Brief summary: - Good portions - fills up more than its…read moreappearance - Liked the equal balance of the broth and noodles with protein - Close to Trader Joe's - Indoor seating Ramen is a dish that has started sprouting in Berkeley, and this is one of them .I decided to go there for dinner with the family before heading to the Trader Joe's across the street to stock up on groceries. We entered a few minutes before peak dinner times, so there were seats to choose and sit from. By the time we left, mostly all the seats were filled up, so I would suggest coming in early. I liked the naming for each of the ramen dishes, some I recognized the names from Hawai'i. For this round, we ordered 3 different types of ramen: the Kuni, Broke da Mouth, and the Miso Hungry. These orders also came around the same time. A notable elements I liked about the ramen was that the noodles were chewy and springy, and the broth was smooth and easy to drink. I also didn't have the urge to drink lots of water either, so the seasoning was perfect. The other element was that I got to enjoy the ramen's broth and noodles as the stars of the dish, and the proteins, like the pork were supporting roles. For me, what I enjoy ramen are the broth and noodles, so I'm happy that these are prominent in the dish, rather than me having other chow down a thick slab of pork. This restaurant hit the right marks for what a delicious ramen is for me, so I'll come back, and maybe try their other broths.

Berkeley is a great city to try new food and we found another ramen spot! This restaurant is…read morelocated near the campus and parking was fairly easy to find after hours. When walking in, the dinner crowd was slowly trickling in. I found a spot closer to the entrance. They have the place a bit divided by two sides for more intimacy. The food is a mix of Hawaiian and Japanese. We both wanted to try the broke da mouth ramen as it was a customer favorite! I enjoyed my ramen and it was good to catch up and talk. The atmosphere was chill and it felt like we had the whole place to ourselves. We ended up talking for hours about everything until I realized how late it was and the bowls were cleared. They were patient and didn't kick us out right away. Lol Ty Ty Very good ramen, good place to catch up and friendly staff. I'm still biased and have a few favorite ramen spots though

The Fall feels like starts around Labor Day. The Summer is still with us until September 22 this…read moreyear and the sun will be showing up a little less. One type of food which takes me back to the Summer is Hawaiian food. There are many good places to grab Hawaiian food. One particular Hawaiian dish is one of which a few places make good which is Loco Moco. I say not all Loco Moco are the same. Some places that serve Loco Moco are more Moco ( means booger in Spanish) making me Loco( means crazy in Spanish). There is a place in Berkeley I like to get good Moco Loco at and it's called Moku Hawaiian. On a September Summer stroll I landed in Berkeley for some Hawaiian food. Inside the decor which caught my eye was on the wall with artwork of Kaws. The walls were also covered with surf boards. There were a few tables inside. There was a line up to order using a digital kiosk. I had ordered the Loco Moco. It came with a well seasoned Mac salad and the beef of loco Moco was so tender and the sauce was tasty. The egg within the loco moco made the dish stand out more with the different combinations of flavor. I am excited to try it again. I washed it down with some Hawaiian Sun Luau Punch which was not too sweet and packed a punch. Overall a great value. They have delicious food worth "buying"they give you a lot of food which is worthy of "trying"and the flavor is tasty and there is no "denying"located in Berkeley off of Telegraph and it's called "Moku Hawaiian" Come in here don't be playing with your food like a toddler especially splattering the moco loco "sauce" have some table manners just "because" it's not cool being selfish just do it for a social media "floss" stop being performative and just be authentic and enjoy the Moku Hawaiian food with art on the wall by "Kaws"

A top notch Loco Moco at a reasonable price. Generous portions, pleasant counter service, clean…read morefast casual seating. Very happy with this decision.

