup with an aweeeesome broth that comes in small bowl. LOVE this one! 3. Tonkotsu-ramen - Unfortunately you can ONLY get this on the weekends for lunch but it's well worth it!! Tonkotsu-ramen is a specialty of western Japan and is ramen is pork-bone broth. I love to dump shredded garlic in mine and you must get it with Cha-shuu which is slices of reaaaaaaaally really soft pork. That coupled with beer and gyoza (which is also only during this ramen lunch time) and you're set with a perfect lunch sure to put you into a nice nap in a couple of hours!!! Sorry this review was so obnoxiously long, but I want EVERYONE to try this place so you can get a taste of Japan! Make sure to reserve a table because this place can be full any day!!! And when you get here and the Japanese food is in front of you ready for consumption, make sure to shout "itadakimaaaaaaaasu!" (eet smakelijk)

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    There are not enough letters or words to describe the AWESOME that is this place. A total gem. Wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful.

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    What an incredible dinner we had at this place! Food was amazing! Presentation is appetizing!…read moreHighly recommend to vegans and NON vegans!

    Very eclectic place. Great food, not the greatest service or comfortable dining experience. 4/5 for…read morethe food; 3/5 overall. We arrived around 6:30pm for dinner. Staff don't bother to find tables for you; they let customers figure things out among themselves. Alright. We eventually grabbed a table after 5-10 minutes, then had our order taken 10 minutes later. The food took a long time to come out: about 40 minutes (other than 1 appy that came out after 20). Good thing it was tasty. We got: -plantain fries (€6) -- tasty, especially with the sweet dipping sauce, but you get about 8 fries, so not great value. -okonomiyaki (€12.90) -- this was wonderful. So many lovely textures, flavours, and seasoned beautifully. This was the highlight of the meal for me. -vegan plate (€18.90) -- really nicely designed plate, with a base of brown rice, with a sort of Japanese slaw, vegan chicken katsu, tempura (apparently, though I didn't notice it), and stir fried veggies. Super tasty stuff. Not the biggest portion, but not bad either. My friends each got the crispy roti wrap (€14.90), which they loved, and the taste I had was great. Overall, great food, not the best dining experience. Perhaps my experience wasn't representative. I'd go back for the okonomiyaki alone.

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