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    Mirakuya Japanese Restaurant

    3.6 (105 reviews)
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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Allysa V.

    First time going to this restaurant and was very pleased with my family's meals. My dad got the Mongolian beef and it was excellent. Large portion size. He would get it again but next time without the hot peppers. My mom and I got sushi which was pictured below. Between us we had 5 rolls. The presentation was great on the plates. The quality of the fish was fresh. We are around 5pm and the servers were polite and attentive. The restaurant was reasonably priced as well. I would definitely return to have dinner here in the future. 12/31/18: returned for a nye dinner with my family and once again this place did not disappoint. The server was amazing.. she was so friendly and attentive. The food came out quick as well. I ordered all you can eat sushi with my brother. All of the sushi was great.. good quality for Hazleton/northeastern pa. Some of my family had teriyaki steak and a seafood teriyaki skillet. Those came out literally sizzling and incredibly hot. Once again, i will absolutely return.

    plates of sushi on a table
    Emily R.

    If you don't mind waiting over an hour and a half for everything to finally come out, it's awesome! The food is amazing, from the pad Thai, to the sushi, to the hibachi. You can't have a bad meal here. The service is just painfully slow.

    Fresh and Delicious
    Justin B.

    Definitely recommend this place on a Thursday or Sunday for half price sushi Yum! Fresh and Delicious

    improperly deveined shrimp

    When we went for dinner, it was completely dead. a child came up to us and asked if we were eating in and went to get someone to serve us. when we sat down, our order was taken by who i'm guessing is the owner with someone on facetime at full volume. we then got our food after waiting about 30 minutes and the shrimp was not properly deveined and we did not get the side salad and clear soup that comes with the meal. we then waited another 20 minutes after we very obviously finished our meal for the check even after asking. while all of this is happening, the staff were eating at the hibachi tables watching something on their phones at full volume. this was once a great establishment that has gone down the drain. i will never eat at this location ever again.

    Wilkes Shire & Autumn roll
    Jessica C.

    Food was fresh service was slow and blah! Sushi was ok not a big menu but had all the basics. Think it was over priced for what we got expected much more.

    Jenny O.

    Struggling between 3 or 4 stars. My boyfriend and I had dinner here since the restaurant was close to our hotel. The experience was overall OK in terms of food quality, customer service, cleaniness, and atmosphere. We were seated in the booth areas near the hibachi grills. Staffs came fairly quick to take down our drinks and orders. We had ordered miso soups and spicy squid for appetizers. For our entrees, we ordered a sushi tiger roll and korean chicken dish. For dessert, we had green tea mochi. Food quality: 3/5 Miso Soup: We were huge fans of the miso soup! It was fairly priced ($1.75) and was very flavorful. Definitely gave our appetites a boost Spicy Squid: yummy. Good balance of flavor and spice. Sushi: The sushi was average Korean Chicken Dish: This entree came with rice and a small dish of Kimchi. The chicken was okay. Nothing memorable to it. Kinda reminded me of sweet and sour chicken you can get at a chinese restaurant. The kimchi was homemade and you could taste a hint of alcohol in it. Green Tea Mochi: OK and fairly priced Atmosphere: 3.5/5 We came on mother's day so the environment was lively with the hibachi chefs. Chefs were enthusiastic and customers seemed to be having fun. The restaurant was decorated nice and things seemed to be pretty organized. The music playing in the background sounded like the ones that would be played on chinese new year lol (too asian for me). Cleaniness: 4/5 The restaurant looked clean and organized. Restrooms were frequently maintained and didn't have a stench to it. Customer Service: 3/5 The hostess that sat us didn't really give us any type of greeting nor did she seem like she wanted to be at work. Waitors/Waitresses were attentive and came often to check up on how we were doing. We got our food at a timely manner. The experience wasn't too memorable but if I was in the area, I'd come back if there I was out of options.

    Dynamite appetizer with too much mayo on top.
    Michele C.

    Maybe I have high expectations since I'm used to NY sushi but I would say between service and food I have a hard time giving more than 2 stars. The atmosphere is very strange (napolean dynamite style) with horrible music. The waitress took one drink order and then walked away before taking mine. When a different waitress came to take my drink order, I asked for a martini and a water. 20 mins later our drinks arrived minus the water I asked for previously. When our "dynamite" appetizer came out I was grilled by a man asking "you don't like roe?" He said he put on a certain sauce since we didn't ask for roe which tasted like mayo was thrown on. The special rolls were fresh but nothing special. The wait staff wasn't friendly and they did not come around to check on us until it was time to get the bill. Would I return? Absolutely not!

    Spring rolls!
    Paige L.

    Every time we come into town I make my family come here for hands down the best time! To start, you must try a love boat frozen drink! I don't care if it's freezing cold outside, you have to try one! So yummy! The staff is always so welcoming and nice. The drinks come in a timely manner and are always well prepared. Drinks, food and such a great atmosphere you can never go wrong. The sushi is always fresh, the appetizers always come in a timely manner and are always served nice and hot. The salad the comes fresh, crisp and the dressing is SO GOOD! The miso soup is also tasty, but does have chicken broth, so not vegan friendly. What is vegan friendly? The Edamame as an app, so steamy and salty and delicious! Also, the spring rolls are oh so yummy! For dinner, I had the vegetables with noodles, not from the hibachi grill to avoid cross contamination from the butter, eggs and meat in the grill. It was pretty good, I'm not exactly sure how I felt about the noodles. They were much larger than the normal udon noodles, but still good. The veggies were sautéed perfectly and the flavor was great. Of course hibachi was delicious for everyone else like it is every - single - time!!!

    Improperly deveined shrimp

    The worst dining I have ever experienced. Got to the restaurant around 7:10pm to a seemingly full parking lot. Walked in to find a single couple sitting in a booth on a normal Tuesday night. That should have been the only red flag necessary to leave. We sat down because we are craving hibachi food, but I would learn to regret this soon. The service was terrible. Whoever took our order was on the phone talking on speaker at full blast while the staff was eating at nearby tables watching videos on their phones at a obnoxiously loud volume. He could not seem to understand anything we said, so we had no idea what we would receive. We got our food after waiting about half an hour, which was not worth it. The clear soup and salad that comes with every meal never came. The sushi chef seemed to make our rolls while eating his dinner, the shrimp for the hibachi entree was not deveined properly, and the food did not taste consumable. We then waited another 20 minutes after finishing our meal for our check. The man who took our order (we assume he is the owner) took his time talking on the phone and eating his dinner at the bar adjacent to us before giving us a 55 dollar check for the inedible food. A once great establishment will soon be another vacant lot in Hazleton. What a shame.

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    Food was really good. I definitely wouldn't mind going back. Drink was perfect! Everyone loved it

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    New owners and the prices are doubled and the sizes are half the portions they used to give for take-out.

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    Love the sushi! Great place! Will be going back. I wish they were on door dash for delivery.

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