I was craving for some Chicken Katsu, and I'm new to the city, and I'm glad I stumbled upon this…read moreplace! The plaza is always busy, but there is ample parking. The interior is clean, minimalist, and spacious. The employees are nice, and the service was fast! I ordered Chicken Katsu with all Mac salad for an extra $1. The Chicken was freshly cooked, crispy, and huge, and the portions were very generous. The entire meal is packed with flavor, and I finished it all in one sitting! The veggies were blanched to perfection. I'm already thinking the next time I'm gonna come here! Definitely a gem!

Talk about good food and good portions at a great price! My BBQ chicken was delicious and the…read moreMisters Katsu was good as well. The lady at the register was pleasant and the food came up quickly. We've already been back again :)

I can't believe I haven't reviewed this place already. I order from here all the time, especially…read morewhen Uber Eats has a "Buy one, get one"special. The burgers are delicious. That's usually where the buy one get one specials are however I would skip on the onions if you're not a fan of them because they're more on the rawer side than they are on the sautéed side, but it's still delicious as a whole, you know. Enjoy!

Ordered through doordash and the food was actually pretty delicious. I ordered the chicken deluxe…read morecombo plate which came with chicken katsu,teriyaki chicken, & grilled chicken. The grilled chicken was actually pretty tender and not greasy. The mac salad is delicious. A really good chicken plate. The spam musubi was more rice and had a small cut of spam portion so i'd skip on this. My partner ordered the regular chicken katsu plate & again nice portions. Pretty solid hawaiian bbq spot. I'd order here again!

a chicken katsu that measures out to two meals, great deal alert!…read more so I have been here many times, tried the chicken katsu, hawaiian bbq chicken, aloha bbq chicken, and white island fish, which is about half the menu, and always great and always filling so a chicken katsu comes with two scoops of rice, one scoop of mac salad, a small bed of cabbage, some steamed brocolli, and three crispy and juicy pieces of chicken. There are two dipping sauces, a plum based katsu sauce, and a soy sauce hybrid. The katsu sauce has a little bit of heat, but mild enough that my SO whom normally does not eat any spicy, can handle it. Which ever combo or item you pick, it's outstanding. Because the items have a lot of food, I usually skip the appetizers. So for either lunch or dinner, you have two meals out of any items. Service is great, I usually order on the phone and pick it up, but ordering in person or online is fast, staff is great and friendly. the decor is simple and the place is very clean. There are about seven tables and parking can be limited when the place is busy.

Seems like the portions a generous but, when you underneath it's cabbage propping up the chicken…read morekatsu. Also had the hamburger steak lots of rice underneath the patties and not enough gravy. The beef patties were large but it no beef flavor; more breadcrumbs. Service was very nice the girl at the counter was cordial. The ambience was that of a cafeteria; a few tables white paint. I was hoping the food would make up for sparseness; I will try it again maybe different choices and maybe a better review.

This meal was excellent! My partner and I ate here recently and were blown away by everything we…read moreate. The service was great and felt very intentional, with each dish coming out one by one so we could savor everything individually. We started our meal with marinated mackerel toasts. These were life changing! The flavor was incredible. I wish we had ordered 20 more. Next we had the snow crab miso begna cauda. The broccoli was roasted nicely, and the dip was rich and full of flavor. After that, we had the wagyu cutlets. These were nice and crispy, but we could have skipped this one. Next we had an order of clams, and two skewers (bluefin tuna and lamb). Finally, we got the uni carbonara pasta, which was creamy yet light. We were feeling a little hungry still, so at the last second we ordered the beef tongue and the sweet potato brulee for dessert. The beef tongue was delicious! We ordered it because we saw a nearby table had ordered it, and it looked amazing. It did not disappoint! The flavor was perfect, and the beef melted in our mouths. These sweet potato brulee was also exceptional! I would absolutely recommend Kiraku for your next night out!

Had dinner at Kiraku last week. It was a big disappointment!…read more During the pandemic, my husband and I found this restaurant for take out. Everything we ordered was delicious. One of my husband's favourites was the fish porridge. However, after a few times, they decided not to make it anymore. It's a shame cause it was their best dish even though my husband normally doesn't like porridge, he thinks they made the porridge so good that he can give it an exception! Fast forward to last week, we decided to give Kiraku a try again - dine in. I noticed that they have quite a strict policy in reservation (if we don't show up, they automatically charge a fee and we have to spend at least $50 pp like other high end restaurants which I guess it's ok because it's hard to do business nowadays). When we arrived, we were greeted and seated right away. The restaurant was very small, obviously all the tables were very small as well. There was hardly any room for the wait staff to walk/move around and my head/arm got hit a couple of times by their elbows. That was not the worst though. The place was so loud that we could not hold a conversation. I felt that my ears and my head were hurting by all the noise from people talking and the sound of the dishes clinking. However, that still was not the worst! We looked at the menu, my husband doesn't eat raw stuff (I did tell him that they have lots of cooked items). I asked the wait staff what kind of fresh sashimi they have since I have a craving. She told me they have blue fin tuna. I was so excited so I placed that order. Here comes the break down of my disappointment: 1. Blue fin tuna, turned out that they actually didn't have. So I had to choose either salmon sashimi or torched mackerel. I don't like to order salmon sashimi since most of the salmon restaurants serve is not wild caught so the farm raised salmon often tastes fishy. I decided to order the torched mackerel at the wait staff suggested. It was a big mistake....the mackerel was so fishy that I couldn't finish the whole thing. My husband ordered the chicken karaage and the snow crab with torched cabbage which were only ok, we also had the tender beef tongue skewer which was good, black cod miso which my husband said I cook that one much better, we also had jumbo squid and gyoza which were only ok. Our dessert was probably the best - the sweet potato brûlée. We have decided to scratch this restaurant off our dining list because the food was just not good enough for us to give it another try! I guess I am spoiled by the excellent Japanese food in Singapore, Japan and Australia, this place just cannot compare to any of the places we had but I am sure I can find other better Japanese restaurants in California!

Got the broccoli plate with barbecue chicken. It came with generous portions of meat, rice, and…read moremac salad along with broccoli. The chicken was juicy and flavorful! There was parking right in front and Service was great. We'll definitely come back and try this again and order something else.!

Love to support this local neighborhood business. The food is always solid and definitely satisfies…read morea craving for Hawaiian bbq. Ordered 8 pieces of chicken katsu à la carte and it was piping hot, crispy and came out in under 15 minutes! Also 8 pieces was way more food than we expected-it filled a whole tray! Definitely would come back again!

Finally was able to try this legendary spot! We made reservations on a Saturday afternoon. We…read morearrived a bit early so they sat us in the "lounge" instead of the dining room but we were okay with this since the seats were by the window overlooking the water instead of the middle of the dining room. We mainly wanted drinks and maybe an app anyways. Ambiance is immersive with the tiki experience but still feels open. Large windows overlooking the bay and boats, music is very quiet. Casual and relaxed vibe feeling like an island escape. Water was promptly provided and was kept refilled throughout our visit. We tried 4 cocktails. Solid painkiller and variety of drinks and flavors but my absolute favorite was the "Cucu Lada" this was essentially a piña colada with cucumber. Really refreshing and nicely prepared with crushed ice. We also tried the crab rangoons. These came out ultra fast but were not hot, seems like they prep them ahead of time. The dips were awesome though, we loved the spicy mustard that they were served with. Never had that before with rangoons. Our service was great for the most part up until the end when we were trying to leave it seemed difficult to flag our server down so we could close out and leave. Overall it was fun and if back in the area I'd gladly return for another Cucu lada and maybe try some dinner menu items. Don't forget to checkout the gift shop for some fun tiki mugs and memorabilia.

I've been here a few times and wanted to like it!…read more Beautiful tiki ambiance, vibe, Asian fusion food- it had so much potential. Pros were the attentive service and organized presentation of the food. However, the food quality fell flat for me for the high prices. Appetizer dish for 2 and the fried rice were ok but there was just something missing in the taste profile. Chicken wings were good and had a kick. The cheese bings did not taste good- it may have been a flavor preference- but we sent it back and they were nice enough to remove it from the bill. On the fence if I'd come back- maybe the dinner menu's better!

All the food was amazing and I highly recommend…read more Definitely make a reservation because the restaurant is on the smaller side and it is packed. It is no longer impossible to get a reservation, but I wouldn't chance it and just try to walk in. Because the restaurant is so small if you happen to have luggage with you, they will store it for you, like a bag check, which I thought was pretty neat. We ordered a bunch of dishes to share because that's how you eat here. I really enjoyed the caviar taro puff. The duck liver mousse was the only dish I could do without. It ended up being on the sweeter side since it is banana bread, and I wasn't the biggest fan of the flavor combinations. The grilled zucchini was amazing as was the heirloom tomato salad. We also get scallion rice noodle and fried rice with the spam on the side. They do fried food very well. We got the fried game hen but since we had a table of seven we increased the dish to six pieces instead of four. We probably could've done with just the four cause they ended up being huge, which was surprising. We also got the swordfish Katsu, which is also fried. Out of the two I would probably get the swordfish Katsu. Mainly because even though the food is so deliciously fried, it was still a lot of fried food. We also got the chips and dip which I think will be a crowd pleaser even for pick your eaters because they are basically elevated potato chips with dip. For drink, I went with the carrot tea. If you like carrot juice, which I love this is a great tea for you. I would definitely get it again if I come back. Service was superb and very attentive and quick. I love the decor of this place with the open kitchen where you can watch everyone at work. If you have a chance to eat here, I highly recommend that you do.

First things first, I have a lot of great things to say about my experience, and if you're able to,…read moremake a stop to try out this place. This came with a stellar recommendation, and it definitely did not disappoint. The restaurant was beautiful and there's an open kitchen right in the middle. We were seated near the kitchen in a booth. I told our server that I am lactose tolerant, and she said something that I missed. She then walked away and came back with a pink slip with all the items on the menu on what I need to avoid and dishes that they can make modifications. I thought that was such a sweet touch that I've never experienced before. For appetizers, we got the tuna poke and pig head croquette. The fresh tuna poke on top of a crispy nori was a very tasty bite but the tuna was a bit chewy from the sinew. The pig head croquette was amazing. Perfectly fried and meaty bite. It paired well with the fresh cube of watermelon and fish caramel sauce. For entrees, the black cod was a huge surprise for me. I didn't think I would like it but it became the night's highlight. The fish was perfectly cooked and served on top of crispy rice with a very mild but impressionable coconut green curry sauce. The second highlight for me was the pork shoulder chop. Very tender and juicy cut with really good sauce. The miso cabbage and the candied pecans really gave that extra oomph to each bite. Lastly, the fried game hen was fried so perfectly and was super juicy inside. The pickled carrot was meh for me though. For desserts, we ended with a milk tea panna cotta with stone fruit granita and tuile. It was made with coconut milk which is for a lactose intolerant girly like me. Not a budget meal, but imo, well worth the gastronomical and hospitable experience.

As a celiac, I love a place that's gluten free. The garlic shrimp was delicious, the mochi chunks…read morein the hurricane tots were excellent, and the tots were pretty good too. the shrimp were in their shells, so be prepared to de-shell the shrimps. The shrimp/sausage, came with tons of rice and a bit of cabbage. The pineapple sausage was fine, no complaints but the shrimp was better.

A solid place for take out. Small menu, but they have a lot of Hawaiian classics. I got half orders…read moreof the shrimp + sausage, moco loco, and furikake chicken. It was pretty filling for two people. They give a lot of rice. Wish there was more protein. Everything was good though. Seems like they have lunch specials during the week for high schoolers at Lincoln. Would come back to try the shaved ice.